Packaging

Product: Schuller International Inc. Manville insulation
P-O-P companies: Cullinan Creative Group (design), Minneapolis; Love Box (manufacture), Kansas City, Mo.
Distribution: Hardware and building supply stores
Introduction: June 1993
Duration: Temporary
Construction: Corrugated
Schuller hopes to boost impulse purchases of its Manville insulation with shipping boxes that are transformed into displays.

Products: Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Caffeine-free Pepsi, Caffeine-free Diet Pepsi, Crystal Pepsi, Diet Crystal Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Diet Mountain Dew
Number of displays: 1,000 pole toppers; 1,000 floorstands
P-O-P companies: Tracy-Locke, Dallas (design); Great Northern Display Group, Racine, Wis. (manufacture)
Distribution: Supermarkets
Introduction: May 1993
Duration: Temporary
Construction: Corrugated
A display for Pepsi's Cube, a newly configured 24-pack, shows how easy it is to fit The Cube in a refrigerator.

Product: Shotmaster and Mirai 35-mm cameras
P-O-P company: Port Miolla, South Norwalk, Conn. (designer); Package Development Corp., Rockaway, N.J. (injection molding and thermal forming); and Taurus Packaging, Cherry Hill, N.J. (corrugator)
Distribution: Specialty camera stores and multimarket photo and electronic dealers
Introduction: October 1991
Construction: Injection-molded and thermal-formed plastic and corrugated cardboard

Patent: 5,067,609
Issued: Nov. 26, 1991
Inventor: James T. Stout, Acworth, Ga.
Assignee: The Mead Corp., Dayton, Ohio
This invention relates to the packaging, transporting and displaying of dissimilar objects in a manner that provides mechanically strong protection for the objects as well as an unobstructed view of the different objects. The case includes an outer sleeve with front, back and side walls interconnected to form a tubular structure and provides top and bottom closure elements.

Patent: 5,038,946
Issued: Aug. 13, 1991
Inventors: Adrian J. Tenser, Willowdale; Gordon H. Veres, Kettleby, both of Ontario, Canada
A display for artistic gift bags and banners includes several racks that may be mounted for swinging movement on a mounting plate assembly. Each rack includes two arms, one of which holds the product packages by gaps in its headers. The mounting plate assembly may be supported on a pegboard or slotwall, or mounted on a floor stand.