US2331551A

US2331551A - Packing and display container

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Publication number: US2331551A
Application number: US396596A
Authority: US
Inventors: Guyer Reynolds
Original assignee: Waldorf Paper Products Co
Current assignee: Waldorf Paper Products Co
Priority date: 1941-06-04
Filing date: 1941-06-04
Publication date: 1943-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 1960-10-12

Description

0a. 12, 1943. R, G Y R 2,331,551

PACKING AND DISPLAY CONTAINER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 4, 1941 ATTORNEY I INVENTORGW Oct. 12, 1943. R, ER 2,331,551

PACKING AND DISPLAY CONTAINER Filed June 4, 1941 2 Sheet-Sheet 2 41 W 64% 35 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented on 12, 1943 PACKING AND DISPLAY CONTAINER Reynolds Guyer, St. Paul, Minn., assignor to Waldorf Paper. Products Company, St. Paul, .Minn a corporation of Minnesota Application June 4, 1941, Serial No. 396,596

8 Claims. (01. 206-44) My invention relates to an improvement in packing and display container, wherein it is desired to provide a packing or shipping container which may also serve as a display container.

It is common practice to place articles of manufacture in an outer shipping container for transportation purposes, to protect the articles, and to keep them together as a. unit. In the .sets are preferably connected along a-line of fold to one of the walls, and are connected by past, display containers of a-basket shape have l sometimes been sent with the articles of manufacture for display purposes. The goods have been unpacked from the shipping container and placed in the display basket. In some instances the articles of manufacture have been scattered promiscuousiy within the basket, as such a display has proven to be extremely eifective.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a shipping container which can also form a display basket. With such a'device, goods may be packed and shipped within the container; and when they have reached their destination the same container will unfold to provide a basket. vAs the container unfolds into basket formation, the volume of the container increases, providing additional space within the same. As a result, the goods which were tightly packed in the shipping container may be scattered into a jumbled mass within the display container without providing an overflow of the goods which must be stored.

It is a feature of my invention that my container, when fully folded, provides a substantially rectangular box which lends itself most readily to the packing of articles of merchandise. When in display position, however, the side and' end walls of the previously rectangular box assume a sloping position with respect to the base, permitting the contents of the container to be readily viewed, and providing ready access to the'displayed goods.

A feature of my invention resides in the provision of substantially triangular gussets which foldably connect the side and end walls of the container. When the container is used as a shipping case, these gussets fold fiat against the side or end walls of "the container. In the display .positions of the container, the gussets unfold, and serve to connect the adjacent edges of the side and end walls, permitting these walls to slope upwardly and outwardly from the base or bottom of the container.

A further feature of the present invention lies in the provision of substantially triangular gussets which are securely anchored both to the side and end walls of the container. These gusfold lines to connecting tabs secured to the other of the walls. Through this means the walls are securely held in sloping relation to the base, and

the angle of slope of the walls is definitely limited.

An additional feature of the present invention resides in the provision of display panels along the forward edge of the container, and along the rear edge of the same. In display position. the front display panel is folded to depend downwardly from the forward edge of the front containerwall, thusconcealing the gusset anchoring arrangement. The rear panel is folded into vertical position to advertise the displayed goods.

A further feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a bendable element embodied within the material forming the display container. This bendable element is malleable to assume a desired shape, but does not bend as easily as the material in which it is-embodied. The bendable element, such as a metal .wire, extends at substantially right angles to the lines of fold of the display panels. Through this means, the display panels are held in definite set relationship with respect to the remainder of the container, until manually folded into another position. The normal tendencyfor the display panels to fold by gravity out of display position is in this manner obviated.

Still another feature of the present invention resides in the combination between a container having fofdable gussets and a container closure which acts to hold these gussets folded during transportation. The closure, in simplest form, comprises merely a top having depending rectangularly arranged side walls thereupon. In other words, the closure is merely an-open bottomed box-shaped element'designed to telescope over the container side walls and over the folded gussets. By preventing the gussets from unfolding away from the side walls, the container is held from unfolding into display position.

These and other objects and novel features of my invention will be more clearly and fully set forth in the following specification and claims.

In the drawings forming a part of my specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my shipping container packed and ready for shippingi Figure 2 is a perspective view of a type of closure which may be used for closing the 'top of the shipping container and for holding the corner gussets from unfolding.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of my shipping and display container with the cover or closure therefor removed, portions of the container having been broken away to disclose the construction thereof.

Figure 4 is an end view of the container after the gussets'have been open.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the display container in open or basket formation.

Figure 6 illustrates the died-out formation of the container before the same is folded.

Figure 7 is a cross sectional view through a portion of the container showing the bendable element embedded therein.

