Special receptacle or package – Convertible to or from display configuration – Having content positioning means
Patent
1999-04-08
2000-04-18
Gehman, Bryon P.
Special receptacle or package
Convertible to or from display configuration
Having content positioning means
206463, 206467, 206485, 206526, 206813, 53449, B65D 134, B65D 8500
Patent
active
06050420&
ABSTRACT:
A packaging assembly, and method of packaging a plurality of products, for economically and safely shipping and displaying a plurality of products. The packaging assembly includes a display stand, a plurality of display packs holding the plurality of products, and a shipping cover. The display stand is constructed from a single sheet of cardboard, and includes a rectangular base panel, a front panel having a gap for viewing, and two parallel side panels. Each side panel includes a plurality of slots that correspond with slots in the other side panel. Each display pack is an approximately planar assembly formed from front and rear portions of transparent, vacuum-molded plastic. The front and rear portions are each configured with a flange, the flanges each forming conforming notches allowing the two portions to be adjoined and heat sealed or glued together. The display pack includes a product chamber configured to hold the product, and further contains a product display card. The corresponding pairs of slots are configured to receive the display pack flanges to support and display the products in the product chamber. The display packs are inserted into succeeding corresponding pairs of the slots. The front and rear portions include frames configured to adjoin with the frames of adjacent display packs to provide structural support to each succeeding display pack. The display stand with the plurality of inserted display packs may be covered with a shipping cover to provide a structurally sound rectangular box suitable for shipping. The shipping cover is a conventional, five-sided, open-topped, rectangular box, having an opening that conforms to the shape and size of the base panel, allowing the shipping cover to be taped, along its opening, to the under side of the display stand's base panel.
In an alternate embodiment, the display stand includes an insert allowing two rows of display packs within the packaging assembly.
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Gehman Bryon P.
U.S. Optical Merchants, Inc.
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