Patent ID: 6435351
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A shipping and display case for containing a plurality of articles, the case comprising:a multitude of panels connected together to form a case defining an interior for containing a plurality of articles, said multitude of panels including a front panel, a left side panel, and a right side panel; the front and left panels forming a left side edge, and the front and right side panels forming a right side edge; wherein the front panel, the left side panel and the right side panel define a perforated tear line to facilitate opening the case to provide access to said interior; wherein the tear line includes a multitude of slits, and the slits in selected portions of the tear line are substantially longer than the slits in the rest of the tear line to facilitate cleanly tearing the tear line across said selected portions; wherein said selected portions includes a first portion extending upwardly across the left side edge, and a second portion extending upwardly across said right side edge; and wherein: the tear line includes left, center, and right sections; the center section is defined in the front panel and includes left and right ends, said left and right ends being located on the front panel and spaced from the left side edge and the right side edge respectively, the left section extends leftwardly upwardly from the left end of the center section, upwardly across a left portion of the front panel, upwardly across the left side edge and upwardly across the left side panel; the right section extends rightwardly upwardly from the right end of the center section, upwardly across a right portion of the front panel, upwardly across the right side edge and upwardly across the right side panel; and said first portion of the tear line is in the left section, and said second portion of the tear line is in the right section.