Combined container for bottles and advertising display

Claim 1

A COMBINED PACKAGE AND ADVERTISING DISPLAY FOR BOTTLES COMPRISING TOP, BOTTOM, SIDE AND END WALLS DEFINING A CONTAINER, ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING INDICIA APPLIED TO THE INNER SURFACE, MEANS ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID ONE SIDE WALL PROVIDING A CUTTING LINE, WHEREBY UPON CUTTING THROUGH SAID ONE SIDE WALL ALONG A PORTION OF SAID LINE TO PROVIDE A PANEL, SAID PANEL MAY BE FOLDED ALONG THE UN-CUT PORTION OF SAID LINE TO AN UPSTANDING POSITION EXTENDING ABOVE SAID TOP WALL TO EXPOSE SAID INDICIA AND A PORTION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE SAID CONTAINER AND UPON CUTTING ALONG THE REMAINDER OF SAID LINE, SAID PANEL MAY BE REMOVED, A PAIR OF SEPARATORS DISPOSED IN SAID CONTAINER SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SIDE WALLS IN SPACED RELATION THERETO AND TO EACH OTHER AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS, A PLURALITY OF APERTURES IN SAID SEPARATORS, A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY DISPOSED NOTCHES IN SAID SEPARATORS, A PLURALITY OF DIVIDERS DISPOSED IN SAID CONTAINER SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID END WALLS IN SPACED RELATION THERETO AND TO EACH OTHER AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS, A PLURALITY OF APERTURES IN SAID DIVIDERS, NOTCHES IN SAID DIVIDERS COOPERATING WITH THE NOTCHES IN SAID SEPARATORS TO INTERLOCK SAID DIVIDERS AND SEPARATORS, A PLURALITY OF BOTTLES IN SAID CONTAINER SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY SAID SEPARATORS AND DIVIDERS, A ONE-PIECE FOLDED LINER DISPOSED IN SAID CONTAINER BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS AND END WALLS AND THE ENDS OF SAID DIVIDERS AND SEPARATORS, A PLURALITY OF CUTTING AND FOLD LINES ON SAID LINER TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF PANELS, APERTURES IN CERTAIN OF SAID PANELS, INDICIA ON OTHER OF SAID PANELS, INCLINED SLOTS IN ONE OF SAID PANELS AND A TRANSVERSE FOLD LINE BETWEEN SAID SLOTS, A BOTTOM PAD DISPOSED IN SAID CONTAINER BETWEEN THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID DIVIDERS AND SEPARATORS AND SAID BOTTOM WALL, APERTURES IN SAID BOTTOM PAD, A TOP PAD DISPOSED IN SAID CONTAINER BETWEEN THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID DIVIDERS AND SEPARATORS AND SAID TOP WALL, APERTURES IN SAID TOP PAD, INDICIA ON SAID TOP PAD ADJACENT ONE END AND A FOLD OR CUTTING LINE BETWEEN SAID INDICIA AND SAID APERTURES WHEREBY BOTTLES MAY BE REMOVED FROM SAID CONTAINER AND ARRANGED IN A SINGLE OR MULTI-TIER DISPLAY WITH THE NECKS OF SAID BOTTLES EXTENDING THROUGH THE APERTURES IN CERTAIN SELECTED DIVIDERS, SEPARATORS, PANELS OR PADS TO PREVENT THEFT OF SAID BOTTLES AND WITH SAID PANEL HAVING SAID INCLINED SLOTS SEVERED FROM SAID LINER AND FOLDED ON SAID TRANSVERSE FOLD LINE TO PROVIDE AN EASEL FOR SUPPORTING ONE OF SAID PANELS WITH INDICIA THEREON.