Patent ID: 7213707

Claim:
A product shipping and display carton and a plurality of elongated, tubular shaped products contained therein, comprising: a display box defined by a bottom panel and an upwardly extending wall panel together forming a product carrying enclosure, said display box having an open top defined by a top wall panel edge opposite said bottom panel, said wall panel having a top product-restraining rail and a removable panel portion below said open top and said top product-restraining rail, defining a product viewing window in said display box, said product viewing window having a height that is generally smaller than a length of said elongated, tubular shaped products contained within said display box, said height of said product viewing window being generally perpendicular to said top wall panel edge and said top product-restraining rail; said top product-restraining rail positioned on said upwardly extending wall panel to engage one or more of said plurality of elongated, tubular shaped products to hold said plurality of elongated, tubular shaped products within said display box, and to prevent said plurality of elongated, tubular shaped products from falling out of said display box after said removable panel portion has been removed and while said plurality of elongated, tubular shaped products are on display; and a shipping sleeve defined by a top panel and a downwardly extending wall panel together forming a telescoping enclosure, said shipping sleeve having an open bottom defined by a bottom wall panel edge opposite said top panel, said display box being positioned in said telescoping enclosure such that said open top and said upwardly extending wall panel are substantially entirely covered by said shipping sleeve.