Folded and glued display container having shelf elements

Abstract

A folded and glued container has panels defining a back panel and laterally opposite first and second sidewalls and one or more shelf panels attached to the back panel and extending laterally between the two sidewalls. The container is constructed as a compact folded and glued container that can be readily erected by the end user and provides one or more shelf or partition like structures formed in part by panels that are affixed, in addition to an integral die cut panel, when processing the container in a fold and glue machine line.

1 . A folded and glued container comprising:
 a plurality of panels defining a back panel and laterally opposite first and second sidewalls, each sidewall being joined to the back panel;   one or more shelf panels attached to the back panel and extending laterally between the two sidewalls;   a facing panel joined to each of said shelf panels;   an inner facing panel joined to each of said facing panels; and   a pair of facing supports provided for supporting each of said facing panels in the erected state of the container, one facing support of said pair of facing supports being joined to one of said sidewalls and the other facing support of said pair of facing supports being joined to the other of said sidewalls.   
   
   
       2 . The container of  claim 1 , further comprising longitudinally opposite top and bottom end walls joined to the back panel. 
   
   
       3 . The container of  claim 2 , wherein the top end wall attaches to each of the sidewalls by one or more locking tabs. 
   
   
       4 . The container of  claim 2 , wherein the bottom end wall attaches to each of the sidewalls by one or more locking tabs. 
   
   
       5 . The container of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a facing panel joined to the top end wall;   an inner facing panel joined to said facing panel of said top end wall; and   an additional pair of facing supports provided for supporting said top end wall's facing panel in the erected state of the container, one facing support of said additional pair of facing supports being joined to one of said sidewalls and the other facing support of said additional pair of facing supports being joined to the other of said sidewalls.   
   
   
       6 . The container of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a facing panel joined to the bottom end wall;   an inner facing panel joined to said facing panel of said bottom end wall; and   an additional pair of facing supports provided for supporting said bottom end wall's facing panel in the erected state of the container, one facing support of said additional pair of facing supports being joined to one of said sidewalls and the other facing support of said additional pair of facing supports being joined to the other of said sidewalls.   
   
   
       7 . The container of  claim 2 , wherein said pairs of facing supports joined to said sidewalls extend from the sidewalls at an incline to hold said one or more shelf panels at said incline and said container further comprising:
 a shelf-forming extension panel joined to the bottom end wall's inner facing panel and attachable to the back panel by at least one locking tab for forming a shelf at said incline.   
   
   
       8 . A folded and glued container comprising:
 a plurality of panels defining a back panel and laterally opposite first and second sidewalls, each sidewall having an outer sidewall panel joined to the back panel, and a plurality of inner sidewall panels joined to the outer sidewall panel; and   one or more shelf panels attached to the back panel and extending laterally between the two sidewalls, the shelf panels being joined to inwardly folded bellows panels extending between the shelf panels and the outer sidewall panels such that when the sidewalls are erected from a knocked-down-flat configuration to an orientation perpendicular to the back panel, the shelf panels are raised from a knocked-down-flat configuration to form shelves between the two sidewalls.   
   
   
       9 . The container of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 a facing panel joined to each of said shelf panels;   an inner facing panel joined to each of said facing panels; and   a pair of facing supports provided for supporting each of said facing panels in the erected state of the container, one facing support of said pair of facing supports being joined to one of said outer sidewall panels and the other facing support of said pair of facing supports being joined to the other of said outer sidewall panels.   
   
   
       10 . The container of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 longitudinally opposite top and bottom end walls joined to the back panel;   inwardly folded bellows panels extending between the top and bottom end walls and the sidewalls connecting the sidewalls to the top and bottom end walls such that when the top and bottom end walls are pulled upwardly, the sidewalls are erected from a knocked-down-flat configuration to said orientation perpendicular to the back panel.   
   
   
       11 . The container of  claim 10 , wherein the bottom end wall comprises a facing panel joined to the bottom end wall panel;
 an inner facing panel joined to said facing panel; and   a pair of facing supports provided for supporting said facing panel in the erected state of the container, one facing support of said pair of facing supports being joined to one of said outer sidewall panels and the other facing support of said pair of facing supports being joined to the other of said outer sidewall panels.   
   
   
       12 . A folded and glued container comprising:
 a plurality of panels defining a back panel, longitudinally opposite top and bottom end walls joined to the back panel, and laterally opposite first and second sidewalls, each sidewall having an outer sidewall panel joined to the back panel, and a plurality of inner sidewall panels joined to the outer sidewall panel;   one or more shelf panels attached to the back panel and extending laterally between the two sidewalls, the shelf panels being joined to inwardly folded bellows panels extending between the shelf panels and the outer sidewall panels such that when the sidewalls are erected from a knocked-down-flat configuration to an orientation perpendicular to the back panel, the shelf panels are raised from a knocked-down-flat configuration to form shelves between the two sidewalls;   a facing panel joined to each of said shelf panels;   an inner facing panel joined to each of said facing panels;   a pair of facing supports provided for supporting each of said facing panels in the erected state of the container, one facing support of said pair of facing supports being joined to one of said outer sidewall panels and the other facing support of said pair of facing supports being joined to the other of said outer sidewall panels; and   inwardly folded bellows panels extending between the top and bottom end walls and the sidewalls connecting the sidewalls to the top and bottom end walls such that when the top and bottom end walls are pulled upwardly, the sidewalls are erected from a knocked-down-flat configuration to said orientation perpendicular to the back panel.