Patent ID: 9382041
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B65D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A display system for containing and displaying product comprising: (1) a tray portion comprising a front panel and a bottom panel; (2) a hood portion comprising a top panel; (3) at least two middle flaps, each of the at least two middle flaps comprising a zone of weakness that extends at least partially across the middle flap, the zone of weakness of each of the at least two middle flaps enabling separation of each of the at least two middle flaps into an upper middle flap and a lower middle flap, the upper middle flap being associated with the hood portion and the lower middle flap being associated with the tray portion; (4) a rear panel comprising a zone of weakness that extends at least partially across the rear panel, the zone of weakness of the real panel enabling separation of the rear panel into an upper rear panel and a lower rear panel, the upper rear panel being associated with the hood portion and the lower rear panel being associated with the tray portion, wherein the rear panel has two ends, each of which is adjacent one of the at least two middle flaps; and (5) a reinforcement panel extending from the top panel, the reinforcement panel positioned with respect to the tray portion front panel; wherein: the display system is convertible from a shipping configuration to a display configuration; when the display system is in the shipping configuration, the tray portion and the hood portion are joined along the zone of weakness of the rear panel and along the zones of weakness of the at least two middle flaps; when the display system is in the shipping configuration, the reinforcement panel substantially covers the tray portion front panel to strengthen the tray front panel; when the display system is in the display configuration, the hood portion is separated completely from the tray portion such that the rear panel is separated into the upper rear panel and the lower rear panel and each of the at least two middle flaps is separated into the upper middle flap and the lower middle flap; and the display system is made from a single piece of paperboard.