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A gravity fed dispensing and display box has separate partition inserts therein dividing the interior into a plurality of compartments for stacking articles to be dispensed. A dispensing opening at the bottom of each compartment has a width less than the width of the compartment and of articles to b

A gravity fed dispensing and display box has separate partition inserts therein dividing the interior into a plurality of compartments for stacking articles to be dispensed. A dispensing opening at the bottom of each compartment has a width less than the width of the compartment and of articles to be dispensed to prevent unintentional movement of an article through the opening. A yieldable retaining panel overlies the articles in each compartment to prevent loss of articles through the top during shipping, but flexes downwardly to enable an article to be placed in the compartment through the top. A lid is convertible from a shipping closure to a display panel for display at a point of sale. The box and the inserts are each held assembled by interlocking tabs and slots, avoiding the need for adhesive.

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1. A gravity fed dispensing container for shipping merchandise and displaying it at a point of sale, comprising:a box having a front wall and a plurality of partitions extending across an interior of the box, dividing it into a plurality of compartments therein for stacking articles of merchandise;a

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A gravity fed dispensing container for shipping merchandise and displaying it at a point of sale, comprising:a box having a front wall and a plurality of partitions extending across an interior of the box, dividing it into a plurality of compartments therein for stacking articles of merchandise;a dispensing opening in the front wall at the bottom of each of the plurality of compartments, through which the articles can be dispensed; anda yieldable panel adapted to lie over a stack of articles in each of the plurality of the compartments to prevent loss of articles through the top of the box during shipping and handling, but enabling articles to be placed in the compartment through the top, with the panel flexing downwardly to enable passage of the article and to guide the article into proper orientation as it falls into the compartment and whereinsaid yieldable panels are foldably connected to a top edge of said front wall; andinterlocking tabs and slots on the partitions and yieldable panels hold the yieldable panels in their operative positions. 2. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 1, wherein:means is provided on the front wall for preventing unintentional discharge or displacement of articles from the compartments both during shipping and handling and while in use at a point of display and sale, said means for preventing unintentional discharge or displacement of articles from the compartments comprising a reduced size dimension of the dispensing openings relative to a size dimension of the articles to be dispensed, so that either the article or the opening, or both, must be flexed or deformed in order to withdraw the article through the opening. 3. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the article is flexible, and the reduced size dimension is a reduced width of said at least one dispensing opening relative to the width of the article. 4. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 3, wherein: a rearwardly sloping front-facing panel is beneath the openings to enable the articles to be pulled downwardly and forwardly through the openings. 5. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the rearwardly sloping front-facing panel has an upper edge spaced rearwardly of the front wall of the box;the box has an outer bottom wall; andthe rearwardly sloping front-facing panel terminates at its upper edge in an inner bottom wall spaced upwardly from and parallel to the outer bottom wall. 6. A gravity fed dispensing container for shipping merchandise and displaying it at a point of sale, comprising:a box having a front wall, a back wall, and a plurality of partitions extending across an interior of the box, dividing a plurality of merchandise compartments therein for holding a stack of articles to be dispensed;at least one dispensing opening in the front wall of the box at the bottom of said plurality of merchandise compartments, through which the articles can be dispensed;a yieldable panel adapted to lie over the stack of articles in each of the plurality of the merchandise compartments to prevent loss of articles through the top of the box during shipping and handling, but enabling articles to be placed in the merchandise compartment through the top, with the panel flexing downwardly to enable passage of the article and to guide the article into proper orientation as it falls into the merchandise compartment and whereinsaid yieldable panels are foldably connected to a top edge of said front wall; andinterlocking tabs and slots on the partitions and yieldable panels hold the yieldable panels in their operative positions; andmeans being provided on the front wall for preventing unintentional discharge or displacement of articles from the compartment both during shipping and handling and while in use at the point of display and sale, said means for preventing unintentional discharge or displacement of articles from the compartment comprising a reduced size dimension of the dispensing opening relative to a size dimension of the article to be dispensed, so that either the article or the opening, or both, must be flexed or deformed in order to withdraw the article through the opening. 7. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the article is flexible, and the reduced size dimension is a reduced width of said at least one dispensing opening relative to the width of the article. 8. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 1, wherein:a rearwardly sloping front-facing panel is beneath the openings to enable the articles to be pulled downwardly and forwardly through the openings. 9. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 8, wherein: the sloping front-facing panel provides a graphics panel facing in an optimum direction for viewing by a customer. 10. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: at least one separate partition insert is in the box, dividing the interior of the box into a plurality of compartments for stacking articles to be dispensed, wherein the box and insert are each held assembled and are held assembled to each other by interfitting tabs and slots, whereby the use of adhesive is not necessary. 11. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 10, wherein: there are two partition inserts, each defining two stacking compartments. 12. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 8, wherein: the rearwardly sloping front-facing panel has an upper edge spaced rearwardly of the front wall of the box. 13. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 12, wherein: the box has an outer bottom wall; andthe rearwardly sloping front-facing panel terminates at its upper edge in an inner bottom wall spaced upwardly from and parallel to the outer bottom wall. 14. A dispensing container for shipping articles of merchandise to a point of sale and then displaying and dispensing the articles at the point of sale, comprising: a box having a front wall and a back wall;a lid pivoted along a back edge to a top edge of the back wall and having a flap on a forward edge that is inserted into the box behind the front wall when the lid is pivoted closed during shipping and storage;a plurality of partitions extending across an interior of the box, dividing it into a plurality of compartments, said partitions being formed on separate inserts placed in the box;a dispensing opening is provided in the front wall at the bottom of each compartment, said dispensing openings each having a width less than the width of an associated compartment to prevent unintentional movement of an article through the opening;a yieldable panel adapted to lie over the stack of articles in each of the plurality of the merchandise compartments to prevent loss of articles through the top of the box during shipping and handling, but enabling articles to be placed in the merchandise compartment through the top, with the panel flexing downwardly to enable passage of the article and to guide the article into proper orientation as it falls into the merchandise compartment and a the yieldable panel being provided in each compartment whereinsaid yieldable panels are foldably connected to a top edge of said front wall;interlocking tabs and slots on the partitions and yieldable panels hold the yieldable panels in their operative positions; andsaid lid having a transverse break line between the forward and back edges that enable the lid to be folded about the break line and the flap inserted into the box adjacent to back wall to form a display panel extending upwardly from the back wall, whereby the lid is convertible from a shipping configuration to a display configuration by the simple act of opening the lid, folding it in half about the break line, and reinserting the lid flap into the container and against the back wall to hold the display panel erect. 15. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 14, wherein:a rearwardly sloping front-facing panel is beneath the openings to enable the articles to be pulled downwardly and forwardly through the openings. 16. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 15, wherein: the box has an outer bottom wall; andthe rearwardly sloping front-facing panel terminates at its upper edge in an inner bottom wall spaced upwardly from and parallel to the outer bottom wall.