Divided display carton and blank therefor
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1. A display carton comprising:
- a front wall, a back wall, a pair of side walls joining said back wall to said front wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, said top and bottom walls extending between said front and back walls,hinge means pivotably connecting said top and bottom walls to said front wall,said back wall being formed from a pair of flaps, each of said flaps being hingedly connected to a sidewall, one of said flaps overlapping the other and being adhesively secured to the other,a central divider wall hingedly connected to said overlapped one of said back wall flaps and folded to a position extending between said front and back walls generally parallel to said side walls dividing the interior of said carton between said side walls into a pair of compartments adapted to receive a plurality of articles therein,a shelf in each of said compartments hingedly connected to a panel which is hingedly connected to an edge of each of said back wall flaps and folded to a position extending between said front and back walls in a plane substantially perpendicular to said divider wall, said shelves being disposed substantially midway between said top and bottom walls and substantially parallel thereto, each shelf being adapted to support an article thereon in each of said compartments between said shelf and said top wall and to provide a divider for an article supported on said bottom wall between said bottom wall and said shelf, anda display opening cut in said front wall to expose the articles within each of said compartments to view.
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Abstract
A display carton is formed from an integral planar blank having panels which when folded form the carton and automatically divide the interior of the carton into a pair of longitudinal compartments having shelves for supporting and spacing a plurality of articles within the interior of each compartment above and below each shelf. The front wall of the carton is provided with a display opening for exposing the articles to view.
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1. A display carton comprising:
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a front wall, a back wall, a pair of side walls joining said back wall to said front wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, said top and bottom walls extending between said front and back walls, hinge means pivotably connecting said top and bottom walls to said front wall, said back wall being formed from a pair of flaps, each of said flaps being hingedly connected to a sidewall, one of said flaps overlapping the other and being adhesively secured to the other, a central divider wall hingedly connected to said overlapped one of said back wall flaps and folded to a position extending between said front and back walls generally parallel to said side walls dividing the interior of said carton between said side walls into a pair of compartments adapted to receive a plurality of articles therein, a shelf in each of said compartments hingedly connected to a panel which is hingedly connected to an edge of each of said back wall flaps and folded to a position extending between said front and back walls in a plane substantially perpendicular to said divider wall, said shelves being disposed substantially midway between said top and bottom walls and substantially parallel thereto, each shelf being adapted to support an article thereon in each of said compartments between said shelf and said top wall and to provide a divider for an article supported on said bottom wall between said bottom wall and said shelf, and a display opening cut in said front wall to expose the articles within each of said compartments to view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A planar blank for forming a display carton comprising
a central panel having an opening cut therein, said central panel including a pair of parallel lateral edges and a pair of parallel transverse edges, a pair of side panels of identical height and width connected by a fold line to said parallel lateral edges of said central panel, an upper and lower transverse panel of identical height and width, one of said transverse panels being connected to one of the transverse edges of said central panel by a fold line and the other of said transverse panels being connected by a fold line to the other of said transverse edges, a laterally extending side panel extension flap of identical height and width connected by a fold line to a lateral edge of each of said side panels, an extension panel connected by a fold line to a lateral edge of one of said side panel extension flaps, said extension panel including a pair of tabs at opposite ends thereof bendable about a fold line substantially parallel to the fold line connecting said extension panel to the lateral edge of said one side panel extension flap, each of said side panel extension flaps includes an identical downwardly extending L-shaped panel connected to a lower transverse edge of each of said side panel extension flaps, a transverse fold line parallel to the lower transverse edge of its associated side panel extension flap, a lower triangular section defined by a pair of fold lines, and a laterally extending tab connected to one of the fold lines of said triangular section.
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