US2339112A - Display container - Google Patents

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Jan. 11, 1944. V p, R B AL 2,339,112

DISPLAY CONTAINER Filed July 12, 1940 INVENTORJ;

5 I v Paul lfoerfo' 7rd ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 11, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPLAY CONTAINER poration of Ohio Application July 12, 1940, Serial No. 345,126

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a folding display carton, usually made of corrugated board, which is adapted either for shipping or for display purposes without requiring repacking of the contents, and is an improvement upon the invention of one of the present applicants, Paul Roberts, disclosed in Patent No. 2,168,240 issued August 1, 1939. The present invention, like that of the previous patent, relates to a carton having a top which can be raised to become a display back, and side wings which join the back and so form display sides. The present invention is directed to means for better displaying samples of the merchandise in the carton and for keeping the back and sides upright when set up for display, irrespective of the amount of merchandise in the carton.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the carton, with any form of the present invention applied thereto, closed and sealed ready for storage or ship- P Fig. 2 is a perspective of a carton set up for display, using one form of the present invention;

Fig. 3 shows the carton of Fig. 2 in a position part way between closed and opened;

Fig. 4 is an interior transverse vertical section on plane 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section through the closed lid and wings, plane 5-5, Fig. 1.

The present improved carton in its general appearance and organization is similar to that of Patent No. 2,168,240, having a conventional bottom construction to which no reference characters are applied in the present disclosure, a back I, sides 2, drop front, wings, back and a top lap. The drop front comprises a permanent panel 4 and a movable or drop panel 5, having a top lap 6 (herein conveniently shown as a full lap) bendably attached to its outer edge, said lap being adapted either to fit as a top lid of the box when closed or to fit under the box when open for display, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively.

The display features comprise a single piece back 8 and side wings each composed of panels 9 and i0 hinged respectively to an edge of the back and the top of a side 2 and interconnected by a fold line H so as to collapse inwardly when the lid is lowered, as shown in Fig. 5.

In the container of Patent No. 2,168,240 it was contemplated that the panels of the side wings would be held flat and upright, that is vertical, by means of merchandise packed against them, since the wings have some tendency to bend inward on account of the set given the corrugated board along the line H. In order to insure that the top will stand up with the wings flat and vertical irrespective of whether or not there is merchandise to hold up the wings or the back, we have devised fastening locks for the corners between wing and back which will be effective whether the display carton is full or empty.

In the form shown in Fig. 2 the lock comprises tabs I 4 and 15 respectively of any convenient shape; quarter circles are shown. The larger tabs M are made by cuts through back 8 around the entire tab except for one horizontal edge I4 which constitutes a permanent hinge. A vertical edge M" is on the fold line between back 8 and panel 9, so that when the tab I4 is set down horizontally it holds the wing against collapsing. At the same time tab l4 forms a small shelf on which individual items of merchandise M, Fig. '2, from the contents of the carton, may be set, but the lock is efiective whether or not the tabs are used as shelves. A smaller tab l5, cut from the wing, vertically hinged as at l5, and with upper horizontal edge I5" at the level of hinge I4, is swung inward to provide a rest for tab I4.

Since there are no parts to be removed, these tabs l4 and I5 are part of the blank and do not add any more pieces nor make the blank any more complex except for the necessary cuts to allow the tabs to swing. Thus when the box is closed the tabs [4 and I5 simply lie in the respective panels to which they belong.

What we claim is:

In a display container comprising four upright walls, a bottom, a back which constitutes a top element when the container is closed, foldable side wings each attached to an end of said back and to the top of the adjacent side, said back and wings standing upright when set up for display, a locking tab cut out of said back and horizontally hinged to said back along one edge but out free therefrom on all other edges, said tab being disposed horizontally when back and wings are set up for display and when so disposed forming a shelf having one free edge abutting the inner face of the adjacent wing; a supporting tab for said locking tab, said supporting tab being'spaced from the vertical junction of said wing and said back and being cut out of said wing on all but one side and hinged to said wing along a vertical line on said one side with the upper extremity of said supporting tab at the level of the horizontal position of said locking tab.

PAUL ROBERTS. JOHN W. WHITE.

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