Shipping and display container
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorDavide R Friedman
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Abstract
A shipping and display container includes a tray and a cover. The tray includes a bottom panel, a back panel extending upward from the bottom panel, and a front panel also extending upward from the bottom panel. The back panel extends upward beyond the front panel and a pair of bottom side flaps each extending upward from opposite sides of the bottom panel. The cover includes a top panel and a front panel extending downward from the top panel. The cover is positionable over the tray to establish a first configuration facilitating shipping and storage of the container and is removable from the tray to establish a second configuration facilitating support and upright display of a packaged product positioned on the tray.
Claims38
A shipping and display container, comprising:
- a tray including a tray bottom panel, a tray back panel, and a tray front panel, the tray back panel extending upward from the tray bottom panel along a back edge thereof, the tray front panel extending upward from the tray bottom panel along a front edge thereof,
- the tray including a pair of bottom side flaps each extending upward from the tray bottom panel along opposite side edges thereof,
- the tray back panel extending upward beyond the tray front panel and the bottom side flaps;
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- a cover positionable over the tray in a storage configuration and removable from the tray in a display configuration, the cover including a cover top panel, a cover front panel extending downward from the cover top panel along a front edge thereof, and a top back flap configured to extend generally downward from the cover top panel along a back edge therof and pivot relative to the cover top panel about the back edge thereof,
- wherein the cover is configured such that in the storage configuration the cover front panel covers at least a portion of the tray front panel.
A packaged good article, comprising:
- a shipping and display container comprising:
- a tray including a tray bottom panel, a tray back panel, and a tray front panel, the tray back panel extending upward from the tray bottom panel along a back edge thereof, the tray front panel extending upward from the tray bottom panel along a front edge thereof,
- the tray including a pair of bottom side flaps each extending upward from the tray bottom panel along opposite side edges thereof,
- the tray back panel extending upward beyond the tray front panel and the bottom side flaps, and
- a cover positionable over the tray in a storage configuration and removable from the tray in a display configuration, the cover including a cover top panel, a cover front panel extending downward from the cover top panel along a front edge thereof, and a top back flap configured to extend generally downward from the cover top panel along a back edge thereof and pivot relative to the cover top panel about the back edge thereof,
- wherein the cover is configured such that in the storage configuration the cover front panel covers at least a portion of the tray front panel;
- and
- a plurality of packaged products positioned on the tray of the shipping and display container.
A blank for forming a tray of a shipping and display container, the blank comprising:
- a bottom panel;
- a back panel adjacent to the bottom panel along a back edge thereof, the back panel having a back panel dimension extending perpendicular to the back edge of the bottom panel;
- a front panel adjacent to the bottom panel along a front edge thereof, the front panel having a front panel dimension extending perpendicular to the front edge of the bottom panel;
- a pair of bottom side flaps each extending from opposite side edges of the bottom panel, each of the bottom side flaps having a bottom side flap dimension extending perpendicular to the side edges of the bottom panel, the back panel dimension being greater than both the front panel dimension and the bottom side flap dimension;
- at least one pair of side flaps each extending from opposite side edges of one of the back panel and the front panel;
- at least one pair of slits each formed between one of the side flaps and one of the bottom side flaps;
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- at least one pair of slots each formed between one of the side flaps and one of the bottom side flaps, each of the slots being defined by a first cut formed by a portion of one of the slits, and a second cut spaced from the first cut and formed in one of the bottom side flaps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.