Blister pack for storage and display of elongated articles and the like

A package for packaging at least one slender elongated article having an associated longitudinal extent, said package comprising:

• a backing member comprising a substrate formed of a relatively stiff sheet, said backing member having a longitudinal extent substantially less than the associated longitudinal extent of said one slender elongated article, said one slender elongated article having a distal end and a proximal end with said distal end of the packaged slender elongated article extending substantially beyond the longitudinal extent of said backing member;
• an open ended blister pack positioned on said backing member substrate comprising three contiguous sides forming a U-shaped margin joined to said backing member substrate for defining a slender open-ended blister pack enclosure region on said backing member substrate for the proximal end of said one slender elongated article, said distal end of said packaged slender elongated article extending outwardly from said open-ended blister pack substantially beyond the longitudinal extent of said backing member;
• and removable fastening means removably insertable through said packaged proximal end of said one slender elongated article for removably securing said one packaged slender elongated article to said backing member in said open-ended blister pack, said removable fastening means extending through said open-ended blister pack, said one packaged article proximal end and said backing member;
• whereby said removable fastening means facilitates removable retention of said one packaged article proximal end to said backing member within said open-ended blister pack while said open-ended blister pack facilitates lateral retention of said fastened one packaged article proximal end to said backing member.