Two in one combination display box

Abstract

A container includes a tray portion configured for holding and displaying product. A cover portion is seated in the tray portion for forming an enclosure around product in the tray portion. The tray portion and the cover portion have the same length and breadth. An opening of the cover portion seated in the tray portion is slotted with open ended slots to allow the opening to be biased inward for the opening of the cover to fit within and to be seated in the tray portion.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A container comprising:
 a tray portion configured for holding and displaying product; and   a cover portion seated in the tray portion for forming an enclosure around product in the tray portion, wherein the tray portion and the cover portion have the same length and breadth, and wherein an opening of the cover portion seated in the tray portion is slotted with open ended slots to allow the opening to be biased inward for the opening of the cover to fit within and to be seated in the tray portion.   
     
     
         2 . The container as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the cover portion includes slots completely defined through one or more walls thereof in addition to the open ended slots. 
     
     
         3 . The container as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the open ended slots are in corner edges of the cover portion. 
     
     
         4 . The container as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the tray portion defines an opening rim for receiving the opening of the cover portion, wherein the opening rim of the tray portion has a length dimension and a breadth dimension perpendicular to the length dimension, wherein the opening of the cover portion has the same length and breadth dimensions as the opening rim of the tray portion so that the opening of the cover portion must be biased inward, accommodated by the open ended slots, in order for the cover portion to be seated in the tray portion. 
     
     
         5 . The container as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the tray portion has a bottom panel and an opening rim opposite the bottom panel, wherein the open ended slots of the cover portion seated in the tray portion extend in a vertical direction from the bottom panel to a height above the opening rim. 
     
     
         6 . The container as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the cover portion includes top flaps configured to form an upper closure of the cover portion, and wherein the tray portion includes bottom flaps opposite the top flaps configured to form a bottom panel of the tray portion. 
     
     
         7 . The container as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the tray portion includes stacking slots defined in at least one of the bottom panel, a front panel, and/or a back panel of the tray portion, wherein the cover portion includes stacking tabs extending from at least one of the upper closure, a front panel, and/or a back panel of the cover portion, wherein the stacking tabs are configured to be received in stacking slots of another container stacked on top of the cover portion, and wherein the stacking slots are configured to receive the stacking tabs of another container stacked below the tray portion. 
     
     
         8 . A blank for a container comprising:
 a tray portion including:
 a pair of bottom closure flaps; 
 a front bottom panel flap and a back bottom panel flap; 
 a respective side panel connected to each of the bottom closure flaps along a respective fold line; 
 a front panel connected to the front bottom panel flap along a fold line; and 
 a back panel connected to the back bottom panel flap along a fold line, wherein the front and back panels are connected to respective ones of the side panels along a plurality of vertical fold lines; and 
   a cover portion connected to the tray portion across a break line, wherein the cover portion includes:
 a pair of top closure flaps; 
 a front top panel flap and a back top panel flap; 
 a respective side panel connected to each of the top closure flaps along a respective fold line; 
 a front panel connected to the front top panel flap along a fold line; and 
 a back panel connected to the back top panel flap along a fold line, wherein the front and back panels of the cover portion are connected to respective ones of the side panels of the cover portion along a plurality of vertical fold lines. 
   
     
     
         9 . The blank as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the vertical fold lines of the cover portion are aligned in line with respective ones of the vertical fold lines of the tray portion. 
     
     
         10 . The blank as recited in  claim 8 , further comprising open ended slots defined in the cover portion. 
     
     
         11 . The blank as recited in  claim 10 , wherein the open ended slots of the cover portion separate the vertical fold lines of the tray portion from the respective vertical fold lines of the cover portion. 
     
     
         12 . The blank as recited in  claim 10 , wherein each of the open ended slots abuts the break line. 
     
     
         13 . The blank as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the break line is weakened to facilitate breaking the tray portion from the cover portion by at least one of a knife cut and/or perforations. 
     
     
         14 . The blank as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the tray portion includes at least one stacking slot, and wherein the cover portion includes cut lines defining at least one stacking tab. 
     
     
         15 . The blank as recited in  claim 8 , wherein at least one of the side panels, the front panel, and/or the back panel of the cover portion include at least one of handle holes and/or breathability apertures defined therethrough. 
     
     
         16 . The blank as recited in  claim 8 , wherein each of the front top panel flap, the back top panel flap, the front bottom panel flap, and the back bottom panel flap includes at least one closure apertures configured to receive a respective one of the closure flaps. 
     
     
         17 . The blank as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the blank is folded along two of the vertical fold lines, and wherein the tray portion is adhered to itself and the cover portion is adhered to itself with the break line unbroken. 
     
     
         18 . A method of forming a container comprising:
 forming a blank as recited in  claim 8 , including forming the break line by at least one of knife cutting and/or perforating the blank.   
     
     
         19 . The method as recited in  claim 18 , further comprising:
 folding the blank along two of the vertical fold lines;   adhering the tray portion to itself; and   adhering the cover portion to itself.   
     
     
         20 . The method as recited in  claim 20 , further comprising:
 breaking the tray portion from the cover portion along the break line;   engaging the bottom closure flaps of the tray with the front and back bottom panel flaps of the tray portion to form a bottom panel for closure of the tray portion;   engaging the top flaps of the cover portion with the front and back top panel flaps of the cover portion to form a top panel for closure of the cover portion; and   compressing the cover portion about an opening thereof and seating the opening of the cover portion in the tray portion.