Combination shipping case and shelf extender display assembly

Claim 1

A combination shipping and shelf-hanging display case comprising a box body constituting an open-top container for packaging articles therewithin, said container having a floor, a rear wall and a pair of side walls, a cover including a top wall and a pair of opposed end walls connected thereto, said cover adapted to serve both as a closure for said container to confine the articles within said container during shipment thereof and as a hanger to support said container on a shelf for display of articles contained therein when said case is in an open position, hinge means integrally formed with an interconnecting said container with said cover for articulated pivotal movement therebetween, said cover being pivotal about said hinge means between a first position in which said case is closed and a second position in which said case is open, said hanger means including a pair of laterally spaced, shelfengaging fingers integral with said end walls, said fingers defining terminal edges presented generally downwardly toward and bounding at least a portion of said openings formed in said end walls, said terminal edges adapted to engage the shelf at an upwardly presented surface thereof to bear thereupon as the shelf edge projects through said openings when said container is open and said cover hangs upon and depends from the shelf, said top wall of said cover defining a positive abutment and substantially coextensive support for said rear wall of said container with said rear wall of said container overlying and bearing contiguously against said top wall of said cover when said case is open and is grippingly secured to depend from a shelf as a forwardly-directed article-carrying extension thereof.