Patent ID: 9382030
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. An adjustable display tray convertible between expanded and contracted configurations by a retailer at a point of sale to provide the retailer with the flexibility of using the adjustable display tray as a stock-keeping unit in an expanded or a contracted configuration, said tray comprising: a bottom wall having a front edge, a back edge and opposite side edges; a front wall folded upwardly from said bottom wall front edge; a back wall comprising an outer back wall panel folded upwardly from said bottom wall back edge, and an inner back wall panel foldably joined to a top edge of said outer back wall panel and folded inwardly and downwardly against an inner surface of said outer back wall panel; opposite side walls folded upwardly from opposite side edges of said bottom wall, said side walls being foldable independently of one another into either an expanded or contracted configuration, said side walls each comprising a first side panel foldably joined along a first edge to a respective side edge of said bottom wall, and a second side panel foldably joined to said first side panel along an edge thereof opposite said first edge, wherein said first side panels have a first position extending perpendicular to said bottom wall and forming outer side wall panels in the contracted configuration of said tray and have a second position extending parallel to said bottom wall and forming extensions of said bottom wall in the expanded configuration of said tray, and wherein said second side panels have a first position folded inwardly from a top edge of a respective said first side panel to lie in spaced parallel relationship to said bottom wall and form a partial top cover for said tray when the tray is in a contracted configuration and have a second position folded upwardly from said first side panel to form an outer side wall when the tray is in an expanded configuration; an outer exterior flap joined along a frangible line to respective opposite ends of said outer back wall panel and joined along a fold line to an adjacent end of an associated said first side panel, wherein said outer exterior flaps have a first position separated along said frangible lines from said outer back wall panel and extending parallel to said first side panel and perpendicular to said outer back wall panel when said tray is in its contracted configuration, and a second position joined to and extending coplanar from the ends of said outer back wall panel and perpendicular to respective said first side panels when the tray is in its expanded configuration; and a back swing flap foldably joined to each of opposite ends of said inner back wall panel, wherein said back swing flaps have a first position folded inwardly against an inner surface of a respective said first side panel when the tray is in a contracted configuration and a second position lying against a respective adjacent outer exterior flap when the tray is in an expanded configuration.