Product Display Carton

Abstract

A display carton includes a display box having an open top. The display box includes a bottom panel; a rear wall extending upwardly from the bottom panel; a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the bottom panel; and a pair of front walls, each front wall extending inwardly from a side wall and attached to a bottom front wall extending upwardly from the bottom panel. The pair of front walls and the bottom front wall form a substantially unobstructed center viewing area for a product displayed in the display carton. The display carton also includes a single removable insert. The insert includes a foldable sheet having at least one set of dividers extending inwardly from the side walls, upwardly from the bottom panel, and parallel to the rear wall, thereby defining at least two product receiving compartments for supporting product.

1 . A display carton, comprising:
 a) a display box having an open top, comprising:   a bottom panel;   a rear wall extending upwardly from the bottom panel;   a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the bottom panel;   a pair of front walls, each front wall extending inwardly from a side wall and attached to a bottom front wall extending upwardly from the bottom panel, said pair of front walls and said bottom front wall forming a substantially unobstructed center viewing area for a displayed product; and   (b) a single insert comprising a foldable sheet comprising:
 (1) three sections, each section comprising at least one rib and; 
 (2) at least one set of oppositely-facing triangular cutouts, each triangular cutout located at a connection between two sections. 
   
   
   
       2 . A product display carton according to  claim 1 , wherein the foldable sheet, when folded in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction, comprises:
 at least one rib having an end at a right angle to a horizontal surface of the sheet, and   at least one rib having two ends, each end at an acute angle to the horizontal surface of the sheet.   
   
   
       3 . A product display carton according to  claim 2 , wherein the foldable sheet, when folded in a U-shape, is configured so that the two ends at an acute angle each forms a gap for receiving a right angle end of an adjacent rib, thereby forming at least one set of dividers for the displayed product. 
   
   
       4 . A product display carton according to  claim 3 , wherein the at least one set of dividers extends inwardly from the side walls, upwardly from the bottom panel, and parallel to the rear wall, thereby forming at least two product receiving compartments for supporting a product. 
   
   
       5 . A product display carton according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one rib has a height less than a height of the bottom front wall and has a length less than the height of the side walls. 
   
   
       6 . A display carton according to  claim 1 , wherein said pair of front walls comprises a product retaining rail for products to be displayed in said display carton. 
   
   
       7 . A display carton according to  claim 4 , wherein said at least one set of dividers comprises a first rib positioned against a first side wall adjacent to a second rib extending across the bottom panel of the display box which is adjacent to a third rib positioned against a second side wall opposite said first side wall, thereby defining said at least two product receiving compartments. 
   
   
       8 . A display carton according to  claim 7 , wherein said at least one set of dividers has a height that is less than the height of said pair of side walls and said pair of front walls. 
   
   
       9 . A display carton according to  claim 1 , wherein said insert is integrally associated with said side walls of said display box by adhesively securing to said pair of side walls. 
   
   
       10 . A display carton according to  claim 1 , wherein said displayed product comprises gift bags. 
   
   
       11 . A display carton according to  claim 1 , wherein the display box and the insert both comprise a corrugated material. 
   
   
       12 . A method of making the display carton of  claim 1 , comprising:
 folding an insert comprising a single sheet having three sections and having at least one set of oppositely-facing triangular cutouts, each triangular cutout located at a connection between two sections, in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the sheet, thereby forming at least one rib on each section;
 wherein the bottom of the triangular cutouts results in a rib on a first section and rib on a third section each having an end at a right angle to a horizontal surface of the sheet, 
 wherein the sides of the triangular cutouts result in a rib on a second middle section having two ends, each end at an acute angle to the horizontal surface of the sheet and forming first and second gaps; 
   folding the sheet into a U-shaped insert so that the right angled end of the rib on the first section is received into the first gap of the rib on the second middle section and the right angled end of the rib on the third section is received into the second gap of the rib on the second middle section; and   placing the U-shaped insert into the display box.