Patent ID: 8136697
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: A47F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A gravity fed dispensing container for shipping merchandise and displaying it at a point of sale, comprising: a box having a front wall and a plurality of partitions extending across an interior of the box, dividing it into a plurality of compartments therein for stacking articles of merchandise; a dispensing opening in the front wall at the bottom of each of the plurality of compartments, through which the articles can be dispensed; and a yieldable panel adapted to lie over a stack of articles in each of the plurality of the compartments to prevent loss of articles through the top of the box during shipping and handling, but enabling articles to be placed in the compartment through the top, with the panel flexing downwardly to enable passage of the article and to guide the article into proper orientation as it falls into the compartment and wherein said yieldable panels are foldably connected to a top edge of said front wall; and interlocking tabs and slots on the partitions and yieldable panels hold the yieldable panels in their operative positions.