Stone Container Corporation

The Procter Gamble Company

Robert B Leftwich

Michael A Tusing

Wayne H Kuhn

Timothy Paul Burda

Linda Susan Matthews

An articulable, open-topped, stackable, side-opening container apparatus is provided, having at least one bottom wall member, with a plurality of opposed side wall members emanating therefrom. The side wall members are articulable from positions substantially coplanar with, to positions substantially perpendicular to, their respective bottom wall members. Mating engagement members, affixed to edges of the side wall members, which are adjacent when the side wall members are upright, maintain the side wall members upright.

Articulable, open-topped, stackable, side-opening container apparatus

The present invention provides a shipping/display container which includes a tray portion having a bottom panel, two opposed end panels, and two opposed side panels One of the side panels comprises a float side panel and the other of the side panels comprises a rear side panel. The container further includes a cover portion attached to the container and disposed so as to engage the end panels and the side panels. More particularly, the front side panel includes a line of weakness defining a severable portion of the front side panel which extends in at least an intermediate portion downward to the lowermost edge of the front side panel. The severable portion includes a preformed aperture located adjacent to the lowermost edge of the front panel for initiating removable of the severable portion. Because the severable portion, at least in its center region, is preferably completely removed down to the bottom panel, products may be extracted from the resulting opening even though other containers or articles may be stacked both above and below the subject container limiting the ability to extract packages at an angle. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the lower edge of the cover portion is disposed in overlying relation to the aperture to facilitate simultaneous grasping of the severable portion and lower edge of the cover portion.

Shipping/display container

A shipping container apparatus is provided which, upon opening, may be converted to a display apparatus for items shipped and contained therewithin the shipping container. The convertible shipping container--display apparatus includes a cover configured for facilitated opening, to permit access to and viewing of the goods shipped and contained therein.

Convertible shipping container-display apparatus

A collapsible pallet container apparatus for the containment of various articles including bulk materials. A container portion attached to a pallet includes automatic collapse prompting and deployment features for facilitating the collapse and deployment of the container thereby minimizing the labor effort and number of operations required for each operation. The container further contains a lower periphery that is completely and automatically sealed when in the deployed position so as to prevent migration of articles or materials from within the container to the surrounding environment.

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Bolingbrook, IL, United States of America

Robert B Leftwich