Combination shipping container and display support

Claim 2

A display stand for retention of articles after their removal from their shipping carton, said stand comprising, in combination, an upstanding open-ended tubular sleeve of corrugated board, paperboard, fiberboard, plastic, and the like, said sleeve consisting essentially of wall means defining an endless perimetric wall of said stand, a box-like body nesting within said sleeve and defining a load supporting insert including a platform extending across said tubular sleeve, said platform constituting a support for articles confined within said sleeve, said perimetric wall of said sleeve extending upwardly beyond said platform to define therewith a bin-like display, and said load-supporting insert constituting the carton in which the display stand was shipped.

Claim 3

A display stand for retention of articles after their removal from their shipping carton, said stand comprising, in combination, an upstanding open-ended tubular sleeve of corrugated board, paperboard, fiberboard, plastic, and the like, said sleeve consisting essentially of wall means defining an endless perimetric wall of said stand, a box-like body nesting within said sleeve and defining a load supporting insert including a platform extending across said tubular sleeve, said perimetric wall of said sleeve extending upwardly beyond said platform to define therewith a bin-like display, a hopper-like structure surmounting said sleeve and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom, said structure including a neck band defining an upstanding wall telescopingly inserted into said sleeve, and side wall means flared upwardly and outwardly and joined to said neck band therearound to form a funnel-like mouth for the display.

Claim 4

A display stand for retention of articles after their removal from their shipping carton, said stand comprising, in combination, an upstanding open-ended tubular sleeve of corrugated board, paperboard, fiberboard, plastic, and the like, said sleeve consisting essentially of wall means defining an endless perimetric wall of said stand, a box-like body nesting within said sleeve and defining a load supporting insert including a platform extending across said tubular sleeve, said perimetric wall of said sleeve extending upwardly beyond said platform to define therewith a bin-like display, a hopper-like structure surmounting said sleeve and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom, said structure including a neck band defining an upstanding wall telescopingly inserted into said sleeve, and side wall means flared upwardly and outwardly and joined to said neck band therearound to form a funnel-like mouth for the display.

Claim 5

The structure as set forth in claim 2 wherein said tubular sleeve and siad hopper-like superstructure are each substantially rectangular in horizontal cross section.

Claim 6

A display stand for retention of articles after their removal from their shipping carton, said stand comprising, in combination, an upstanding open-ended tubular sleeve of corrugated board, paperboard, fiberboard, plastic, and the like, said sleeve consisting essentially of wall means defining an endless perimetric wall of said stand, a box-like body nesting within said sleeve and defining a load supporting insert including a platform extending across said tubular sleeve, said platform constituting a support for articles confined within said sleeve, said perimetric wall of said sleeve extending upwardly beyond said platform to define therewith a bin-like display, said sleeve including integrally formed insert supporting means comprising circumambient spaced wall segments of said tubular sleeve, said wall segments being displaced radially inwardly of said perimetric wall of said sleeve, whereby upper edges of said wall segments constitute weight carrying supports for said insert bearing thereupon, said wall segments comprising a pair of opposed inwardly displaced side wall portions of said sleeve, and said side wall portions including panels overlying a rear wall of said sleeve.

Claim 7

A display stand for retention of articles after their removal from their shipping carton, said stand comprising, in combination, an upstanding open-ended tubular sleeve of corrugated board, paperboard, fiberboard, plastic, and the like, said sleeve consisting essentially of wall means defining an endless perimetric wall of said stand, a box-like body nesting within said sleeve and defining a load supporting insert including a platform extending across said tubular sleeve, said platform constituting a support for articles confined within said sleeve, said perimetric wall of said sleeve extending upwardly beyond said platform to define therewith a bin-like display, said sleeve including integrally formed insert supporting means comprising circumambient spaced wall segments of said tubular sleeve, said wall segments being displaced radially inwardly of said perimetric wall of said sleeve, whereby upper edges of said wall segments constitute weight carrying supports for said insert bearing thereupon, said wall segments comprising a pair of opposed inwardly displaced side wall portions of said sleeve, and said side wall portions including panels overlying a rear wall of said sleeve.

