Patent ID: 6974033

Claim:
A shipping container convertible to a display container, having a top, a bottom, first and second sides and first and second ends, comprising: an outer cover member formed from a first blank, including a bottom panel for forming the bottom of the shipping container, first and second side panels, emanating from first and second opposing sides of the bottom panel, first and second end panels, emanating from first and second opposing ends of the bottom panel, the first and second end panels further including a bottom portion, a top portion, at least one of the first and second end panels further including a zone of weakness enabling separation of the bottom portion from the top portion of the at least one of the first and second end panels, at least one reinforcement panel, emanating from a top edge region of at least one of the first and second end panels, and disposed in juxtaposed overlying relation to an inside surface of said at least one of the first and second end panels, and affixed to an upper portion thereof, minor flaps emanating from opposing end edges of at least one of the first and second end panels, the minor flaps and the at least one of the first and second end panels from which the minor flaps emanate each having an upper portion and a lower portion; a zone of weakness passing through the minor flaps and the at least one of the first and second end panels from which the minor flaps emanate; a top panel, affixed to the top portion of at least one of the first and second end panels, the shipping container convertible to a display container being operably configured, upon severing along the zone of weakness, to enable an upper portion of the shipping container to be completely separated from a lower portion of the shipping container, leaving a structurally sound tray for containing and displaying articles.