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US 4,682,690 AGranted
Display product and package combination
AssigneeNewell Co.
InventorJames J. Tiffany
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Abstract
A display package and display product which is firmly secured together while allowing a substantial portion of the display product to be viewed. The invention further relates to a display package which uses a fastener means to secure the display product to the display package and the method of assembling the disclosed combination.
Claims3
In combination:
- a display package and
- a product to be displayed,
- said display package having a support member arranged to be located behind the product to be displayed when the package and product are assembled for display,
- said product having a wall which forms part of the product and so arranged as to lie in opposing relationship to the support member of the display package when the package and product are assembled for display,
- support structures which provide at least three point support for the product when said product is separated from the display package and placed upon a supporting surface,
- said support structures extending outwardly from the said product wall whereby the product, when placed on the supporting surface, is located a given distance from the supporting surface,
- first aperture means in the support member of the display package and second aperture means in the product wall,
- said first and second aperture means being axially aligned with one another when the package and product are assembled for display,
- fastener means received in the first and second aperture means and arranged to maintain the package and product in fixed, spaced relationship to one another when the package and product are assembled for display,
- the outermost extremity of the fastener means extending outwardly beyond the product wall a distance up to and including a distance greater than the distance the support structures extend outwardly from said product wall when the product has been removed from the package when there is no change in the spatial relationship between the fastener means and the product,
- said fastener means having insertion means which enable the fastener means to be moved toward the product to a position in which the outwardmost extremity of the fastener means is located closer to the product wall than the support structures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.