Collapsible merchandising display

Abstract

A one-piece, easily erected, collapsible cardboard display for merchandise. Shelves formed from its rear and front panels attach to a longitudinally displaceable center panel providing support for the device and facilitating assembly and disassembly thereof.

1 . A collapsible merchandising display comprising:
 a display assembly with a rear panel, a front panel, and side panels defining a generally rectilinear box shape having top and bottom portions;   said side panels being foldable along a score line running between said top and bottom portions bifurcating said side panels;   a plurality of rear and front shelves formed from said rear and front panels, said shelving having leading edges foldably secured to said rear and front panels, a center section and a rear lip section engaging a center panel; and,   a center panel mounted to said display assembly side panels.   
   
   
       2 . A collapsible merchandising display as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said merchandising display is manufactured from a material selected from the group consisting of cardboard, card board, fiberboard, fiber board, fibreboard, fibre board, pulpboard, pulp board, and corrugated board. 
   
   
       3 . A collapsible merchandising display as claimed in  claim 2  wherein said display assembly is a single sheet of material. 
   
   
       4 . A collapsible merchandising display as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said central panel has locking tabs which are mounted in locking slots formed in said side panels to maintain said merchandising display in an assembled conformation. 
   
   
       5 . A collapsible merchandising display as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said center panel defines a plurality of apertures, said apertures in said center panel being adjacent to and positioned above single contiguous shelves when said display is in an assembled condition. 
   
   
       6 . A collapsible merchandising display as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said leading edge of said shelves is recessed in said side panels. 
   
   
       7 . A collapsible merchandising display as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said display is substantially flat when collapsed. 
   
   
       8 . A collapsible cardboard merchandising display comprising:
 a cardboard rear panel, front panel, and side panels defining a generally rectilinear box shape having top and bottom portions;   said cardboard side panels being foldable along a score line running between said top and bottom portions bifurcating said cardboard side panels;   cardboard rear and front shelves excised from and rearwardly folded from said rear and front panels, with leading end sections of said cardboard shelves being foldably attached to said cardboard rear and front panels and the trailing end sections being adapted to engage a center panel;   said side panels defining a plurality of apertures adjacent said flat cardboard rear and front shelves; and,   a cardboard center panel, with the trailing end sections of said cardboard shelves mounted thereto, said center panel defining apertures adjacent to and positioned above said shelves.   
   
   
       9 . A collapsible cardboard merchandising display as claimed in  claim 8  wherein said merchandising display is manufactured from a single sheet of cardboard. 
   
   
       10 . A collapsible cardboard merchandising display as claimed in  claim 8  wherein said central panel has locking tabs which are mounted in locking slots formed in said side panels to maintain said merchandising display in an assembled conformation. 
   
   
       11 . A collapsible cardboard merchandising display as claimed in  claim 8  wherein said center panel defines a plurality of apertures, said apertures in said center panel being adjacent to and positioned above single contiguous shelves when said display is in an assembled condition. 
   
   
       12 . A collapsible cardboard merchandising display as claimed in  claim 8  wherein said leading end of said shelves is recessed in said side panels. 
   
   
       13 . A collapsible merchandising display as claimed in  claim 8  wherein said display is substantially flat when collapsed. 
   
   
       14 . A collapsible cardboard merchandising display comprising:
 a unitary cardboard rear panel, front panel, and side panels defining a generally rectilinear box shape having top and bottom portions;   said cardboard side panels being foldable along a score line running between said top and bottom portions bifurcating said cardboard side panels;   lipped cardboard shelves excised from and upwardly folded from said rear and front panels to form front and rear shelves with a leading end section of said cardboard shelves being foldably attached to said cardboard rear and front panels;   a cardboard center panel engaging the trailing end sections of said cardboard shelves, said center panel defining apertures adjacent said cardboard shelves; and,   said cardboard rear panel, front panel, side panels, and shelves defining an open-topped, generally rectilinear volume.   
   
   
       15 . A collapsible cardboard merchandising display as claimed in  claim 14  wherein said merchandising display is manufactured from a single sheet of cardboard. 
   
   
       16 . A collapsible cardboard merchandising display as claimed in  claim 14  wherein said central panel has locking tabs which are mounted in locking slots formed in said side panels to maintain said merchandising display in an assembled conformation. 
   
   
       17 . A collapsible cardboard merchandising display as claimed in  claim 14  wherein said center panel defines a plurality of apertures, said apertures in said center panel being adjacent to and positioned above single contiguous shelves when said display is in an assembled condition. 
   
   
       18 . A collapsible cardboard merchandising display as claimed in  claim 14  wherein said leading end section of said shelves is recessed in said side panels. 
   
   
       19 . A collapsible merchandising display as claimed in  claim 14  wherein said display is substantially flat when collapsed. 
   
   
       20 . A collapsible merchandising display as claimed in  claim 14  wherein said cardboard rear panel and said cardboard front panel define cutouts to form legs.