IP Library Granted Patent US 8,596,460
Granted Patent B2
US 8,596,460 · App. 13/707,378 · Granted Dec 3, 2013

Combination box and display unit

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Patent No.
US 8,596,460
App. No.
13/707,378
Granted
Dec 3, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to a combination box and display unit. The unit may be used initially as a box to ship products, such as electronic cigarettes, and may then be converted into a display for the electronic cigarettes.

Claims (14)

1. A combination box and display unit comprising:

two side walls, each having a top portion and a bottom portion;

a front wall having a top portion and a bottom portion;

a back wall having a top portion and a bottom portion;

a top;

a bottom;

four vertical edges defined by the front wall, the two side walls, and the back wall;

a tear strip comprising two parallel perforated lines extending horizontally through each of the front wall and the back wall, and slanting upwardly and rearwardly through each of the two side walls;

a slot defined by an interior surface of the back wall and located below a top margin of the back wall; and

a header card having a bottom portion for insertion into the slot from above, wherein the header card is visible above displayed product contained within an opened unit; and

a blister tray coupled to an inside surface of the bottom, the blister tray having a plurality of indentations shaped for holding and vertically displaying product so as to project and be visible above the front wall of the opened unit;

wherein the tear strip is disengaged from each of the front wall, the two side walls, and the back wall in order to separate the top portions of the front wall, the two side walls, and the back wall from the bottom portions of the front wall, the two side walls, and the back wall; and

wherein the perforated lines comprise large slits that traverse each of the four vertical edges.

2. The combination box and display unit of claim 1 wherein a majority of a front surface of the displayed product is visible above the front wall of the opened unit.

Assignments (11)
COURT ORDER - RELEASE OF REEL/FRAME 036584/0941 Recorded Mar 1, 2023
From: FLFC LENDING CO.
To: NJOY, LLC; NJOY, INC.
Reel/Frame 062913/0158 →
COURT ORDER - RELEASE OF REEL/FRAME 036889/0542 Recorded Mar 1, 2023
From: HOMEWOOD NJOY SERVICES LLC
To: NJOY, LLC; NJOY, INC.
Reel/Frame 062913/0123 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2017
From: NJOY, INC.
To: HOMEWOOD NJOY ACQUISITION, LLC
Reel/Frame 042573/0574 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 25, 2017
From: HOMEWOOD NJOY ACQUISITION, LLC
To: NJOY, LLC
Reel/Frame 042577/0199 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 036724/0053 Recorded Oct 27, 2015
From: CGP MANAGERS, L.L.C., AS AGENT
To: NJOY, INC.
Reel/Frame 036967/0126 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2015
From: NJOY, INC.
To: HOMEWOOD NJOY SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 036889/0542 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2015
From: NJOY, INC.
To: CGP MANAGERS, L.L.C., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 036724/0053 →
ASSIGNMENT OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2015
From: VICTORY PARK MANAGEMENT, LLC; NJOY, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION
To: FLFC LENDING CO.
Reel/Frame 036584/0941 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2015
From: NJOY, INC.
To: VICTORY PARK MANAGEMENT, LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 035098/0050 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 9, 2013
From: SOTTERA D.B.A. NJOY
To: NJOY, INC.
Reel/Frame 030183/0310 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2012
From: SCATTERDAY, MARK
To: SOTTERA D.B.A. NJOY
Reel/Frame 029421/0435 →