Patent ID: 6523692
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A fold-in-half shipping/display box comprising:a horizontal top side, a horizontal bottom side, parallel front and rear vertical sides interconnecting the top and bottom sides, and parallel end sides interconnecting the top and bottom sides; the front side intersecting the top and bottom sides along a top front edge and a bottom front edge, respectively, of the box; the rear side being a one piece panel intersecting the top and bottom sides along a top rear edge and a bottom rear edge, respectively, of the box; the box further including a tear-away portion formed by upper and lower edges coinciding with the top front edge and the bottom front edge, respectively, and first and second side edges disposed in the front side, each of the first and second side edges interconnecting the upper and lower edges and terminating at the upper and lower edges, wherein the tear-away portion lies entirely in the front side, the tear-away portion lying in a single plane which includes the upper and lower edges and the first and second side edges; the rear side and the top side having a perforated line formed therein, the perforated line including a first section extending within the rear side perpendicularly from the bottom rear edge, and a second section extending within the top side perpendicularly from the top rear edge of the top front edge; the bottom side including a fold line extending perpendicularly from the bottom rear edge to the bottom front edge; the perforated line and the fold line lying in a common vertical plane bisecting the box, whereby with the tear-away portion removed, the perforated line severed, and with the bottom side folded in half along the fold line, the box presents a pair of side-by-side compartments separated by the folded-in-half bottom wall and resting on respective ones of the end sides.