Video cassette package

A package made of a single sheet of material for containing a cassette, said package comprising

• a flat collapsible compartment portion having a first wall, a second wall foldably connected to said first wall at a first edge, a third wall foldably connected to said second wall at a second edge, a fourth wall foldably connected to said third wall at a third edge, an end strip foldably connected to said first wall at a fourth edge and secured to said fourth wall wherein said second and third walls lie substantially flat against said first and fourth walls and a plurality of flaps foldably connected to at least some of said first, second, third and fourth walls.
• said compartment portion having a plurality of spaced-apart perforations along at least one of said first and fourth edges, and an opening extending through said first wall, and
• a cover flap foldably connected to said fourth wall at a fifth edge parallel to said first, second, third and fourth edges, said cover flap having a plurality of fold lines parallel to said fifth edge, said cover flap positioned to cover a least said first wall, said compartment portion and said cover flap being constructed and arranged to be folded about said first, second, third and fourth edges and said plurality of fold lines to space said first and third walls, and said second and fourth walls, respectively, wherein said first, second, third and fourth edges are parallel to each other, said first wall is parallel to said third wall, and said second wall is parallel to said fourth wall forming an open compartment portion to receive a cassette wherein said cover flap is foldable away from said first wall to expose the opening.

A package constructed of a single sheet of material for containing a cassette, said package comprising

• a compartment portion having a first wall, a second wall foldably connected to said first wall at a first edge, a third wall foldably connected to said second wall at a second edge, a fourth wall foldably connected to said third wall at a third edge, a strip of material foldably connected to one of said first, second, third and fourth walls at a fourth edge, and a plurality of flaps foldably connected to at least some of said first, second, third and fourth walls.
• said flaps being secured to each other and said strip of material being secured to another of said first, second, third and fourth walls to form a closed compartment portion in which said first, second, third, and fourth edges are parallel, said first wall is parallel to said third wall, and said second wall is parallel to said fourth wall,
• said closed compartment portion having a plurality of spaced-apart perforations along at least one of said first, second, third and fourth edges, and an opening extending through one of said first, second, third and fourth walls adjacent to said at least one of said edges, and
• a cover flap foldably connected to one of said first, second, third and fourth walls at a fifth edge, said cover flap having a plurality of fold lines parallel to said fifth edge, said cover flap being folded to cover the opening extending through said one of said first, second, third and fourth walls and being unfoldable away from said one of said first, second, third and fourth walls to expose the opening, the opening and the perforations being constructed and arranged for manually grasping said one of said first, second, third and fourth walls through the opening and tearing said one of said first, second, third and fourth walls along the perforations to expose and provide access to a cassette contained within said closed compartment portion of the package.