Patent ID: 7097041

Claim:
A convertible shipper container for shipping and displaying packaged products, the container comprising: a top panel; a bottom panel; a partially open front side; a left side including a first slot therethrough and a first portion of a separation strip, the left side connected to the top panel, the bottom panel and the front side, a back panel including a second portion of the separation strip, the back panel connected to the top panel, the bottom panel and the right side; and a right side including a second slot therethrough and a third portion of the separation strip, the right side connected to the top panel, the bottom panel, the front side and the back panel; the separation strip being operable to separate a portion of the left side, back and right side from the container to leave a display portion comprising a bottom with front, back and left and right sidewalls; the first slot extending at least half of the width [of the respective sides] of the left side and the first portion of the separation strip extending continuously and collinearly with the first slot across a remainder of the width of the left side, and the second slot extending at least halfway across the width of the right side and the third portion of the separation strip extending continuously and collinearly with the second slot across a remainder of the width of the right side.