The shipping and display container A is provided with a top closure B which is employed during the shipping process, and which is removed when it is desired to unfold the container A into display position. The cover or closure 3 may be of any desired type, but for the purpose of illustration, is shown comprising a top l0, sidewalls and I2 and end walls l3 and I4. Flaps i 5 and I6 are provided on the side flaps II and I2 respectively. These flaps i5 and I6 overlap the end flaps l3 and I4 and are secured thereto. The end flaps I5 are connected to the side wall ll along fold lines I1, while the flaps l6 are connected to the side wall l2 along fold lines IS. The end flaps l5 and I6 are secured to the end walls [3 and I4 by any suitable means, such as the staples 20.

The display container A is formed of a single sheet of material cut and folded as indicated in Figure 6 of the drawings. The container A includes a base or bottom 2|, which is connected along a fold line 22 to a rear end wall 23. The rear end wall 23 is connected along a fold line 24 to a rear display panel 25.

The bottom wall 2| is also connected along a fold line 26 to a front end wall 21 which in turn is connected by a fold line 29 to a front display panel 30. The position of these various walls and parts when the container is in folded and unfolded or basket formation will be later mor clearly described.

The base or bottom wall 2| is connected along parallel fold lines 3| to side walls 32. The side walls 32 are connected along parallel fold lines 33 to substantially triangular gusset portions 34. These gusset portions 34 are connected by fold lines 35 to substantially triangular connecting flaps 36. The connecting flaps 36 are in turn connected along fold lines 31 to anchoring tabs 36, which in the formation of the container are secured to the rear end wall 23 and the front end wall 21, as best illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings. Staples 46 or other suitable means may be employed for the attachment of the anchoring tabs 39.

The outer edges of the gussets 34 and the connecting flaps 36 are preferably notched at 4|. These notches 4! are provided at the juncture or fold lines 35 between the gussets 34 and the flaps 38, to permit free folding of these elements, and to permit proper folding of the

display panels

25 and 30. Notchcs 42 are also provided at the extreme inner or lower end of the connecting flaps 36 to facilitate the folding of the relatively heavy material from which the container is formed.

The anchoring flaps 39 are not the full length of the connecting portions 36. In the first place, these anchoring tabs 39 do not need to be exthe shorter length of the anchoring tabs decreases the length of the lines of told 31, thereby making the entire corner gusset arrangement fold more readily than would otherwise be the case.

In assembling the died-out blank illustrated in Figure 6 of the drawings, it is only necessary to secure the staples 40 in place, extending through the anchoring tabs 39 and the

container end walls

23 and 21. The anchoring tabs are attached in such a position that, in unfolded display position illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, each fold line 35 along one side of a triangular gusset 34 coincides with an edge of an

end wall

21 or 23. In unfolded position of the container, the connecting portions 36 overlie the surface of the end wall of the container, and take up the space between the anchoring tabs 39 and the adjacent edges of the container end walls.

The anchoring tabs are so positioned, and the connecting flaps 36 are so shaped, that when the gusset portions are folded, as in Figure 3 of the drawings, the fold lines 33 between the gusset portions 34 and the side walls 32 are drawn into contact or proximity with the opposed edges of the

end walls

23 or 21. With the gussets folded as in Figure 3, the container cannot expand into I display position. During the shipping or transportation of the container, the gussets are held in the position illustrated in Figure 3 by means of the side and end walls ll, l2, l3, and i4 of the closure B. The container is shown in readiness for shipping in Figure 1 of the drawirgs.

The relatively short display panel 30 is folded fiat over the packed articles of manufacture during transportation, and the panel 25 is folded down over the packed goods as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings. In display position, the panel 30 preferably depends from the forward edge of the front end wall 21, and the rear panel 25 projects upwardly from the rear edge 24 of the rear end wall 23.

In order to hold the

display panels

25 and 30 in set position, I provide a bendable or malleable element embedded in the material forming the container. In preferred form, the container A is formed of material commonly known as cortremely long to serve the purpose of anchoring the connecting portions 36. In the second place,

rugated paper." As best illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings, this paper comprises a pair of

parallel sheets

43 and 44 connected by a corrugated web 45. A wire formed of bendable or malleable metal or the like, indicated by the numeral 46, extend between the inner and

outer cover sheets

43 and 44. While this wire 46 is readily bendable, it will not permit the

display panels

25 and 30 to fold by their own weight. Thus when set in the vertical position illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings, they will maintain this position unless manually folded into another position.

