Display carrier with retaining tabs

Abstract

A display carrier is described having improved retaining tabs. In one embodiment, the carrier includes snap acting retaining tabs connected to a partition wall at end edges thereof. For receiving glassware the snap acting retaining tabs are generally planar with the partition wall. To retain glassware once in place each snap acting retaining tab is rotated out of the plane of the partition wall to reversibly engage the glassware. In this position, outward movement of the glassware within the sleeve is restricted. The carrier also includes a partition wall with opposed tab-receiving recesses. A slotted tab is associated with each recess via a hinged connection to the edge of a respective top or bottom wall. In its operative position, each slotted tab is at an angle to its wall and abuts an associated recess in a reversible locking engagement. Each recess includes a lip portion projecting outwardly from within the recess. Each lip portion extends through the slotted portion of a respective tab to secure the tab in place. With the tab thus inclined to the plane of its panel and secured by the recess, outward movement of the glassware within the sleeve is further restricted. In another aspect of the invention, the display carrier is formed from a unitary, planar cardboard blank which is die cut and creased to form all the various panels and tabs of the carrier. The blank is folded and bonded to form a carrier sleeve which may be stored flat and subsequently erected to form a display carrier.