Shelf ready inner package shipping container
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
InventorsThomas L. Luceri, Jeffery S. Majetich
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an inner container configured for shipping, storing, and displaying products. The container comprises upper and lower portions linked by a discontinuous line of weakness, wherein the upper portions collectively form a container top section that can be easily and cleanly removed and disposed of, while the lower portions collectively form a container bottom section that is retained for displaying contained products.
Claims17
An inner container configured for shipping, storing, and/or displaying goods, including a bottom wall, two side walls, a front wall, and a back wall;
- the inner container further comprising a top section and a bottom section;
- the top section comprised of an upper portion of the front wall, two upper portions of the side walls, and optionally an upper back wall;
- the bottom section comprised of a lower portion of the front wall, two lower portions of the side walls, the back wall and the bottom wall,
- the container top and bottom sections being linked by a discontinuous line of weakness having portions positioned substantially diagonally on the two side walls;
- wherein removal of the container top section from the container bottom section provides a display unit having side walls that increase in height from the front wall of the display unit to the back wall of the display unit, and wherein, prior to removal of the container top section from the container bottom section, the upper portion of the front wall is not in contact with the lower portion of the front wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.