Shadow box carton

Claim 1

In a carton for the disPlay packaging of squeeze tubes and the like, said carton having a rear panel, side panels; top and bottom end flaps, and a divided front panel; said carton having a tube display opening extending from a lower end thereof to the inner edge of a front wall at the upper end thereof; said front wall being derived from uppermost portions of said front panel; said carton having a pair of shadow panels derived from the lower portions of the front panel and bent inwardly of the opening; an apertured bottom closing flap bent inwardly of the opening and interlocking with lower portions of said shadow panels; an improved article support including a. strap means extending completely across said opening and being separated from uppermost portions of said shadow panels by a transverse cut of less than the full width of said front panel and being separated from lowermost portions of said front wall by a transverse cut extending fully across said front panel; and b. suspension panels derived from said side wall panels; c. said suspension panels being articulated to said strap means and said shadow panels along vertical score lines; d. said suspension panels being articulated to said side wall panels along score lines converging toward the front face of said carton; e. said suspension panels being partially severed from said side wall panels by cuts at their upper edges which extend between the upper ends of said converging score lines and the lower corners of said front wall; f. said converging score lines being directed toward the lower front corners of said carton; and g. said converging score lines terminating short of said front corners.