Display box

A system for shipping and displaying a vehicle having a seat, said system comprising:

• a first ride-on vehicle having a first seat and a first member;
• a first display box having a vehicle receiving area;
• said vehicle receiving area having a display area and an enclosed area;
• wherein said enclosed area receives a portion of the first vehicle;
• and
• wherein said display area receives a portion of the first vehicle, including the first seat, for allowing a prospective purchaser to sit on the first seat while said first vehicle is received within said display area;
• wherein
• said vehicle receiving area is defined by a bottom box panel, a front box panel, a right box panel and a left box panel;
• and
• said display area has an upper surface defined by an upper box panel;
• said first vehicle affixed to said first display box and further comprising:
• a second display box having a second vehicle affixed thereto;
• wherein said first display box has a front panel, a rear panel, a right panel, a left panel, and a bottom panel;
• wherein said second display box has a front panel, a rear panel, a right panel, a left panel, and a bottom panel;
• wherein said second display box is inverted to be located above said first display box and to have a display end adjacent to a vehicle receiving end of said first display box, thereby forming a shipping combination;
• wherein said second vehicle has a second member and a second seat, said first member supporting said second seat and said first seat supporting said second member;
• wherein said bottom panel, said front panel, said right panel and said left panel of said first display box and said bottom panel, said first panel said right panel, and said left panel of said second display box of said shipping combination define a rectangular shape of a partial enclosure for facilitating ease of shipping and stacking of said shipping combination;
• said first vehicle defines a first right pillar receiving area and a first left pillar receiving area;
• said second vehicle defines a second right pillar receiving area and a second left pillar receiving area;
• and further comprising:
• a right removable shipping pillar engaging said first right pillar receiving area and said second right pillar receiving area;
• a left removable shipping pillar engaging said first left pillar receiving area and said second left pillar receiving area;
• and
• wherein said right pillar and said left pillar provide support to assist in maintaining said rectangular shape of said partial enclosure of said shipping combination.

A method of packaging a toy vehicle comprising the steps of:

• locating a first vehicle having a first seat in a vehicle receiving area of a first display box, said vehicle receiving area having a display area and an enclosed area;
• wherein said display area is defined by a right box panel, a left box panel, and a front panel;
• wherein a portion of said first vehicle is located in said enclosed area;
• and
• wherein a portion of said first vehicle, including said first seat, is located in said display area, for allowing a prospective purchaser to sit on said first seat;
• locating a second vehicle in a second display box;
• wherein said first display box having said front panel and a rear panel;
• wherein said second display box has a front panel and a rear panel, a right box panel and a left box panel;
• inverting said second display box;
• orienting said second display box above said first display box so that a display end of said second display box is adjacent to a vehicle receiving end of said first display box;
• supporting a second member of said second vehicle with said first seat of said first vehicle and supporting a second seat of said second vehicle with a first member of said first vehicle;
• wherein a bottom box panel, said front panel, said right box panel and said left box panel of said first display box and a bottom box panel, said front panel and said right box panel and said left box panel of said second display box in combination define a shipping combination having a rectangular shape for facilitating ease of shipping and stacking of said shipping combination;
• locating a first end of a right removable shipping pillar in a first right pillar receiving area defined by said first vehicle;
• locating a second end of said right pillar in a second right pillar receiving area defined by said second vehicle;
• locating a first end of a left removable shipping pillar in a first left pillar receiving area defined by said first vehicle;
• locating a second end of said left pillar in a second left pillar receiving area defined by said second vehicle;
• and
• wherein said right pillar and said left pillar provide support to assist in maintaining said rectangular shape of said shipping combination.