Patent ID: 6474473
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A shipping and display container for fragile articles, comprising:a pair of substantially identical, mating half sections each made from a single individual blank of paper material folded to define a rectangular back wall panel and spaced apart, hollow, box-like quadrilateral support structures at opposite sides of the back wall panel, said quadrilateral support structures each being formed by upwardly and inwardly turned panels at opposite edges of an back wall panel, wherein said back wall panel forms a back wall of each quadrilateral support structure, the upwardly turned panel forms an outer side wall thereof, an inwardly turned panel forms a top wall thereof extending in parallel spaced relationship to the back wall panel, a downwardly turned panel on an inner edge of the top wall forms an inner side wall extending in parallel spaced relationship to the outer side wall, and a further inwardly turned panel at a bottom edge of each inner side wall extends in overlying relationship to the back wall panel and toward and into contiguous relationship with the further inwardly turned panel on an opposed inner side wall to form a double bottom for the container; said top wall and inner side wall of each quadrilateral structure having cut outs formed therein, defining spaced apart recessed supports for supporting opposite ends of at least one article along three spatial axes when an article is placed in the recessed supports of a half section, said recessed supports being spaced from the bottom and outer side walls such that an article supported thereon is maintained in spaced relationship to said walls, said half sections being configured so that one half section can support at least one article in a secure and visible orientation for display, and a pair of the half sections can be placed together in mirror image registry with one another on opposite sides of at least one article to enclose the article and define a shipping container for secure shipping of the article.