Shipping and display containers and methods of making same

A method for making a shipping and display container, the method comprising:

• providing a single sheet of material;
• cutting the single sheet of material to include:
• a first tray element and a second tray element, each tray element having a tray element bottom panel and a tray element back panel, and each tray element having a tray element front panel at an acute angle with respect to the tray element bottom panel;
• a bridge element disposed between the first and second tray elements, the bridge element having a first center bottom panel and a second center bottom panel, the first and second center bottom panels being accordion-foldable between a first position confronting one another and a second position extending in a common plane, and having a first center back panel and a second center back panel, the first and second center back panels being accordion-foldable between a first position confronting one another and a second position extending in a common plane, wherein the common plane of the first and second center bottom panels is perpendicular to the common plane of the first and second center back panels;
• and
• a cover element for covering a space between the first and second tray elements,
• wherein the first tray element, the second tray element, the bridge element and the cover element include foldable portions;
• and
• wherein the first tray element, the second tray element, the bridge element and the cover element are included in the single sheet of material as interconnected pieces that form a single-unit shipping and display container.

A shipping and display container, the container comprising:

• a first tray element and a second tray element, each tray element having a tray element bottom panel and a tray element back panel, and each tray element having a tray element front panel at an acute angle with respect to the tray element bottom panel;
• a bridge element disposed between the first and second tray elements, the bridge element having a first center panel and a second center panel, the first and second center bottom panels being accordion-foldable between a first position confronting one another and a second position extending in a common plane;
• a protector element in the first tray;
• and,
• a cover element for covering a space between the first and second tray elements.