Combined product shipping and display box
US5372299A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 12, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S229/919
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A combined shipping and display box is provided which is formed from a one-piece blank of box-board material configured such that, when erected, the box will include bottom, front and rear walls as well as an opposed pair of side walls. The side walls are each formed from respective side panels having a central sub-panel and a pair of divider sub-panels extending in opposite directions from the central sub-panel. These divider sub-panels are inwardly foldable onto their respective central sub-panel along predetermined fold lines so as to not only be positioned in adjacent contact with the central sub-panel, but also to establish protruding interior dividers for the shipping/display box. When erected, therefore, the terminal edges of each respective pair of divider sub-panels will abut one another such that each of the interior dividers is paired with a similar interior divider associated with the opposite side wall. In such a manner, therefore, the paired dividers will establish box positions adapted to hold a selected number of prepackaged product containers in a desired array. The dividers, moreover, protect the prepackaged product containers held thereby against movement (and he…
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