Tear open package assembly and method

Abstract

A tear open container as shown and described herein. The tear open container may include a plurality of panels including a rear, left, front, right, top, bottom and include a dieline including perforations to allow a user to separate the container into a top portion and a bottom portion. The remaining bottom portion may be configured to store and display articles, such as binders, on a shelf. The top portion may be discarded. A tab and pull flap may be defined by the dieline and allow the user to easily remove the top portion from the bottom portion. The user may depress the tab to grasp the pull flap and perforate the remaining portions along the dieline.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A tear open container assembly comprising:
 a blank formed from a generally continuous planar stock material that forms a plurality of panels including a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, a fourth panel, and an end panel configured to be assembled into a container;   a dieline including perforations defined along the plurality of panels to allow a user to manually separate the container into a top portion and a bottom portion; and   wherein the dieline at least partially defines a tab and pull flap such that when the top portion is separated from the bottom portion, the bottom portion is configured to support and display at least one article therein.   
     
     
         2 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 1 , where the tab is configured to be depressed relative to the pull flap. 
     
     
         3 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the pull flap is configured to be grasped and pulled and to perforate the remaining portions of the dieline. 
     
     
         4 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the tab is part of the bottom portion and the pull flap is part of the top portion. 
     
     
         5 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the dieline extends through each of the panels and is configured to form a window between a first side edge and a second side edge along the third panel when the top portion is separated from the bottom portion. 
     
     
         6 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the dieline is configured to separate each panel into the top portion and the bottom portion. 
     
     
         7 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the shape of the dieline includes a generally straight portion along the first panel, an angled portion along the second panel, a U-shaped portion along the third panel, and an angled portion along the fourth panel. 
     
     
         8 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 6  wherein the dieline is aligned along each of the plurality of panels to form a continuous dieline that may be a series of cuts and ties configured to allow a user to manually tear along the dieline to remove the top portion from the bottom portion. 
     
     
         9 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the first panel, the second panel, the third panel, and the fourth panel each include a top flap and a bottom flap. 
     
     
         10 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the tab and pull flap are positioned along a bottom flap of the third panel. 
     
     
         11 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the end flap extends from the fourth panel and is configured to be attached to the first panel in an assembled configuration. 
     
     
         12 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the dieline includes a shark perf style perforation along the first panel and a different style of perforation along the remaining plurality of panels, wherein the shark perf style perforation includes a series of diagonal cuts and ties that are configured to allow the top portion to pivot or hinge along the dieline once the pull flap has been perforated along the third panel, opposite from the first panel in an assembled configuration. 
     
     
         13 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the generally continuous planar stock material includes paperboard or corrugated cardboard stock. 
     
     
         14 . The tear open container assembly of  claim 13 , wherein the generally continuous planar stock material is edge crush test (ECT) B-flute corrugated board. 
     
     
         15 . A method of assembling a tear open container comprising:
 providing a blank formed from a generally continuous planar stock material that forms a plurality of panels including a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, a fourth panel, and an end panel wherein the plurality of panels are aligned along fold lines and wherein the first panel, second panel, third panel, and forth panel each include a bottom flap and an opposite top flap, with each of the bottom flaps and top flaps aligned along fold lines;   forming a dieline along each of the plurality of panels to form a continuous series of cuts and ties configured to allow a user to manually tear along the dieline to separate a top portion from a bottom portion;   forming at least one tab and a pull flap along the dieline; and   folding the plurality of panels and plurality of flaps along the fold lines to configure the blank into a tear open container.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15  wherein the dieline is formed to include a generally straight portion along the first panel, and a generally U-shaped portion along the third panel opposite from the first panel when the blank is folded into the tear open container. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the generally straight portion of the dieline along the first panel includes a shark perf style perforation, wherein the shark perf style perforation includes a series of diagonal cuts and ties that are configured to allow the top portion to pivot or hinge along the dieline. 
     
     
         18 . A method of separating a tear open container comprising:
 pushing inwardly against opposite sides of a container formed by a blank of a generally continuous planar stock material that includes a plurality of panels assembled into the container, and the container includes a continuous dieline defined along the plurality of panels, and the dieline at least partially defines a tab and pull flap;   pushing the tab; and   pulling the pull flap along a front panel or along a bottom flap to separate a top portion of the container from a bottom portion.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  wherein the top portion is hinged open along a back line of perforation that extends across a back panel. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18  wherein the dieline along the opposite sides of the container is generally diagonal to lines of perforation relative to a back line of perforation along a back panel.