Claim 8

A display stand for retention of articles after their removal from their shipping carton, said stand comprising, in combination, an upstAnding open-ended tubular sleeve of corrugated board, paperboard, fiberboard, plastic, and the like, said sleeve consisting essentially of wall means defining an endless perimetric wall of said stand, a box-like body nesting within said sleeve and defining a load supporting insert including a platform extending across said tubular sleeve, said platform constituting a support for articles confined within said sleeve, said perimetric wall of said sleeve extending upwardly beyond said platform to define therewith a bin-like display, said sleeve including integrally formed insert supporting means comprising circumambient spaced wall segments of said tubular sleeve, said wall segments being displaced radially inwardly of said perimetric wall of said sleeve, whereby upper edges of said wall segments constitute weight carrying supports for said insert bearing thereupon, said sleeve being generally rectangular in cross section and being formed, at each corner thereof with a horizontal slit and a pair of cooperating upwardly and outwardly diverging fold lines, each said pair of fold lines converging at their lower terminals at each respective corner edge of said sleeve, and each said pair of fold lines intersecting said horizontal slit laterally spaced upper limits of said fold lines, whereby a pair of generally triangular webs is delineated by each said slit, said pair of fold lines, and said corner edge, said pair of webs being displaceable radially inwardly of each respective said corner of said sleeve and providing supports for said box-like body within said sleeve.

Claim 9

A display stand for retention of articles after their removal from their shipping carton, said stand comprising, in combination, an upstAnding open-ended tubular sleeve of corrugated board, paperboard, fiberboard, plastic, and the like, said sleeve consisting essentially of wall means defining an endless perimetric wall of said stand, a box-like body nesting within said sleeve and defining a load supporting insert including a platform extending across said tubular sleeve, said platform constituting a support for articles confined within said sleeve, said perimetric wall of said sleeve extending upwardly beyond said platform to define therewith a bin-like display, said sleeve including integrally formed insert supporting means comprising circumambient spaced wall segments of said tubular sleeve, said wall segments being displaced radially inwardly of said perimetric wall of said sleeve, whereby upper edges of said wall segments constitute weight carrying supports for said insert bearing thereupon, said sleeve being generally rectangular in cross section and being formed, at each corner thereof with a horizontal slit and a pair of cooperating upwardly and outwardly diverging fold lines, each said pair of fold lines converging at their lower terminals at each respective corner edge of said sleeve, and each said pair of fold lines intersecting said horizontal slit laterally spaced upper limits of said fold lines, whereby a pair of generally triangular webs is delineated by each said slit, said pair of fold lines, and said corner edge, said pair of webs being displaceable radially inwardly of each respective said corner of said sleeve and providing supports for said box-like body within said sleeve.

Claim 10

A display stand for retention of articles after their removal from their shipping carton, said stand comprising, in combination, an upstanding open-ended tubular sleeve of corrugated board, paperboard, fiberboard, plastic, and the like, said sleeve consisting essentially of wall means defining an endless perimetric wall of said stand, a box-like body nesting within said sleeve and defining a load supporting insert including a platform extending across said tubular sleeve, said platform constituting a support for articles confined within said sleeve, said perimetric wall of said sleeve extending upwardly beyond said platform to define therewith a bin-like display, a header type display panel, and fastening means for attachment of said panel to said sleeve to project upwardly therefrom, said fastening means comprising, in combination, a pair of laterally spaced slots extending upwardly from a lower marginal edge of said display panel and a pair of correspondingly spaced slots extending downwardly from a top marginal edge of a wall of said sleeve, said slots in said panel and in the wall of said sleeve facilitating intercoupling insertion of said panel and said sleeve each into the other along lines extending in a direction of and beyond the respective said slots to establish a positive mechanical interlock securing said panel on said sleeve.

Claim 11

A display stand for retention of articles after their removal from their shipping carton, said stand comprising, in combination, an upstanding open-ended tubular sleeve of corrugated board, paperboard, fiberboard, plastic, and the like, said sleeve consisting essentially of wall means defining an endless perimetric wall of said stand, a box-like body nesting within said sleeve and defining a load supporting insert including a platform extending across said tubular sleeve, said platform constituting a support for articles confined within said sleeve, said perimetric wall of said sleeve extending upwardly beyond said platform to define therewith a bin-like display, a header type display panel, and fastening means for attachment of said panel to said sleeve to project upwardly therefrom, said fastening means comprising, in combination, a pair of laterally spaced slots extending upwardly from a lower marginal edge of said display panel and a pair of correspondingly spaced slots extending downwardly from a top marginal edge of a wall of said sleeve, said slots in said panel and in the wall of said sleeve facilitating intercoupling insertion of said panel and said sleeve each into the other along lines extending in a direction of and beyond the respective said slots to establish a positive mechanical interlock securing said panel on said sleeve.