Tear-away package and shipping tray converted therefrom

Abstract

A tear-away package is disclosed having a front panel and a back panel; a right-side panel and an opposed left-side panel connected to opposed ends of the front panel and the back panel to define a polygonal shaped sleeve; a top panel and an opposed bottom panel are attached to opposite ends of the polygonal shaped sleeve to form a sealed chamber; a first fold line extends diagonally across the right-side panel to define two subpanels that are mirror images of one another; and a second fold line extends diagonally across the left-side panel to define two subpanels that are mirror images of one another.

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         7 . A display tray comprising:
 a first generally triangular side panel having a bottom leg, a vertical leg and a hypotenuse leg;   a second generally triangular side panel having a bottom leg, a vertical leg and a hypotenuse leg, the second panel is spaced from the first side panel and is in registration therewith to form a triangular-prism shaped body;   a bottom panel extending between the first side panel and the second side panel and connecting the bottom legs of each of the side panels;   a generally polygonal shaped back wall extending between the first side panel and the second side panel and connecting the vertical legs of each of the side panels;   a front panel extending between the first side panel and the second side panel and connecting a front portion of each of the first side panel and the second side panel;   a third generally triangular side panel depending from one of the legs of the first side panel and secured to the first side panel in registration with the first side panel; and   a fourth generally triangular side panel depending from one of the legs of the second side panel and secured to the second side panel in registration with the second side panel.   
     
     
         8 . The display of  claim 7  wherein the third panel depends from the hypotenuse leg of the first panel. 
     
     
         9 . The display of  claim 8  wherein the fourth panel depends from the hypotenuse leg of the second panel. 
     
     
         10 . The display of  claim 7  wherein the third panel has a tab positioned in a slot of the first panel. 
     
     
         11 . The display of  claim 10  wherein the third panel is removably secured to the first panel. 
     
     
         12 . The display of  claim 10  wherein the fourth panel has a tab positioned in a slot of the second panel. 
     
     
         13 . The display of  claim 12  wherein the fourth panel is removably secured to the second panel. 
     
     
         14 . The display of  claim 7  wherein the bottom wall comprises two major flaps and two minor flaps. 
     
     
         15 . The display of  claim 7  wherein the back wall has a first height dimension and the front wall has a second height dimension less than the first height dimension. 
     
     
         16 . A method for forming a display tray comprising:
 providing a tear-away package having a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a front wall, a right-side wall and a left-side wall, a frangible line extends continuously about the package from the right-side wall, the front wall, the left-side wall and the back wall;   tearing the tear-away package along the frangible line to remove the top wall, a portion of each of the back wall, the front wall, the right-side wall and the left-side wall to define a tray blank having a plurality of fold lines, the tray blank having a back wall having a first height dimension and the front wall having a second height dimension less than the first height dimension;   folding the tray blank along a diagonally extending fold line on the right-side wall to place a first triangular shaped panel over a second triangular shaped panel and in registration and securing the first triangular shaped panel to the second triangular shaped panel; and   folding the tray blank along a diagonally extending fold line on the left-side wall to place a third triangular shaped panel over a fourth triangular shaped panel and in registration and securing the third triangular shaped panel to the fourth triangular shaped panel.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  further comprising the step of folding the tray blank along a fold line extending along the front wall to place a first front panel over a second front panel and in registration therewith and securing the first front panel to the second front panel. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the bottom wall comprises two major flaps and two minor flaps. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  wherein the two minor flaps have a portion removed to form a cutout area. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising two tabs on the second front panel spaced from one another and wherein the step of securing the first front panel to the second front panel comprises inserting the two tabs through a slot in the first front panel and into the cutout area.