In the present application, the container A is shown filled with articles of manufacture in the form of rectangular boxes 0. transportation, these boxes C are packed in close formation as best illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings. In the display position of the container, the boxes C are scattered in a jumbled mass as best illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described the principles of construction and operation of my container for shipping and displaying articles of merchandise; and while I have endeavored to set forth the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that In shipping or,

this is only illustrative of a mean of carrying out my invention and that obvious changes may be made within the scope of the following claims without. departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A packing and display container comprising a body having a base, walls foldably secured thereto to extend at right angles thereto or to fold outwardly to expand the body, and yielding means to permit a limited outward movement of the walls, each said yielding means connecting adjacent edges of two of the walls; each said yielding means including a gusset connected along one edge to one of said two walls at a point spaced from the edge thereof along a fold line, anchoring tab means permanently secured in fixed relation to the other of said two connected walls, and means foldably connected to the opposite edge of said gusset and foldably connected to said tab means connecting said anchoring tab means to said gusset. V

2. A packing and display container comprising a body having a base, walls foldably secured thereto to fold outwardly to expand the body, and yielding means to permit a limited outward movement of the walls, each said yielding means connecting adjacent edges of two of the walls; each said yielding means including a gusset connected along one side to one of saidtwo walls along a fold line, anchoring tab means secured in fixed relation to the other of said two connected walls, and a connecting tab foldably connected to said tab means and to the opposite side of said gusset connecting said anchoring tab means to said gusset, said connecting tab overlying a surface of said other wall when said body is expanded.

3. A packing and display container comprising a body having a rectangular base, walls foldably secured to each edge of said base arranged to fold outwardly to expandthe body, and yielding means to permit a limited outward movement of the walls, each said yielding means connecting adjacent edges of two of the walls; each said yielding means including a gusset connected to one of said two walls along a fold line, anchorin tab means secured in fixed relation to the other of said two connected walls at a point spaced from the edge thereof, and means foldably connected along opposite sides to said tab and to said gusset connecting aid anchoring tab means to said gusset and designed to fill the space between said tab and the edge of said other wall when said body is expanded.

4. A packing and display container comprising a body having a base, walls foldably secured thereto to fold outwardly to expand the body, and yielding means to permit a limited outward movement of the walls, each said yielding means connecting adjacent edges of two of the walls; each said yielding means including a gusset connected along one edge to one of said two walls along a fold line, and tab means secured in fixed relation to the other of said two connected walls, and a connecting tab foldably connected along one side to said tab means and along its opposite side to the opposite edge of said gusset, connecting said anchoring tab means to said gusset, said connect- 5. A packing and display container comprising a body having a base, wall foldably secured thereto to fold outwardly to expand the body, and yielding means to permit a limited outward movement of the walls, each said yielding means connecting adjacent edges of two of the walls; each said yielding means including a gusset connected along one edge to one of said two walls along fold line, an anchoring tab secured in fixed relation to the other of said two connected walls at a point spaced from the edge thereof, and a connecting tab foldably connecting said anchoring tab means to the other edge of said gusset, said connecting tab means arranged to fold over said anchorin tab in folded position of said yielding means and to extend between said anchoring tab and the.

edge of said other connected wall in unfolded position of said yielding means.

6. A packing and display container comprising a body having a substantially rectangular base, walls foldably secured along each edge of said base to fold outwardly to expand the body, and yielding means to permit a limited outward movement of the walls, each said yielding means connecting adjacent edges of two of the walls; each said yieldingmeans including a gusset connected at one side to one of said two walls along a fold line, an anchoring tab secured in fixed relation to the outer surface of the other of said two connected walls, said anchoring tab being spaced from the edge of said other wall, and connecting means defined by two angularly related fold lines foldably connecting said anchoring tab to the opposite side of said gusset, said connecting means designed to fold over said anchoring tab in folded position of said yielding means and to extend between said anchoring tab and the edge of said other wall inunfolded position of said anchoring tab.

'Z. A packing and display container comprising a body having a base, and walls foldably secured thereto to fold outwardly to expand the body, yielding means connecting said walls together, permitting a limited outward movement of said walls, said yielding means comprising a gusset foldably secured to the connected walls, and display panels foldably secured to the free edges of two opposed'walls of said body and designed to cover said body in contracted position of said walls, one of said panels projectin upwardly from its respective wall and the other panel extending downwardly from the wall to which it is attached.

8. A packing and display container comprising a body having a base, and walls foldably secured thereto to fold outwardly to expand the body, gusset means connecting said walls to permit a limited outward movement of the walls, each said gusset means being foldably connected to two adjacent walls of said body, display panels connected along lines of fold to the free edges of two opposed walls, and bendable reinforcing means embedded in the body of said display panels, the walls to which they are connected and said base, said bendable reinforcing means extending through the lines of fold connecting said display panels to their respective body walls mg tab overlying a surface of said other wall when said body is expanded.

and through the fold lines connecting said re-