Carton and display panel

Claim 1

A collapsible, combination folding carton and display panel formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard or the like, comprising: a. a flat display panel including: i. a rear section; ii. a front section foldably connected at one side edge to one side edge of said rear section and disposed to overlie said rear section in face-to-face contact therewith; iii. said front section having a portion cut away therefrom to expose a related portion of said rear section; b. a tubular carton including: i. a pair of opposed outboard and inboard side walls; ii. a front wall foldably connected at opposite side edges to front edges of said side walls and being spaced directly above said exposed portion of said panel rear section, which rear section portion also serves as a rear wall of said carton; iii. said outboard side wall being foldably connected at its rear edge to the other side edge of said panel rear section; iv. means for closing the upper and lower ends of said carton after said carton has been affixed to said display panel, including an upper closure flap foldably connected to the carton front wall upper edge; v. said upper closure flap including a tuck tab foldably connected thereto and adapted to be inserted into said carton adjacent said panel rear section exposed portion; c. a relatively narrow, elongated carton retaining flap foldably connected at one side edge to the rear edge of said carton inboard side wall; d. said retaining flap being sandwiched between and secured to said panel front and rear sections inboardly adjacent said carton inboard side wall to retain said carton in position on said panel without having any obstruction on said display panel in the area between said carton side walls to thereby facilitate machine closing of said carton upper closure flap tuck tab.