Display tray

Claim 2

A display package of cartons comprising: a tray including, a bottom, a pair of spaced end walls extending upwardly from said bottom, a pair of spaced side walls extending upwardly from the bottom and extending between said end walls, said side walls having an upper edge connecting the end walls, and a plurality of opposed and inwardly directed retaining tabs springingly connected to said upper side wall edges, said opposed tabs being aligned in pairs along said upper edges; and a plurality of upright cartons received in said tray in a contiguous relationship longitudinally along the tray relative to the side walls, said cartons having a height greater than the height of said side walls, a width approximately equal to the width of the tabs along said upper side wall edges, and a length approximately equal to the length of the end walls whereby the cartons extend between the side walls, with each of said tab pairs being folded downwardly in the tray to a position intermediate the sides of a carton and said side walls.

Claim 3

The display package of claim 1 wherein said tabs have a slight inward taper extending from said upper side wall edges, and have a length shorter than the height of the side walls.

Claim 4

The display package of claim 1 wherein the height of the cartons is substantially greater than the height of the side walls.

Claim 5

A display package of cartons comprising: a plurality of cartons; a tray including, a rectangular bottom having a pair of side edges and a pair of end edges connecting said side edges; a pair of end pAnels extending upwardly from said bottom end edges and having a length approximately equal to the length of said cartons; a pair of side panels extending upwardly from said bottom side edges and having a height less than the height of said cartons, with both of said side panels having an upper edge extending between said end panels and having a sufficient length for insertion of a plurality of said cartons into said tray in a contiguous relationship; and a plurality of opposed and inwardly directed retaining tabs springingly connected to said upper side panel edges, said tabs having a base edge connected to the upper side panel edges, with the length of said base edges being approximately equal to the width of the cartons, said opposed tabs being aligned in a plurality of pairs, with each of said tab pairs folding downwardly into the tray to receive an upright carton and springing upwardly responsive to removal of the carton, said upwardly sprung tabs frictionally engaging the sides of the cartons remaining in the tray adjacent the removed carton to retain said remaining cartons in their upright position.

Claim 6

A display package of cartons comprising: a plurality of cartons; a tray including, a rectangular bottom having a pair of side edges and a pair of end edges connecting said side edges; a pair of end pAnels extending upwardly from said bottom end edges and having a length approximately equal to the length of said cartons; a pair of side panels extending upwardly from said bottom side edges and having a height less than the height of said cartons, with both of said side panels having an upper edge extending between said end panels and having a sufficient length for insertion of a plurality of said cartons into said tray in a contiguous relationship; and a plurality of opposed and inwardly directed retaining tabs springingly connected to said upper side panel edges, said tabs having a base edge connected to the upper side panel edges, with the length of said base edges being approximately equal to the width of the cartons, said opposed tabs being aligned in a plurality of pairs, with each of said tab pairs folding downwardly into the tray to receive an upright carton and springing upwardly responsive to removal of the carton, said upwardly sprung tabs frictionally engaging the sides of the cartons remaining in the tray adjacent the removed carton to retain said remaining cartons in their upright position.

Claim 7

The tray of claim 1 wherein each of said retaining tabs includes, an end edge having a length less than the length of said base edge, and a pair of side edges connecting the base and end edges and defining a taper in the tab.

Claim 8

The tray of claim 5 wherein the lengths of said tab end edges are slightly less than the width of the cartons.

Claim 9

The tray of claim 5 wherein said tab end edges are generally aligned with said base edges, and the distance between said base and end edges is less than the height of said side panels.

Claim 10

The tray of claim 1 wherein each of said side panels and connected retaining tabs is an integral flexible sheet, with said tabs being connected to the side panels by a fold in the sheet.