Patent ID: 7520390
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: A47F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A container for transporting articles and displaying articles, the container comprising: a set of joined walls formed of a rigid, plastic material and configured to form a rectangular box-shaped enclosed configuration where an interior volume is enclosed by the joined walls with each of the joined walls in their respective closed positions and the container is convertible to a display configuration where access to the interior volume is provided, the set of joined walls including where in converting from the enclosed configuration to the display configuration the top is configured to move relative to the bottom to provide a first access opening to the interior volume, at least one side is configured to move relative to the bottom while remaining connected to the top to provide a second access opening to the interior volume extending from the bottom to the first access opening, and at least one other side remains in its closed position to form a first edge of the second access opening; wherein the sides include a front, a back opposite the front and first and second ends extending between the front and the back; hinges that connect the set of joined walls, the front being joined to the top by a hinge, the top being joined to the back by a hinge and the first and second ends being joined to the bottom by a respective hinge; wherein the top, the front, the back, the first end and the second end are configured to move relative to the bottom to form a collapsed configuration where the top, the front, the back, the first end and the second end are folded over the bottom to form a layered stack of walls.