Double front retail ready package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10472124-B2
Application number	US-201715654803-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2017
Priority date	Jul 20, 2017
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

A shipping container convertible to a display configuration, formed from a one-piece blank of sheet material. The container comprises opposing first and second side walls and opposing front and back walls. Top and bottom flaps are foldably joined to respective upper and lower edges of the front, back, and side walls of the container. The front wall comprises outer and inner front panels foldably joined to respective ones of the first and second side walls. A clean cut front separation line extends across the front wall. A side separation line extends diagonally along each of the side walls from opposing ends of the front separation line to an upper back corner of each of the side walls, and a portion of the front wall and side walls above the respective front and side separation lines define a removable cover portion of the shipping container.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shipping container convertible to a display configuration, formed from a one-piece blank of sheet material, the container comprising:
opposing first and second side walls and opposing front and back walls;
top flaps foldably joined to upper edges of the first and second side walls and to upper edges of the front and back walls, and bottom flaps foldably joined to lower edges of the first and second side walls and to lower edges of the front and back walls;
the front wall comprising outer and inner front panels foldably joined to respective ones of the first and second side walls;
a front separation line comprising a front clean cut slit extending substantially continuously across the front wall, wherein the front clean cut slit is defined by a first clean cut slit extending substantially continuously across the outer front panel, and a second clean cut slit extending substantially continuously across the inner front panel and vertically aligned with the first clean cut slit to form a smooth cut edge extending across the front panels and wherein the front separation line divides the outer and inner front panels into upper and lower portions, and includes an uncut bridging section on at least one of the panels connecting the upper and lower portions of the at least one panel; and
a side separation line extending diagonally along each of the side walls from opposing ends of the front separation line to an upper back corner of each of the side walls, a portion of the front wall and side walls above the respective front and side separation lines defining a removable cover portion of the shipping container.

2. The shipping container as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the side separation lines each comprise side clean cut slits extending from the front separation line along at least a portion of the respective first and second side walls.

3. The shipping container as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the side separation lines each comprise a perforated line extending from respective side clean cut slits toward the upper back corners of respective side walls.

4. The shipping container as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each of the outer and inner front panels define a width substantially equal to a width of the front wall.

5. The shipping container as set forth in claim 1 , including a joint adhering the outer front panel to the inner front panel.

6. The shipping container as set forth in claim 5 , wherein the joint adhering the outer front panel to the inner front panel comprises a glue joint.

7. The shipping container as set forth in claim 1 , wherein finger access openings are defined on the front wall and the side walls contiguous to the respective separation lines.

8. The shipping container as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the upper and lower portions of the outer front panel are adhered to the upper and lower portions, respectively, of the inner front panel.

9. The shipping container as set forth in claim 1 , including two or more uncut bridging sections connecting the upper and lower portions of the at least one panel with clean cut slit portions defined on the at least one panel between the uncut bridging sections, wherein a length of at least one of the clean cut slit portions is greater than a cumulative length of the uncut bridging sections.

10. A shipping container convertible to a display configuration, formed from a one-piece blank of sheet material, the container comprising:
opposing first and second side walls and opposing front and back walls;
top flaps foldably joined to upper edges of the first and second side walls and to upper edges of the front and back walls, and bottom flaps foldably joined to lower edges of the first and second side walls and to lower edges of the front and back walls;
the front wall comprises an inner front panel extending from a fourth fold line to the first side wall, and an outer front panel extending from a first fold line to the second side wall and adhered to the inner front panel; and
a first clean cut slit extending substantially continuously across the outer front panel, and a second clean cut slit extending substantially continuously across the inner front panel and vertically aligned with the first clean cut slit to define a front separation line comprising a smooth clean cut edge extending across the front wall; wherein the front separation line divides the outer and inner front panels into upper and lower portions, and including an uncut bridging section on at least one of the panels connecting the upper and lower portions of the at least one panel.

11. The shipping container as set forth in claim 10 , wherein a side separation line extends diagonally along each of the side walls from opposing ends of the front separation line toward the back wall, and a portion of the front wall and side walls above the respective front and side separation lines define a removable cover portion of the shipping container.

12. The shipping container as set forth in claim 11 , wherein the side separation lines each comprise a side clean cut slit extending from the front separation line and a perforated line extending from the side clean cut slit toward the back wall.

13. The shipping container as set forth in claim 11 , wherein the side separation lines extend to an upper back corner of each of the side walls, and a perforation line extends between the upper back corners of the side walls joining one of the top flaps to the back wall.

14. The shipping container as set forth in claim 10 , wherein the first clean cut slit divides the outer front panel into upper and lower outer panel portions and a second clean cut slip divides the inner front panel into upper and lower inner panel portions, and the upper and lower outer panel portions are adhered to the upper and lower inner panel portions, respectively.

15. The shipping container as set forth in claim 10 , including two or more uncut bridging sections connecting the upper and lower portions of the at least one panel with clean cut slit portions defined on the at least one panel between the uncut bridging sections, wherein a length of at least one of the clean cut slit portions is greater than a cumulative length of the uncut bridging sections.

Assignees

• Int Paper Co

Inventors

• Barton Jeremy
• Navo Kevin

Classifications

• B65D77/22

  Details · CPC title

• B65D5/5445 Primary

  for dividing a tubular body into separate parts · CPC title

• B65D5/52

  External stands or display elements for contents · CPC title

• B65D5/0005

  of variable capacity · CPC title

• B65D5/0227

  with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by heat-sealing, by applying adhesive to the flaps or by staples · CPC title