Patent ID: 6568588
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A stackable display container constructed of a single piece of sheet material folded to form said container comprising:a substantially horizontal bottom wall having a left edge, a right edge, a front edge and a rear edge; at least partial left and right side walls extending substantially vertically upwardly from said left and right side edges, respectively; at least partial front and back walls extending substantially vertically upwardly from said front and rear edges, respectively, said front wall including an outer front wall segment and an inner front wall segment substantially coextensive therewith with said inner wall segment having ends; left and right front corner columns, each corner column being formed of a segment of said sheet material folded to form a side corner wall and a front corner wall, each of said front corner walls including a lower portion having a front surface and an inner surface, each side corner wall coinciding essentially with its respective container side wall and the front corner walls lying in essentially the same plane as said front wall, each of said corner walls extending to said bottom wall and including a foot portion that extends substantially in the same plane as said front wall away from its associated corner in a direction toward the opposite corner with each foot portion resting on said bottom wall adjacent said front edge and each of said foot portions having a top; said inner and outer front wall segments being joined together along a substantially horizontally extending fold line, said fold line lying over the tops of said foot portions; each of said inner and outer front wall segments extending substantially to the left and right side walls, said outer front wall segment covering the front surface of the lower portion of said front corner walls and said inner front wail segment substantially covering the inner surface of the lower portion of said front corner walls; said inner wall segment including score lines that facilitate the flexing of the ends of said inner wall segment to allow them to pass around said front corner walls as said container is being assembled, and said inner front wall segment including tabs extending from its ends that cooperate with slots in said side corner walls.