Watch display package
AssigneeInternational Packaging Corporation
InventorJack Sims
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Abstract
A watch display package includes a wedge-shaped housing which is formed from a folded paperboard blank, and an easel-like display member, which is also made of folded paperboard. The housing has an inclined front panel and a display opening in the front panel. The display member is inserted into the housing and it is operative for holding a watch with the face thereof aligned with the display opening. The housing is further provided with a hinged panel that may be positioned to cover the display opening in a shipping mode. In a display mode, the panel may be bent rearwardly and releasably secured in its rearwardly bent portion so that the watch is readily viewable through the display opening.
Claims18
A package construction for alternatively displaying and enclosing a wristwatch comprising:
- a generally wedge-shaped housing having an inclined front panel, a rear panel and a display opening in said front panel;
- an easel-like display member received in said housing, said display member being operative for holding said watch with the face thereof aligned with said display opening;
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- a cover panel hingeably attached to said housing, said cover panel being hingeably moveable between a first position wherein said cover panel lies adjacent to said front panel and covers said display opening and a second position wherein said cover panel lies adjacent to said rear panel, whereby said watch is viewable through said display opening.
A package construction comprising a generally wedge-shaped housing having
- a base panel;
- first and second inner side panels extending upwardly from said base panel;
- an inclined front panel extending upwardly and rearwardly from said base panel, said front panel having a display opening formed therein;
- first and second outer side panels extending downwardly from said front panel so as to overlap said inner side panels;
- two side flaps extending inwardly from said outer side panels;
- a rear panel extending upwardly from said base panel so as to overlap said side flaps;
- a cover panel attached to said housing, said cover panel being moveable between a first position wherein said cover panel lies adjacent to said front panel and a second position wherein said cover panel lies adjacent to said rear panel;
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- means for releasably securing said cover panel to said front panel.
A blank for a package construction comprising:
- a base panel having first and second ends and opposite sides;
- two inner side panels respectively extending outwardly from the opposite sides of said base panel;
- a rectangular front panel extending outwardly from the first end of said base panel, said front panel including a first end adjacent said base panel, an opposite second end, and opposite sides, said front panel further having a window formed therein;
- a top flap extending outwardly from the second end of said front panel;
- two triangular side panels respectively extending outwardly from the opposite sides of said front panel;
- side flaps extending outwardly from said side panels;
- a rectangular rear panel extending outwardly from the second end of said base panel, said rear panel having a first end adjacent said base panel and an opposite second end, and further including a slot formed therein adjacent said first end thereof;
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- a rectangular cover panel extending outwardly from the second end of said rear panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.