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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1998
Wayne H Kuhn, Palos Park, IL (US);
Steven C Burau, Wheaton, IL (US);
Stone Container Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A container apparatus convertible from a shipping container having two or more adjacent trays into one or more display trays for the display of articles therewithin. The apparatus includes at least two trays and a tray cover. Each of the two trays includes a front panel, a back panel, two side panels and a bottom panel. Upon articulation, the height of the two side panels is greater than the height of at least one of the front and back panels. The tray cover includes two end panels, with at least one end panel having at least one tab member for positioning between the articles and at least one of the front and back panels, respectively, to secure the tray cover within each of the at least two trays.