Combination shipping and display container and methods therefor

US6478159B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY LLC · US

Inventors

• Thomas H. Taylor · Redmond, US
• David Dombrowski · Monroe, US
• Brian Foster · Trumbull, US
• Peter Robberecht · Brecht, BE
• Ramon Edward Stroink · Mettmann, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2002
• Expiry date: May 22, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D5/542
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A combination shipping and display container includes a unitary blank of material foldable into a substantially rectangular container for receiving one or more items packed therein. The container has a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall and first and second side walls. The container has a line of continuous perforations extending across the rear wall, the first side wall, the front wall and the second side wall for dividing the container into a first or tear away top section and a second or bottom section. The perforations in the first and second side walls define curved slopes extending between the rear wall and the front wall. The top section may be torn away from the bottom section along the perforations formed in the container for converting the bottom section into a display container for displaying the one or more items, commonly referred to as primary packages, packed in the container. In one embodiment, after the top section has been removed, the display container in made up of the bottom wall, the rear wall and portions of the front wall and the first and second side walls.