Combination shipping container and display device

Claim 1

A COMBINATION DEVICE FOR MARKETING AND SHIPPING BOTTLED GOODS, SAID DEVICE BEING FABRICATED OF STIFF BLENDABLE SHEET MATERIAL AND COMPRISING A CONTAINER FOR CONTAINING BOTTLED GOODS IN TRANSIT AND ON DISPLAY, AN ELONGATE PROTECTING LINER EXTENDING INTERIORLY ABOUT THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER AND REMOVABLE THEREFROM TO FORM A VERTICALLY ELONGATE UPSTANDING DISPLAY STANDARD, SAID LINER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PANELS INTERCONNECTED IN END-TOEND RELATION BY TRANSVERSE HINGE LINES, SAID LINER BEING FORMED WITH AT LEAST ONE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FOLD LINE DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID HINGE LINES SERVING AS A RIGIDIFYING FOLD WHEN SAID LINER IS IN ITS DISPLAY STANDARD CONDITION, SAID LINER IN SAID CONDITION BENG CUT ADJACENT TO ITS OPPOSITE ENDS TO DEFINE AT EACH END A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOTS OPENING THROUGH THE ADJACENT END AND EXTENDING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID RIGIDIFYING FOLD, ONE OF SAID PAIR OF SLOTS BEING IN SUPPORTING INTERENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPPER EDGE REGION OF SAID CONTAINER WHEN SAID LINER IS IN ITS DISPLAY STANDARD CONDITION, AND AT LEAST ONE PROTECTING PAD DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, SAID PAD BEING CUT TO FORM A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL SPACED SLOTS EACH OPENING AT ONE END AND IN INTERENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER PAIR OF SLOTS OF SAID LINER WHEN THE LATTER IS IN ITS DISPLAY STANDARD CONDITION FOR SUPPORTING SAID PAD IN AN ELEVATED DISPLAY CONDITION, SAID RIGIDIFYING FOLD EXTENDING FOR THE LENGTH OF SAID LINER IN SAID DISPLAY STANDARD CONDITION THEREOF, SAID ONE PAIR OF SLOTS OF SAID LINER BEING OF A LENGTH LESS THAN THE SIDE WALL OF SAID CONTAINER, WHEREBY SAID LINER IS SUPPORTED IN ELEVATED RELATION IN ITS DISPLAY STANDARD CONDITION.