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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2003
Applicant:

Tom Rushing, Winston-Salem, NC (US);

Inventor:

Tom Rushing, Winston-Salem, NC (US);

Assignee:

Sara Lee Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F005/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for shipping and displaying merchandise items includes a shipping display container having a front, back, and two side walls, a bottom, and dividers between the front and back walls for aligning merchandise items in rows. The container includes notches on both side walls adapted to engage a support frame and maintain the container in stable position. Such a system and method for provide for efficient utilization of space in both shipping and display of merchandise items and for stable positioning of shipping containers during shipping in a retail display.


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