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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1997
Bouwe Prakken, Woerden 3440AH, NL;
Martin Prakken, Colonial Heights, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A rectangular folding box comprises at least four side walls (1 to 4 inclusive), which are connected to one another by fold lines, and a bottom wall (5 to 8 inclusive) comprising flaps. In order to provide the folding box with a display function, one of the side walls (1) has in the center a tear line (14) which runs perpendicular to the bottom wall (5 to 8 inclusive). Furthermore, the bottom wall has in the center a tear line (16, 17) which adjoins the tear line (14) of the said side wall (1). The side wall (3) which is situated opposite the side wall (1) provided with a tear line (14) can be folded along a line (15) which adjoins the tear line (16, 17) of the bottom wall and runs parallel to the tear line (14) of the first side wall (1) mentioned. The folding box is formed from a one-piece, substantially rectangular foldable blank of corrugated cardboard provided with a unique arrangement of fold lines, tear lines, tear strips and cut lines or severance lines to facilitate formation of the shipping box and conversion to a display container. In one embodiment, the top or front wall has a removable panel connected to a tear tape which facilitates the box being divided into two container sections. The sections are then pivoted to a position alongside of each other to expose a plurality of packages oriented interiorly of the container in a manner to effectively display the packages.