Display package
OwnerNorman A. Brumlinventor
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Abstract
A display package for a longitudinally extended product such as a flashlight and the like, comprising a rectangular base possessing an opening therein, said opening conforming in outline to the longitudinal configuration of said product, a collar integral with said base which completely surrounds at least a portion of the lateral perimeter of said product, and an anchor member integral with said base and located at one or more ends of said opening to secure said product in position within said package. The invention includes a package blank of unitary construction which may be assembled to form said package containing said product in a specially configured die, as well as a particular die useful therewith. The package of the present invention is inexpensively manufactured and is of durable construction.
Claims12
A display package for a longitudinally extended product comprising a rectangular, planar base possessing a central opening therein, said base comprising a pair of substantially rectangular flaps of identical size and shape in overlapping relation to each other, said central opening conforming in outline to the longitudinal configuration of said product, a collar integral with said base which completely surrounds a major portion of the lateral perimeter of said product, said collar comprising opposed harness members respectively integral with corresponding flaps at said opening, said harness members comprising, respectively, paired, opposed trapezoidal supports extending from said flap and in contact therewith along the major portion of the lateral perimeter of said central opening, and rectangular bridge portions linking said trapezoidal supports at the apical ends thereof, and an anchor member integral with said base and located at one or more ends of said opening to secure said product in position within said package.
A blank designed for the preparation of a display package for a longitudinally extended product which comprises:
- A pair of substantially rectangular flaps integral with each other at a point of reversed end-to-end abuttment and adapted for placement in overlapping association, each of said flaps possessing at least one opening therein, said openings adapted for registration and alignment with each other,
- wherein each of said flaps comprises a major flap portion and a minor flap portion, said minor flap portion is diagonally opposed to the corresponding minor flap portion located on the corresponding overlapping flap and extends in a laterally opposite direction thereto, and
- wherein said minor flap portion is laterally displaced with respect to said major flap portion and is maintained in integral connection therewith by a harness member integral therewith and extending therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.