Display carton and method

Claim 2

A shadow display carton which cushions and restrains the packaged article away from the carton bottom and provides a substantially full front display of the article framed by a slanted side shadow panel and a lower vertical panel comprising: a vertical rectangular back panel; side panels hingedly attached along vertical edges of said back panel; top and bottom end flaps hingedly attached to said rectangular back panel, one at the horizontal top edge thereof and one at the horizontal bottom edge thereof; said bottom end flap having a bottom cushioning means hingedly attached thereto along a horizontal fold line; said side panels having closure flaps hingedly attached at opposite ends thereof and side flaps hingedly attached along side edges opposite the vertical edges attached to said back panel; one of said side flaps having a slanted shadow panel means hingedly attached thereto.

Claim 3

The shadow display carton of claim 1 in which the slanted shadow panel means includes a slanted panel structure defining an opening through which the article to be displayed extends upwardly.

Claim 4

The shadow display carton of claim 1 which the slanted shadow panel means includes a vertical portion which has an edge hingedly attached to said side flap.

Claim 5

The shadow display carton of claim 1 in which the slanted shadow panel means has a horizontal panel portion which forms the outer top end of the carton.

Claim 6

The shadow display carton of claim 1 in which the slanted shadow panel means has a horizontal panel portion which forms the outer bottom end of the carton.

Claim 7

The shadow display carton of claim 1 in which the slanted shadow panel means has an outer vertical panel means hingedly attached to the lower edge of the slanted panel portion.

Claim 8

The shadow display carton of claim 1 in which the side flaps are narrower at their upper extremities than at their lower extremities.

Claim 9

The shadow display carton of claim 1 in which said bottom end flap has a reinforcement panel cut therein along a line whose ends terminate substantially at the horizontal fold line hingedly attaching said bottom cushioning means to said bottom end flap.

Claim 10

The shadow display carton of claim 1 in which said cushioning means includes an inner vertical panel hingedly attached to said bottom end flap along the horizontal fold line attaching said bottom cushioning means to said bottom end flap.

Claim 11

The shadow display carton of claim 9 in which said cushioning means further includes a pair of horizontal panels hingedly attached to said inner vertical panel along a horizontal fold line; said horizontal panels being defined by a pair of slots aligned transverse to said bottom edge of said back panel and extending into said inner vertical panel on one end thereof and extending to a vertical glue flap hingedly attached to said pair of horizontal panels and secured to the inside of said back panel; said cushioning means further including a first horizontal fold line between the ends of said slots in said inner vertical panel and a second horizontal fold line between said slots intermediate the ends of said slots to define a cushioning support panel extending from said vertical rectangular back panel to said inner vertical front panel.

Claim 12

A blank for a shadow display carton which cushions and restrains the packaged article away from the carton bottom and provides a substantially full front display of the article framed by a slanted side shadow panel and a lower vertical panel comprising: a vertical rectangular back panel; side panels hingedly attached along vertical edges of said back panel; top and bottom end flaps hingedly attached to said rectangular back panel, one at the horizontal top edge thereof and one at the horizontal bottom edge thereof; said bottom end flap having a bottom cushioning means hingedly attached thereto along a horizontal fold line and a reinforcement panel cut therein along a score line whose end terminates substantially at said horizontal fold line; said cushioning means including an inner vertical panel hingedly attached to said bottom end flap along said horizontal fold line; said cushioning means further including a pair of horizontal panels hingedly attached to said inner vertical panel along a horizontal fold line; said horizontal panels being defined by a pair of slots aligned transverse to said bottom edge of said back panel and into said inner vertical panel on one end thereof and extending to a vertical glue flap hingedly attached to said pair of horizontal panels; said cushioning means further including a first horizontal fold line between the ends of said slots in said vertical panel and a second horizontal fold line between said slots intermediate the ends of said slots; said side panels having closure flaps hingedly attached at opposite ends thereof and side flaps hingedly attached along side edges opposite the vertical edges attached to said back panel; one of said side flaps having a slanted shadow panel means hingedly attached thereto which includes further structure defining an opening therein for receiving the packaged article.

Claim 13

A blank for a shadow display carton which cushions and restrains the packaged article away from the carton bottom and provides a substantially full front display of the article framed by a slanted side shadow panel and a lower vertical panel comprising: a vertical rectangular back panel; side panels hingedly attached along vertical edges of said back panel; top and bottom end flaps hingedly attached to said rectangular back panel, one at the horizontal top edge thereof and one at the horizontal bottom edge thereof; said bottom end flap having a bottom cushioning means hingedly attached thereto along a horizontal fold line and a reinforcement panel cut therein along a score line whose end terminates substantially at said horizontal fold line; said cushioning means including an inner vertical panel hingedly attached to said bottom end flap along said horizontal fold line; said cushioning means further including a pair of horizontal panels hingedly attached to said inner vertical panel along a horizontal fold line; said horizontal panels being defined by a pair of slots aligned transverse to said bottom edge of said back panel and into said inner vertical panel on one end thereof and extending to a vertical glue flap hingedly attached to said pair of horizontal panels; said cushioning means further including a first horizontal fold line between the ends of said slots in said vertical panel and a second horizontal fold line between said slots intermediate the ends of said slots; said side panels having closure flaps hingedly attached at opposite ends thereof and side flaps hingedly attached along side edges opposite the vertical edges attached to said back panel; one of said side flaps having a slanted shadow panel means hingedly attached thereto which includes further structure defining an opening therein for receiving the packaged article.