Fold-up display container

• US 5,305,875 A
• Filed: 05/13/1993
• Issued: 04/26/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Deflecto LLC
• Original Assignee: Deflecto LLC
• Inventors: Meyer, Stephen T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sewell, Paul T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ACKUN, JACOB K
• Application Number:
  US08/061,417
• Time in Patent Office: 348 Days
• Field of Search: 206/45.24, 206/45.25, 206/45.26, 206/45.27, 206/45.28, 206/1.5, 206/425, 220/6, 220/7, 220/4.28, 220/62, 220/665, 220/339
• US Class Current: 206/45.25
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/147 being individually detachable
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/225 Collapsible boxes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2207/00 Standing packages
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4208 Means facilitating suspending, lifting, handling, or the like of containers handles B65D5/46

Abstract

A fold-up display container for printed material, discrete articles and the like includes a single, integrally molded plastic unit including a base panel, a front panel, a rear panel, left and right side panels and support panels. Each of the panels are interconnected by means of molded, flexible and integrally connected hinge portions whereby the front panel is hinged to the base panel, the side panels are each hinged to the base panel and the rear panel is hinged to the base panel. The support panels are hinged on opposite sides of the rear panel and in the folded-up orientation a box-like structure is created including the base and four sides and the four sides are interconnected and locked into each other by means of a locking tab and slot arrangement. Front elevator feet are used to orient the container in an inclined and rearwardly tilted position when used for horizontal countertop display.

Claims

1. A fold-up display container for printed material and discrete articles which is initially in flat form and folded into a receiving configuration, said fold-up display container comprising:

a main panel designed and arranged into three hinged sections including a front section, a rear section and disposed therebetween a base section hinged along a first edge to said front section and hinged along a second edge to said rear section;

a pair of oppositely disposed side panels hinged to opposite sides of said main panel and designed to attach with said main panel;

said rear section including a main body portion with opposite side edges and a reduced width portion with opposite side edges and a lower edge, said rear section being joined to said base section along said lower edge; and

a pair of oppositely disposed support legs, each leg of said pair being integrally connected to a corresponding different one of the side edges of said reduced width portion by a corresponding flexible hinge.

2. A fold-up display container for printed material and discrete articles which is initially in flat form and folded into a receiving configuration, said fold-up display container comprising:

a base panel having a front edge, rear edge and oppositely disposed side edges;

a front panel having opposite side edges and a lower edge and being integrally connected along said lower edge to the front edge of said base panel by a flexible hinge arranged into three portions, said three portions being separated by a pair of spaced-apart elevator feet, said elevator feed extending into recesses in said base panel when in said flat form and pivoted out of said recesses when said display container is in said receiving configuration so as to extend beyond said lower edge;

a rear panel having opposite side edges and a lower edge and being integrally connected along said lower edge to the rear edge of said base panel by a flexible hinge;

a first side panel having opposite side edges and a lower edge and being integrally connected along said lower edge to one of the side edges of said base panel by a flexible hinge;

a second side panel having opposite side edges and a lower edge and being integrally connected along said lower edge to the other of the side edges of said base panel by a flexible hinge; and

a plurality of two-part locking assemblies for securing together pairs of adjacent panels into a folded-up orientation so as to create a box-like form with a base and four sides and an open top into which material may be placed for display and selection, one part of each two-part locking assembly being disposed as part of one part of each pair of panels and a second part of each corresponding two-part locking assembly being disposed as part of the other panel of each corresponding pair of panels.

3. A container for storage of printed material and discrete articles comprising:

a base panel;

a front panel hinged to said base panel;

a first side panel hinged to said base panel;

a second side panel hinged to said base panel;

a rear panel including a main panel portion with opposite side edges and a reduced width portion with opposite side edges and a lower edge, said rear panel being hinged to said base panel along said lower edge, said rear panel including a pair of oppositely disposed support legs, each leg of said pair being integrally connected to a corresponding different one of the side edges of said reduced width portion by corresponding flexible hinges; and

a plurality of two-part connecting means for joining together said front panel with each of said first and second side panels and for joining together said rear panel with each of said first and second side panels, each of said plurality of two-part connecting means including one part defined by one of the two panels to be joined and the other part being defined by the other of said two panels to be joined.

4. A fold-up display container for printed material and discrete articles which is initially in flat form and folded into a receiving configuration, said fold-up display container comprising:

a base panel having a front edge, rear edge and oppositely disposed side edges;

a front panel having opposite side edges and a lower edge and being integrally connected along said lower edge to the front edge of said base panel by a flexible hinge arranged into three portions, said three portions being separated by a pair of spaced-apart elevator feet, said elevator feet extending into recesses in said base panel when in said flat form and pivoted out of said recesses when said display container is in said receiving configuration so as to extend beyond said lower edge;

a rear panel having opposite side edges and a lower edge and being integrally connected along said lower edge to the rear edge of said base panel by a flexible hinge;

a first side panel having opposite side edges and a lower edge and being integrally connected along said lower edge to one of the side edges of said base panel by a flexible hinge;

a second side panel having opposite side edges and a lower edge and being integrally connected along said lower edge to the other of the side edges of said base panel by a flexible hinge; and

a like plurality of interlocking attachment means for securing together in a folded-up orientation said front panel, rear panel, first side panel and second side panel into a box-like form with a base and four sides and an open top into which material may be placed for display and selection.

5. A container for storage of printed material and discrete articles comprising:

a base panel;

a front panel hinged to said base panel;

a first side panel hinged to said base panel;

a second side panel hinged to said base panel;

a rear panel including a main panel portion with opposite side edges and a reduced width portion with opposite side edges and a lower edge, said rear panel being hinged to said base panel along said lower edge, said rear panel including a pair of oppositely disposed support legs, each leg of said pair being integrally connected to a corresponding different one of the side edges of said reduced width portion by corresponding flexible hinges; and

a plurality of two-part, snap-fit connecting means for joining together said front panel with each of said first and second side panels and for joining together said rear panel with each of said first and second side panels, each of said plurality of two-part, snap-fit connecting means including one part defined by one of two panels to be joined and the other part being defined by the other of the two panels to be joined.