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A collapsible, easy-to-assemble corrugated hutch for shipping and displaying products is provided. The hutch comprises a back wall, two side walls, shelves and two side wall supports. The side walls are hingedly attached to the back wall and can be folded to capture the side wall supports. The shelv

A collapsible, easy-to-assemble corrugated hutch for shipping and displaying products is provided. The hutch comprises a back wall, two side walls, shelves and two side wall supports. The side walls are hingedly attached to the back wall and can be folded to capture the side wall supports. The shelves extend between the side walls and have front edges that are supported by the side walls and side wall supports.

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1. A hutch comprising: a back wall made from a first blank and defining at least one elongated slot and having two vertical edges;at least one shelf made from a second blank and comprising a bottom panel having two lateral sides and a cut out portion rotatably attached to the bottom panel about a re

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A hutch comprising: a back wall made from a first blank and defining at least one elongated slot and having two vertical edges;at least one shelf made from a second blank and comprising a bottom panel having two lateral sides and a cut out portion rotatably attached to the bottom panel about a rear fold line, the cut out portion being inserted through an elongated slot in the back wall, the bottom panel defining a slot on either lateral side of the bottom panel;an outer panel made from the first blank and hingedly attached to each vertical edge of the back wall along a rear fold line, the outer panel having a rear edge adjoining the rear fold line and a front edge adjoining a vertically oriented double fold line;an inner panel made from the first blank and hingedly connected to each outer panel along one of the vertically oriented double fold lines, each inner panel comprising at least one integrally formed first shelf support, each first shelf support having a top edge and a locator tab extending upward from the top edge and configured to extend through one of the lateral slots in the bottom panel. 2. The hutch of claim 1, wherein: each lateral side of each shelf is supported by the top edge of a first shelf support. 3. The hutch of claim 1 further comprising: two side wall supports made from two third blanks, each side wall support captured between the outer panel and the inner panel of each side wall, each side wall support comprising at least one integrally formed second shelf support, each second shelf support having a top edge, wherein each lateral side of each shelf is also supported by the top edge of a second shelf support. 4. The hutch of claim 3 wherein: each side wall support comprises two hingedly connected, similarly shaped halves which are folded together to form a side wall support having a double thickness. 5. The hutch of claim 1 wherein each shelf further comprises: a top panel rotatably attached to the bottom panel along double fold lines and having two lateral sides, the top and bottom panels being folded together so that the top panel lies flat against the bottom panel, the top panel defining a slot on either lateral side of the top panel, the top panel slots being in vertical alignment with the bottom panel slots; whereinthe locator tab in each first shelf support further extends through one of the top panel slots. 6. The hutch of claim 1 wherein: the back wall and the two side walls are formed from a first blank; andeach shelf is formed from one of a number of second blanks. 7. The hutch of claim 3 wherein: the back wall and the two side walls are formed from a first blank;each shelf is formed from one of a number of second blanks; andeach side wall support is formed from one of two third blanks. 8. The hutch of claim 7 wherein: the blanks are made of corrugated board. 9. A hutch comprising: a back wall and two side walls formed from a first blank, the back wall having two vertical edges and defining vertically spaced apart, horizontal, elongated slots, the two side walls being foldably attached to the vertical edges of the back wall along a rear fold line, each side wall comprising an outer panel and an inner panel connected by vertically oriented double fold lines that form two laterally spaced apart front edges of the hutch, the outer and inner panels being in spaced parallel relationship to each other, each inner panel comprising a plurality of vertically arranged shelf supports, each shelf support having a horizontally oriented top edge and a locator tab extending upward from the top edge; anda plurality of shelves, each shelf made from one of a plurality of second blanks, each shelf comprising a top panel attached to a bottom panel along double fold lines, the top panel comprising a cut out portion foldably connected to the bottom panel along the double fold line, the top panel and the bottom panel each defining slots located along laterally disposed sides, the top panel folded over onto the bottom panel so that the top panel lies flat against the bottom panel and the slots in the top panel align with the slots in the bottom panel, the cut out portion of each shelf being inserted into one of the elongated slots in the back wall so that the shelves are rotatably connected to the back wall portion. 10. The hutch of claim 9 wherein: the two side walls are rotatable between a first flat position in which the two side walls are substantially co-planar with the back wall and a second display position in which the side walls are perpendicular to the back wall and the shelf supports of one side wall are laterally spaced from the shelf supports of the other side wall; andwherein each shelf is rotatable between a first flat position in which the shelf lies substantially flat against the back wall and a second display position in which the shelf extends perpendicularly outward from the back wall and abuts the top edges of laterally spaced shelf supports and the locator tabs of each pair of laterally spaced shelf supports extend through the slots in the shelf. 11. The hutch of claim 10 further comprising: two side wall supports, each made from one of two third blanks, each side wall support captured between the outer panel and the inner panel of one of the side walls, each side wall support comprising a plurality of vertically arranged second shelf supports, each of the second shelf supports of one side wall support being laterally spaced from a second shelf support of the other side wall support, each second shelf support having a horizontally oriented top edge, wherein in the second display position each shelf also abuts the top edges of a pair of laterally spaced apart second shelf supports. 12. The hutch of claim 11 wherein: each side wall support comprises two hingedly connected, similarly shaped halves which are folded together to form a side wall support having a double thickness. 13. The hutch of claim 11 wherein: the first and second blanks are made of corrugated board. 14. The hutch of claim 11 wherein: the first, second and third blanks are made of corrugated board. 15. A method of assembling a hutch comprising the steps of: providing a first blank including a back wall portion defining vertically spaced apart, horizontal, elongated slots and two side wall portions foldably attached to the back wall portion, each side wall portion comprising an outer panel and an inner panel connected by vertically oriented double fold lines, each inner panel comprising a plurality of vertically arranged shelf supports, each shelf support having a top edge and a locator tab extending upward from the top edge;providing a plurality of second blanks, each second blank comprising a top panel portion attached to a bottom panel portion along double fold lines, the top panel portion comprising a cut out portion foldably connected to the bottom panel portion along the double fold line, the second blank defining slots located in the top panel and in the bottom panel;folding the top panel of each second blank along the double fold lines until the top panel lies flat against the bottom panel and the slots in the top and bottom panels align to form a plurality of shelves;inwardly folding the side wall portions until they are substantially perpendicular to the back wall portion;inwardly folding the side wall inner panels until they are substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the outer panels; andinserting the cut out portion of each shelf into one of the elongated slots in the back wall so that the shelves are rotatably connected to the back wall; andadjusting the position of each shelf so that the shelf extends perpendicularly outward from the back wall portion and abuts the top edges of the laterally spaced shelf supports and the locator tabs of the laterally spaced shelf supports extend through the slots in the shelf. 16. The method of claim 15 comprising the further steps of: providing a pair of third blanks, each third blank comprising two halves foldably connected to form a side wall support having a double thickness of material;placing a side wall support against an inner facing surface of each side wall outer panel.