Shipping and display carton

Abstract

An improved shipping and display carton ( 94 ) is provided which includes strategically located perforation lines ( 74 - 84 ) permitting removal of portions of the carton ( 94 ) to create a dual display. The side-by-side sections ( 96, 98 ) of the carton ( 94 ) may be individually used by manual separation thereof along a perforation line ( 40 ). The carton ( 94 ) is preferably fabricated using a preform ( 86 ), the latter produced using a unitary sheet blank ( 10 ).

1 . A carton blank comprising a sheet of material presenting a series of interconnected sections each having opposed margins, said series of sections including a first glue segment, a first central vertical divider wall, a first top wall, a first outer sidewall, a first bottom wall, a second bottom wall, a second outer sidewall, a second top wall, a second central vertical divider wall, and a second glue segment, said first top wall, first outer sidewall, first bottom wall, second bottom wall, second outer sidewall, and second top wall having opposed closure flaps connected thereto along fold lines which define said opposed margins thereof, said first and second center vertical divider walls, and said first and second outer sidewalls, each having an oblique perforation line extending from one margin thereof toward the other margin thereof and terminating at a point spaced from said other margin, said first and second top walls each having a perforation line extending between and interconnecting the adjacent ends of said oblique perforation lines, there being a perforation line between said first and second bottom walls and the closure flaps connected to the first and second bottom walls.  
   
   
       2 . The blank of  claim 1 , there being a perforation line formed in one of the closure flaps of each of said first and second outer sidewalls, each of said closure flap perforation lines extending from the end of the corresponding oblique perforation line at said one margin, and permitting separation of the one closure flaps into two sections.  
   
   
       3 . The blank of  claim 1 , said sheet of material being formed of Kraft paper.  
   
   
       4 . The blank of  claim 1 , said first and second glue segments each having an auxiliary glue flap extending from a margin thereof and connected to the corresponding glue segment along a fold line.  
   
   
       5 . A carton preform comprising a sheet of material presenting a bottom portion and first and second opposed top portions connected to said bottom portion, said bottom portion presenting a series of interconnected sections each having opposed margins, said series of sections of said bottom portion including a first outer sidewall, a first bottom wall, a second bottom wall and a second outer sidewall, said first and second top portions each including a corresponding series of interconnected sections each having opposed margins, said first top portion connected to said first outer sidewall at a point remote from said first bottom wall and including a first top wall, a first center vertical divider wall, and a first glue segment, said second top portion connected to said second outer sidewall at a point remote from said second bottom wall and including a second top wall, a second center vertical divider wall, and a second glue segment, said first and second portions folded over said bottom portion with the first and second glue segments folded against the corresponding first and second center vertical divider walls and glued to the corresponding first and second bottom walls, there being opposed closure flaps connected to said segments forming said bottom portion along the margins thereof, and to the first and second top walls of said first and second portions.  
   
   
       6 . The carton preform of  claim 5 , there being first and second auxiliary glue flaps extending upwardly from the top margin of the corresponding first and second glued segments, said glue flaps being glued to the adjacent closure flaps of said first and second bottom walls.  
   
   
       7 . The carton preform of  claim 5 , segments of said first center vertical divider wall, first top flap and first outer sidewall, and segments of said second vertical divider wall, second top flap and second outer sidewall, being removable.  
   
   
       8 . The carton preform of  claim 7 , said segments being defined by perforations lines.  
   
   
       9 . The carton preform of  claim 8 , said first and second center vertical divider walls, and said first and second outer sidewalls, each having an oblique perforation line extending from one margin thereof toward the other margin thereof and terminating at a point spaced from said other margin, said first and second top walls each having a perforation line extending between and interconnecting the adjacent ends of said oblique perforation lines.  
   
   
       10 . The carton preform of  claim 5 , there being a perforation line between said first and second bottom walls and the closure flaps connected to the first and second bottom walls  
   
   
       11 . The carton preform of  claim 5 , said sheet of material being formed of Kraft paper.  
   
   
       12 . A combination shipping and display carton comprising a first and second side-by-side cartons each presenting a bottom wall, an outer sidewall, a center vertical divider wall, a top wall, and front and back closure flaps secured to said first and second bottom walls and to said first and second outer sidewalls, portions of said top walls, outer sidewalls, center vertical divider walls and said front and back closure flaps being interconnected to the corresponding walls and flaps by perforation lines, said portions being removable along said perforation lines whereby each of said cartons can serve as a display, said center vertical divider walls being adhesively secured together but manually separable from each other, there being a perforation line between said bottom walls permitting full separation of said first and second cartons.  
   
   
       13 . The combination shipping and display carton of  claim 12 , said perforation line between said bottom walls extending through and interconnecting the front and back closure flaps secured to said first and second bottom walls.  
   
   
       14 . The combination shipping and display carton of  claim 12 , said first and second center vertical divider walls, and said first and second outer sidewalls, each having an oblique perforation line extending from one margin thereof toward the other margin thereof and terminating at a point spaced from said other margin, said first and second top walls each having a perforation line extending between and interconnecting the adjacent ends of said oblique perforation lines.  
   
   
       15 . The combination shipping and display carton of  claim 12 , said carton formed of Kraft paper.