Display Ready Container

Abstract

A container preassembly which has an inner sleeve in a flat unopened position disposed within an outer sleeve in a flat unopened position, where in the inner sleeve is substantially shorter than the outer sleeve. The two sleeves are adapted for form the top and bottom ends of the final opened container. The inner sleeve is cut so that gaps at the top of the inner sleeve form notches at the corners of the final opened container. The shorter outer sleeve rests on these notches preventing the pieces from shifting during the manufacturing process and to allow the preassembly to be folded into the final container using current machine technology.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A container preassembly for opening into a container having top and bottom ends, comprising:
 an unopened outer sleeve having panels for forming outer sleeve sides, and flaps integrally connected to the panels for forming one end of the container;   an unopened inner sleeve positioned inside the outer sleeve, the inner sleeve having panels for forming inner sleeve sides and flaps integrally connected to the panels for forming the other end of the container, at least one tear away line defined through one of the panels of the inner sleeve to define at least one tear away section of the inner sleeve; and   the outer and inner sleeves are secured together in an aligned relationship of the opened container, the securement defined between respective portions of the outer sleeve and the at least one tear away section of the inner sleeve.   
     
     
         2 . The container preassembly of  claim 1  comprising at least two tear away sections, with at least one of the tear away sections defined in a first of the inner sleeve panels and at least on other of the tear away sections defined in a second of the inner sleeve panels. 
     
     
         3 . The container preassembly of claim of  claim 2  wherein the first of the inner sleeve panels is opposite from the second of the inner sleeve panels. 
     
     
         4 . The container preassembly of  claim 1  wherein each of the inner sleeve panels has a top edge and each of the at least one tear away sections extends from the top edge. 
     
     
         5 . The container preassembly of  claim 4  wherein each of the at least one tear away sections has a trapezoidal shape narrowing away from the top edge. 
     
     
         6 . The container preassembly of  claim 1  wherein a push through tab is positioned adjacent to each of the at least one tear away sections. 
     
     
         7 . The container preassembly of  claim 6  wherein each push through tab is hingedly connected to the respective inner sleeve panel. 
     
     
         8 . The container preassembly of  claim 6  wherein each of the inner sleeve panels has a top edge, each of the push through tabs is located a given distance from the respective top edge and each outer sleeve panel has a height less than the given distance. 
     
     
         9 . The container preassembly of  claim 8  wherein each inner sleeve panel has a height which is at least twice the height of the outer sleeve panels. 
     
     
         10 . The container preassembly of  claim 1  wherein a perforation line defines a removable display portion of one of the inner sleeve panels. 
     
     
         11 . The container preassembly of  claim 10  wherein at least one of the at least one tear away sections is defined within the removable display portion. 
     
     
         12 . The container preassembly of  claim 10  wherein a push through section is defined in the removable display portion by a perforation line. 
     
     
         13 . The container preassembly of  claim 1  wherein a respective fold line is defined between adjacent outer sleeve panels; and
 wherein a respective fold line is defined between adjacent inner sleeve panels within a lower portion thereof and a respective slot is defined between adjacent inner sleeve panels within an upper portion thereof, each slot co-linear with a respective fold line; and 
 the outer and inner sleeves are permanently secured together such that the outer sleeve fold lines are positioned over the respective inner sleeve slots. 
 
     
     
         14 . A container preassembly adapted to open into a container having top and bottom ends, comprising:
 an outer sleeve in a flat unopened position, the outer sleeve having panels for forming outer sleeve sides, and flaps for forming one end of the opened container, wherein a respective fold line is defined between adjacent outer sleeve panels; and   an inner sleeve in a flat unopened position, the inner sleeve having panels for forming inner sleeve sides, and inner sleeve flaps for forming the other end of the opened container, wherein a respective fold line is defined between adjacent inner sleeve panels within a lower portion thereof and a respective slot is defined between adjacent inner sleeve panels within an upper portion thereof, each slot co-linear with a respective fold line;   the outer and inner sleeves permanently secured together in an aligned relationship of the container when opened such that the outer sleeve fold lines are positioned over the respective inner sleeve slots.   
     
     
         15 . The container preassembly of  claim 14  wherein each of the inner sleeve slots has a first height, each of the inner container folds has a second height and each of the outer sleeve panels has a height substantially equal to the first height. 
     
     
         16 . The container preassembly of  claim 15  wherein the ratio of the first height to the second height is less than or equal to 0.5. 
     
     
         17 . The container preassembly of  claim 15  wherein the ratio of the first height to the second height is between about 0.25 and 0.4. 
     
     
         18 . The container preassembly of  claim 14  wherein each slot has a bottom surface and a bottom edge of each outer sleeve fold line is seated on a respective bottom surface when the container is opened. 
     
     
         19 . The container preassembly of  claim 14  wherein each inner sleeve panel has a respective length and each outer sleeve panel has a length slightly less than the corresponding inner sleeve panel with which it is aligned. 
     
     
         20 . The container preassembly of  claim 14  wherein the outer sleeve has a thickness less than the inner sleeve. 
     
     
         21 . (canceled)