Combined shipping carton and display stand

Claim 1

A DISPLAY STAND FORMED AT LEAST PARTIALLY OF A PLURALITY OF STACKED SHIPPING CONTAINERS, EACH OF SAID CONTAINERS BEING GENERALLY RECTANGULARLY SHAPED HAVING FRONT AND REAR WALLS AND INCLUDING CORRUGATED SIDE WALLS WITH THE CORRUGATIONS DEFINING VERTICAL PASSAGEWAYS TO A BOTTOM WALL OF EACH SAID CONTAINER, EACH SAID CONTAINER HAVING SAID BOTTOM WALL SECURED TO LOWER ENDS OF SAID OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS, A FRONT UPPER CORNER OF EACH CONTAINER CUT AWAY EXCEPT ALONG A TOP PORTION OF EACH CONTAINER, SAID FRONT WALL INCLUDING A CUT-OUT AREA INTERMEDIATE ITS BOTTOM AND SAID CORNER, SAID CORNER OF EACH CONTAINER BEING FOLDED BACK UPON SAID TOP PORTION TO FORM A SHELF, ONE OF SAID CONTAINERS SUPPORTING ANOTHER CONTAINER THEREABOVE, A REAR BOTTOM CORNER OF SAID OTHER CONTAINER RESTING IN THE SHELF OF SAID ONE CONTAINER, AT LEAST A PAIR OF RIDGE SUPPORT RODS, A STEM PORTION OF EACH ROD BEING ENGAGED IN ONE OF SAID PASSAGEWAYS OF SAID ONE CONTAINER SAID RESTING ON THE BOTTOM WALL THEREOF, A GENERALLY RIGHT ANGULARLY DISPOSED LEG EXTENING FROM EACH STEM PORTION AND ENGAGED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM WALL AND LOWER END OF A SIDE WALL OF SAID ONE CONTAINER, EACH SAID STEM PORTION BEING OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH SO AS TO SPACE THE BOTTOM WALL OF SAID OTHER CONTAINER FROM THE CONTENTS OF SAID ONE CONTAINER, SAID SPACE AND SAID AREA PROVIDING FOR READY REMOVAL OF THE CONTENTS OF SAID ONE CONTAINER.