Patent ID: 7520390

Claim:
A container for transporting articles and displaying articles, the container comprising: a set of joined walls formed of a rigid, plastic material and configured to form a rectangular box-shaped enclosed configuration where an interior volume is enclosed by the joined walls with each of the joined walls in their respective closed positions and the container is convertible to a display configuration where access to the interior volume is provided, the set of joined walls including a bottom; a top configured to move relative to the bottom; and sides configured to move relative to the bottom; where in converting from the enclosed configuration to the display configuration the top is configured to move relative to the bottom to provide a first access opening to the interior volume, at least one side is configured to move relative to the bottom while remaining connected to the top to provide a second access opening to the interior volume extending from the bottom to the first access opening, and at least one other side remains in its closed position to form a first edge of the second access opening; wherein the sides include a front, a back opposite the front and first and second ends extending between the front and the back; hinges that connect the set of joined walls, the front being joined to the top by a hinge, the top being joined to the back by a hinge and the first and second ends being joined to the bottom by a respective hinge; wherein the top, the front, the back, the first end and the second end are configured to move relative to the bottom to form a collapsed configuration where the top, the front, the back, the first end and the second end are folded over the bottom to form a layered stack of walls.