Cardboard packaging for shipping collector cards

A cardboard packaging apparatus comprising:

• a rectangular section of cardboard having a first end, a second end, a length, a left free edge extending the length of the rectangular section of cardboard, a right free edge extending the length of the rectangular section of cardboard, and a width;
• the rectangular section of cardboard including a first plurality of creases and a second plurality of creases, each of the creases extending along a straight line from the left free edge to the right free edge;
• the first plurality of creases including a lower crease spaced apart from the first end of the rectangular section of cardboard by a first distance;
• the second plurality of creases including a lower crease spaced apart from the first end of the rectangular section of cardboard by a second distance, the first distance being less than the second distance;
• the rectangular section of cardboard including a lower flap defined between the first end of the rectangular section of cardboard and the first plurality of creases;
• the rectangular section of cardboard including a central support section defined between the first plurality of creases and the second plurality of creases;
• the rectangular section of cardboard including an upper flap defined between the second plurality of creases and the second end of the rectangular section of cardboard;
• the lower flap being adapted to fold down on top of an outer surface of the upper flap when the rectangular section of cardboard is in a closed position;
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• the rectangular section of cardboard further including a rectangular window having a first side and second side in generally parallel relationship to one another and in generally perpendicular relationship to opposite long sides of the rectangular section of cardboard, the first side being nearer than the second side to the first end of the rectangular section of cardboard, the window being disposed between the lower crease of the first plurality of creases and an upper crease of the first plurality of creases, the window interrupting at least one of the lower crease and the upper crease from extending continuously from the left free edge to the right free edge.

A cardboard packaging apparatus comprising:

• a rectangular section of cardboard having a first end, a second end, a length, a left free edge continuously extending the length of the rectangular section of cardboard without interruption, a right free edge continuously extending the length of the rectangular section of cardboard without interruption, and a width;
• the rectangular section of cardboard including a first plurality of creases and a second plurality of creases;
• the first plurality of creases including a lower crease and at least two other creases, the lower crease being spaced apart from the first end of the rectangular section of cardboard by a first distance;
• the second plurality of creases including a lower crease and at least two other creases, the lower crease being spaced apart from the first end of the rectangular section of cardboard by a second distance, the first distance being less than the second distance;
• the rectangular section of cardboard including a lower flap defined between the first end of the rectangular section of cardboard and the first plurality of creases;
• the rectangular section of cardboard including a central support section defined between the first plurality of creases and the second plurality of creases;
• the rectangular section of cardboard including an upper flap defined between the second plurality of creases and the second end of the rectangular section of cardboard;
• the lower flap being adapted to fold down on top of an outer surface of the upper flap when the rectangular section of cardboard is in a closed position, an enclosed space being defined between the central support section and the downwardly folded upper and lower flaps when the rectangular section of cardboard is in a closed position;
• the rectangular section of cardboard further including a rectangular window having a first side and second side in generally parallel relationship to one another and in generally perpendicular relationship to opposite long sides of the rectangular section of cardboard, the first side being nearer than the second side to the first end of the rectangular section of cardboard, the window being disposed between the lower crease of the first plurality of creases and an upper crease of the first plurality of creases;
• the rectangular section of cardboard further including a tab adjacent the second end of the rectangular section of cardboard, the tab being adapted to engage with the window to hold the rectangular section of cardboard in a shipping position;
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• the rectangular section of cardboard including internal longitudinal flutes, the internal longitudinal flutes being generally parallel to the length of the rectangular section of cardboard.