A display and distribution packaging unit for articles, especially articles such as eggs assembled into sales units, includes a separate packaging unit (10) embracing the articles or a unit of regularly arranged articles. This packaging unit (10), at least on the display side or sides facing the customer, reproduces a shape typical of that of the article or articles. The display packaging unit also includes a separate display panel (18) adapted to make the final package complete. This display pa...

A decorative container that has a rigid inner body and a supple outer surface. The container is made of a rigid plastic material and is preferably injection molded. The supple decorative outer member is made of a relatively pliable plastic or rubber and is preferably rotation molded. The outer member has the general shape of a sleeve and is adapted to be slipped over the outer surface of the container so that a unitary appearing container is formed which is sturdy, but which is very supple, with...

An antiseptic guard for a clinical thermometer is formed by a sheath constituted by two synthetic resin films welded together along two lateral edges and a top edge connecting the lateral edges. A welded joint is formed at an end of the sheath spaced from the top edge to hold the tip of the thermometer in position while a bendable flap is formed between the joint and the top edge. When the sheathed thermometer is inserted in the anus, the flap is folded back and exposes smooth surfaces of the fi...

Apparatus for holding and transporting paint includes a front, a bottom, side walls and a back wall. A top element is connected to the side walls and the back wall and is in registry with a portion of the bottom and spaced therefrom to define a receptacle for paint when the apparatus is positioned with the front disposed upwardly relative to the rear wall.

A shipping and display container has two opposing end panels in a spaced parallel relationship and front and rear panels in a spaced parallel relationship defining opposing front and rear container surfaces. The front and rear panels are connected to the two opposing end panels to form a container periphery. A bottom panel extends within the container periphery to define a bottom surface of the container. A top panel also extends within the container periphery to define a top surface of the cont...

A method for handling product enclosures each containing a product and having a through opening. A five panel fiberboard folder is provided that includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth elongate panels each having opposite longitudinally extending sides, one longitudinally extending side of the fourth panel being joined to one longitudinally extending side of the third panel, and the longitudinally extending side of the fourth panel opposite the third panel being joined to one longitudina...

A box shaped merchandising container includes a product information panel which is exposed when a cover is removed from one end of an enclosure. The information panel is disposed at a corner of a rectangular open end of the enclosure and is dimensioned to permit flat merchandise, such as home type air filters, to be withdrawn from the enclosure without destructive effect on the information panel.

A cardboard box suitable for both shipping and displaying articles is in the form of a box having six sides and eight corners. A vertical divider panel disposed inside the box is oriented perpendicularly to front and rear sides of the box. The front side and a top side of the box include perforations defining a tear-out segment. The tear-out segment includes a front portion disposed in the front side of the box, and a top portion disposed in the top side of the box. The tear-out segment is space...

A merchandising package of the type adapted to be displayed from a hanger includes a first elongated portion adapted to accommodate a first of the plurality of products for retail sale and a second elongated portion adapted to accommodate a second of the plurality of products for retail sale. The first and second elongated portions each include first and second laterally spaced apart edges. An intermediate portion interconnects the first and second elongated portions. In one form, the intermedia...

A carton for shipping and displaying articles for sale. The shipping carton is converted to a display by removing and discarding an upper portion and folding a part of the remaining lower portion under the floor of the carton to form a base for tilting the carton. The carton is folded from a single blank and all exterior surfaces of the carton, and the front and side exterior surfaces of the display, can be finished on one side of the blank.