Patent ID: 6886737

Claim:
A point of purchase display tray for the containment and presentation of articles for vending, comprising: a bottom panel, having a front edge, a rear edge and two side edges; a first rear panel emanating upwardly from the rear edge of the bottom panel; two first end panels, emanating upwardly from respective ones of the side edges of the bottom panel, a single front panel, emanating upwardly directly from the front edge of the bottom panel; a single reinforcing panel, foldably emanating directly from a top edge of the front panel; a single panel for bearing indicia, emanating upwardly directly from a lower edge of the reinforcing panel disposed distal to the top edge of the front panel, the panel for bearing indicia being folded back upon and affixed to the reinforcing panel, the single panel for bearing indicia and the reinforcing panel forming a display panel, which is pivotably connected to the front panel, and which display panel is substantially freely pivotable between a raised position above the front panel, and a display position outwardly and in front of the front panel, to expose indicia on the panel for bearing indicia, the single panel for bearing indicia having a free upper edge; the bottom panel, first rear panel, first end panels, front panel, reinforcing panel and panel for bearing indicia all being monolithically formed as part of a single blank of material; the panel for bearing indicia having a display surface that is exposed and outwardly facing when the panel for bearing indicia is in its display position, the display surface being disposed on a side of the blank in common with outwardly facing surfaces of the bottom panel, first rear panel, first end panels and front panel, so as to enable the single panel for bearing indicia, and the outwardly facing surfaces of the bottom panel, first rear panel, first end panels and front panel to be printed with indicia by a single printing pass performed on a single side of an unarticulated blank used to form the point of purchase display.