Patent ID: 8056727

Claim:
A shipping and display system for interfacing with a first pallet, said system comprising: an expanding pallet skirt (EPS) having a base and a plurality of sides, wherein at least one of said plurality of sides includes a stabilizer flap (SF), a display flap (DF), and a convertible shelf (CS) positioned between said SF and said DF, wherein said SF has a ship-orientation and a different display-orientation, wherein said DF has a ship-orientation and a different display-orientation, wherein said CS converts from a shipper-rest-orientation to a different expansion-spacer-orientation, and wherein said DF is configured to fold downwardly when in its display-orientation and create a new footprint that is larger than the footprint created by said base, thereby allowing said EPS to rest on a plurality of additional pallets that are not flushly vertically aligned with respect to said first pallet.