Auxiliary display receptacle

Claim 2

A bracket suitable for forming in combination with a suitably folded blank a display receptacle attachable to the exterior edge of a shelf, comprising a flat body having two principal faces, rear, front, top and bottom edges, a first boss mounted proximate the top of said rear edge, a second boss mounted on said rear edge below said first boss with sufficient clearance for accepting the edge of a shelf, means mounted in one of said bosses for securing said bracket to a shelf inserted between said bosses, and a flange around the periphery of at least one of said two principal faces of said flat body, said flange defining a supporting and surrounding wall for receiving an edge of the folded blank.

Claim 3

A bracket as defined in claim 1, further comprising a ridge parallel and spaced from the portion of said flange at the front edge of said flat body by an amount sufficient for reception of an edge of said folded blank, said ridge extending from proximate the portion of said flange on said bottom edge of said flat body to a point below the portion of said flange on said top edge of said flat body, thereby forming an open-topped groove for receiving said edge of said folded blank.

Claim 4

The bracket as defined in claim 1, wherein said flat body has therein apertures for accepting means for securing said folded blank to said bracket.

Claim 5

The bracket as defined in claim 1, further comprising a peripheral flange and ridge on the opposite face of said body so positioned that both faces of said flat body are mirror images of each other, thereby makiNg it possible for any such bracket to serve either as the right or left face of a receptacle or as both simultaneously with respect to two receptacles.

Claim 6

The bracket as defined in claim 1, wherein said front edge is shorter than said rear edge thus providing for mating with a similarly folded blank in which a rear face provides support for packages within said receptacle while the visibility of indicia on the front faces of said packages is unobstructed.

Claim 7

The bracket as defined in claim 1, wherein said flange, said ridge and said bosses are tapered so that said bracket may be prepared by casting.

Claim 8

The bracket as defined in claim 1, in combination with a folded blank a portion of which is folded to form front, bottom and rear faces of a receptacle, the front face being folded firstly in outwardly horizontal direction and secondly in essentially downward directed to form a short top lip, the direction of said downwardly directed portion being appropriate and its length being such that it fits securely into said groove between said ridge and said flange, at least one section at each edge of the bottom and rear faces of said blank being bent to form tabs parallel to said flat body, each of said tabs being apertured at locations corresponding to said apertures in said flat body whereby said folded blank may be secured to said bracket, and means for securing said folded blank to said bracket at said apertures.

Claim 9

The combination of claim 7, wherein tabs are folded downwardly at each edge of said bottom face and rearwardly at each edge of said rear face, the dimensions of said tabs being such that the edges of said tabs rest respectively against said bottom and rear portions of said flange.

Claim 10

The combination as defined in claim 7, wherein said front and rear portions of said flange, said ridge and said front and rear surfaces of said receptacle are inclined backwardly in order to provide support for packages which may be otherwise unstable when placed in upright position.