The Procter Gamble Company

Westvaco Corporation

Smurfit-stone Container Enterprises, Inc.

David L Field

Charles L Gunn

Harold E Davis

Tom H Ohren

John Q Broerman

A multi-shelf, collapsible display unit is provided. The shelving unit includes a base member including a rear panel, a pair of side panels, and a pair of front panels. Each of the pair of side panels include a fold line that extends longitudinally along each of the side panels. The shelving unit also includes at least one shelf member coupled to the base member. The shelf member includes a shelf panel, a plurality of support panels, and a locking panel. The plurality of support panels are coupled to the shelf panel and configured to support the shelf panel. The base member and the at least one shelf member are moveable between an erect position and a collapsed position. The locking panel is operably configured to removably engage at least one of the plurality of support panels to retain the shelving unit in an erect position.

Multi-shelf paperboard display unit and method of assembling the same

A tray/shroud shipping container which is convertible to a display container upon removal of the shroud. The container is preassembled before being filled with packaged goods from two separate blanks which are joined together to form the container. The container is made from a tray blank for forming the tray and a shroud blank for forming the shroud. The shroud telescopes within the tray and is releasably secured within the tray and covers and protects the packaged goods. The container includes two diagonally opposing vertical fold lines which comprise two substantially parallel lines of weakness. The lines of weakness of each pair are spaced apart by distances least as great as the thickness of the container so that the container can be folded along the lines of weakness thereby collapsing the container to a generally flat condition.

Preassembled tray/shroud container

A flip-top dispensing container for flowable solid materials includes an improved pour spout and a handle element for automatically lifting the flip-top when the container is dispensed. The container is prepared from two cut and scored paperboard blanks to form an outer container portion and an inner insert portion. The flip-top of the container is formed in the top of the outer container portion from portions of three contiguous outer container body panels and a part of the top closure at one end of the container. The improved pour spout is formed from the panels of the inner insert portion by extendable wing elements foldably attached thereto. The wing elements and one panel of the insert are provided with diagonally oriented score lines which enable the wing elements to be folded inwardly to provide improved flow control during dispensing. The handle element is located between the top closure flaps of the outer container so that one end thereof is attached to the flip-top portion of the container. Thus once the container is opened, the flip-top is automatically lifted into its dispensing position when the container is lifted by its handle.

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David L Field