Shipping carton convertible to display configuration

摘要

A shipping container convertible to a display configuration has a removable cover base removable along perforated lines of weakness to form a display opening. Packages of product in the carton are supported in a horizontal orientation during shipping and in an upright orientation when the removable cover base is removed for display of the products at a point of sale. Roll-over flaps on one wall at the bottom of the display opening capture tuck flaps on opposite side walls, and full overlapping top flaps folded inwardly from opposite side walls close the display opening during shipment. An outer top flap has an end extending over the roll-over flaps, and the end is free of attachment to the roll-over flaps. The top flaps are removed with the removable cover base. In one embodiment a flange extends inwardly over an edge of the display opening to keep packages from falling out.

主权项

1. A shipping carton convertible into a display configuration at a point of sale, comprising:
a display base; and a removable cover base configured to be attached to the display base to form the shipping carton convertible into a display configuration wherein:
the shipping carton convertible into a display configuration comprises opposite side walls each having a length and a top edge and a bottom edge, opposite end walls each having a width and a top edge and a bottom edge, top flaps foldably joined to the top edges of the side walls and end walls, and bottom flaps foldably joined to the bottom edges of the side walls and end walls, a first perforated line of weakness extending across the width of one of the end walls from one side wall to the opposed side wall, second and third perforated lines of weakness extending from respective opposite ends of the first perforated line and diagonally across respective corners of the side walls to an adjacent top edge of the respective side walls, and with the first perforated line of weakness defining the removable cover base of the carton that when removed forms a display opening devoid of walls extending across a portion of a forward end of the carton above the lines of weakness in the one end wall and the corners of the side walls and wherein the top flaps include:
tuck flaps extending inwardly toward one another from the top edges of the opposite side walls at one end thereof, the tuck flaps having a width less than the length of an associated said side wall,roll-over flaps extending from the top edge of one of the end walls, one of the roll-over flaps includes a locking tab at one edge thereof, the roll-over flaps being folded over the tuck flaps to hold the tuck flaps and side walls in folded position and form an edge spaced from the one end wall, andinner and outer major top flaps folded inwardly from the top edges of the opposite side walls into overlapping relationship with one another, the outer of the major top flaps having a free end extending into overlying relationship with the roll-over flaps, the free end being free of attachment to the roll-over flaps.