Patent ID: 7455215

Claim:
A shipping container convertible to a display container, having a top, a bottom, first and second sides, and first and second ends, comprising: a tray 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; minor flaps emanating from one of the end of the first and second side panels or the ends of the first and second end panels, and being affixed to one of the outer surfaces of the first and second end panels or the outer surfaces of the first and second side panels, respectively; a cover member, formed from a second blank, including a top panel, first and second top flaps extending from first and second opposing ends of the top panel; first and second side panels emanating from first and second opposing sides of the top panel; an internal support member formed from at least a third blank, for providing support to the top panel, the internal support member including a center panel, the center panel having opposing ends and a first side and a second side, the center panel extending between the first and second end panels of the tray member, the internal support member further including at least one pair of end panels extending outwardly from the first and second sides of the center panel adjacent to one of the ends of the center panel, each pair of end panels of the internal support member forming an end wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, a pair of side flanges inwardly extending from the end wall away from the outer surface of the end wall, the end wall extending between the first and second side panels of the tray member; the first and second top flaps of the top panel of the cover member being affixed to the outer surface of the end walls of the internal support member; at least one zone of weakness, wherein each zone of weakness is disposed between a first and a second portion of the tray member for enabling separation of the first portion of the tray member from the second portion of the tray member, wherein at least one first portion of the tray member is affixed to the internal support member, whereupon separation of the at least one first portion and at least one second portion of the tray member facilitates separating the cover member, the internal support member and the at least one first portion of the tray member from the at least one second portion of the tray member to result in a tray for displaying products contained within the shipping container.