Patent ID: 7066333
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. In a container for shipping and displaying objects, wherein the container has a base with an open top and a separate, removable lid for closing the open top, wherein the base has a bottom panel, opposing end walls foldably attached to the bottom panel along opposing end fold lines, and opposing first and second side walls foldably attached to the bottom panel along opposing side fold lines, each of the opposing end walls having a free upper edge and two opposing side edges, and each of the opposing side walls having a free upper edge and opposite end edges, and an inwardly folded end flap on each of the opposite end edges of the side walls, the improvement comprising: a continuous, uninterrupted tear score line extending downwardly at an angle from a first point on the free upper edge of said first of said side walls, across an end portion of said first side wall to the side fold line joining that side wall to the bottom panel, and across an adjacent end of the bottom panel to the side fold line joining said second side wall to the bottom panel, and upwardly at an angle across an end portion of the second of the opposing side walls to a second point on the free upper edge of said second side wall, whereby when said tear score line is fractured a minor end portion of each of said side walls and the entirety of said one end wall are removed, defining a display container having a completely open top, one completely open end, and a minor end portion of each of said side walls open to expose an end and part of the sides of said objects.