Shipping and display container

A disposable, paperboard container for shipping, supporting and displaying a plurality of articles for sale, comprising:

• a paperboard tray having a bottom support surface, a back wall, a front wall and opposite side walls, wherein the articles project above at least the front wall and are slidable in the tray toward the front wall;
• a paperboard pusher member slidable on the bottom support surface in a direction from the back wall toward the front wall, said pusher member having opposite end walls, a back wall, and a bottom wall, defining a scoop-like shape capable of receiving at least one article, and wherein the end walls slide in close proximity to the tray side walls, and the bottom wall slides along the bottom support surface, whereby the pusher member remains in a stable orientation as it moves forward in the tray;
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• elastic means connected between opposite ends of the pusher member and the tray to resiliently urge the pusher member and any articles in the tray forwardly, whereby as articles are removed from the front of the container other articles are pushed forward to replace the removed articles.

A shipping and display container, comprising:

• a support surface in the container for supporting a plurality of items in position for optimum visibility and accessibility to a customer or potential customer, said support surface having a longitudinal axis extending between a front edge and a rear edge of the container;
• a pusher member mounted for sliding movement on the support surface in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, said pusher member made from a single piece of corrugated cardboard folded to have opposite end walls positioned at opposite sides of the tray, a back wall, a bottom wall that extends parallel to the support surface, and panels, flaps and tabs that interlock with one another to hold the pusher member in erected condition without requiring the use of adhesives or other fasteners, said back wall including inner and outer panels, and elongate flaps foldably joined to rearward edges of the end walls and received between the inner and outer panels of the back wall, said flaps having attaching tabs formed thereon;
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• an elastic biasing member connected between the container and the attaching tabs at each of the opposite ends of the pusher member to yieldably urge the pusher member forward in the container, whereby items placed in the container and supported on the support surface are continually urged forward by the pusher member to replace items removed from the front of the container by a customer.