Box convertible to a display container

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front top perspective view of the box convertible to a display container, showing our new ornamental design thereof;

FIG. 2 is a further front top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front top perspective view of the box convertible to a display container of FIG. 1, after the detachable cover portion thereof has been pivoted upward from the container portion thereof along an integral perforation;

FIG. 11 is a front top perspective view of the box convertible to a display container of FIG. 1, showing the container and the detachable cover portions thereof after the detachable cover portion has been separated from the container portion by means of an integral perforation;

FIG. 12 is a plan view of a blank for forming the container portion of the box convertible to a display container of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 13 is a plan view of a blank for forming the detachable cover portion of the box convertible to a display container of FIG. 1.

Claims

The ornamental design for a box convertible to a display container, as described and shown.

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Patent History
Patent number: D503614
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 17, 2002
Date of Patent: Apr 5, 2005
Assignee: Stone Container Corporation (Chicago, IL)
Inventors: Alan Sax (Chicago, IL), Andre C. Smith (Chicago, IL)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh
Attorney: Greenberg Traurig LLP
Application Number: 29/169,290
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/416; D9/432; D9/418; D9/415