Patent ID: 7624876

Claim:
A packaging assembly for shipping and displaying a plurality of products, comprising: a plurality of display packs, each display pack configured to hold at least one of the plurality of products; and a display stand including a base panel having a left edge and a right edge, a left side panel projecting upward from the base panel's left edge, and a right side panel projecting upward from the base panel's right edge, wherein the left and right side panels each define a plurality of slots, the slots of the left side panel cooperating with the slots of the right side panel to form a plurality of matched pairs of slots, wherein each matched pair of slots is sized and configured to receive and retain at least one of the plurality of display packs, and wherein at least one slot of each of the plurality of matched pairs of slots includes a vertically non-linear section configured such that the insertion of a display pack into the matched pair of slots causes the side wall defining the vertically non-linear section to yieldably deform and thereby retain the display pack in a desired, upright orientation.