Patent ID: 8556080
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A filter packed shipping and display carton combination, comprising: a stack of panel filters, the panel filters having a rectangular frame enclosing filter media therein; a box containing the stack of panel filters, the box including opposed top and bottom sides, left and right sides and back and front sides, the top side including a pair of cooperating first and second retainer flaps hinged to and depending from the left and right sides, the first and second retainer flaps being locked together to retain the panel filters in a first display position through a first display opening in the top side; wherein in the first display position, the box displays the stack of panel filters with the panel filters vertically stacked one on top of another to display one of the spine edges of the rectangular frame for the panel filters; wherein the at least one last filter viewing window is defined between the retainer flaps and the back side; wherein the at least one last filter viewing window comprises at least one cut out along a lateral edge of the retainer flaps, the lateral edge running along the back side and in close proximity thereto to prevent one of the panel filters from sliding out from under the retainer flaps when in the first display position; wherein the retainer flaps are spaced from the front side at least two panel filters thick to provide a sufficiently large and open aperture in first display opening such that panel filters can be removed horizontally out through the first display opening; wherein the first and second retainer flaps are adopted to releasably interlock together; wherein the retainer flaps are releasably interlocked without any adhesive; a lid panel for the top side, the lid panel hinged to the front side and covering the first and second retainer flaps; wherein the lid panel includes a lid body and a tuck tab, the lid body interposed between the tuck tab and the front side, the tuck tab hinged to the lid body and in a shipping position being tucked between the stack of panel filters and the back side; a strip of tape attached to the lid body and adhesively securing the lid panel to the back side, the strip of tape having pull tab; a perforated tear line connecting the lid panel to the front side, wherein the lid panel is adapted to be torn off along the perforated tear line to expose and provide for removal of panel filters through the first display opening, and wherein the lid panel is also adapted be reverse folded back over the front display panel to expose and provide for removal of panel filters through the first display opening; wherein the front side comprises a front panel including a border portion at least partially lining and connected via fold lines to the left, right, and bottom sides, and a removable card connected to the border portion along a perforated tear junction, the removable card being tearable and removable along the perforated tear junction to provide a second display opening that intersects the first display opening at a corner between the front and top sides; wherein the second display opening provides for a second display position, the bottom side being at the gravitational bottom in the second display position, and wherein the back side being at the gravitational bottom position in the first display position, the box being rotated 90 degrees between first and second display positions; wherein the removable card carries the lid panel therewith, the lid panel supported by the removable card in a cantilever manner such that removal of the removable card removes the lid panel therewith; perforated punch out tabs along the perforated tear junction; wherein at least one of the left side and the right side comprises a removable side panel defined by perforations, the removable side panel being tearable and removable along the perforations to provide a third display opening; wherein the third display opening provides for at least one of use in conjunction with the first or second display positions and a third display position different from the first and second display positions; and wherein the box is made of corrugated cardboard, one of the left and right panels having a gluing seam flap overlapping and permanently secured to the back side by an adhesive seam, and wherein the bottom side comprises four interlocking bottom flaps connected to the left, front, right and back sides, respectively, the interlocking bottom flaps interlocking with each other without adhesive attachment to releasable secure the box together in an assembled state, and wherein the box can be broken down manually to a flat state by unlocking the four interlocking bottom flaps and bending the box along four corners connecting the left, front, right and back sides, without tools and without having to tear the box or overcome adhesive force.