Combination box and display unit

• US 8,596,460 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2012
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Njoy LLC (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Njoy, Inc (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Scatterday, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Bui, Luan K
• Assistant Examiner(s): ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO
• Application Number:
  US13/707,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20130277270A1
• Time in Patent Office: 362 Days
• Field of Search: 206/736, 206/746, 206/750, 229/102.5, 229/117.23, 229/117.24, 229/171, 229/177, 229/195, 229/164
• US Class Current: 206/736
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/02 for domestic use A24F15/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/5246 formed separately from the container or lid
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/54 Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing B65D5/06, B65D5/5233, B65D5/5253 take precedence ; break-in flaps, or members adapted to be torn-off, to provide pouring openings B65D5/70
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/5445 for dividing a tubular body into separate parts

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to a combination box and display unit. The unit may be used initially as a box to ship products, such as electronic cigarettes, and may then be converted into a display for the electronic cigarettes.

Claims

1. A combination box and display unit comprising:

two side walls, each having a top portion and a bottom portion;

a front wall having a top portion and a bottom portion;

a back wall having a top portion and a bottom portion;

a top;

a bottom;

four vertical edges defined by the front wall, the two side walls, and the back wall;

a tear strip comprising two parallel perforated lines extending horizontally through each of the front wall and the back wall, and slanting upwardly and rearwardly through each of the two side walls;

a slot defined by an interior surface of the back wall and located below a top margin of the back wall; and

a header card having a bottom portion for insertion into the slot from above, wherein the header card is visible above displayed product contained within an opened unit; and

a blister tray coupled to an inside surface of the bottom, the blister tray having a plurality of indentations shaped for holding and vertically displaying product so as to project and be visible above the front wall of the opened unit;

wherein the tear strip is disengaged from each of the front wall, the two side walls, and the back wall in order to separate the top portions of the front wall, the two side walls, and the back wall from the bottom portions of the front wall, the two side walls, and the back wall; and

wherein the perforated lines comprise large slits that traverse each of the four vertical edges.

2. The combination box and display unit of claim 1 wherein a majority of a front surface of the displayed product is visible above the front wall of the opened unit.