Packaging pad preventing wrinkles of caps with eyeshades

In combination, a plurality of caps and a packaging pad for transporting and displaying said caps, the caps including a collapsible main body and a planar eyeshade having a specified width, the planar eyeshade provided with a curved edge connected to a corresponding curved edge of the main body to form a junction, the packaging pad comprising:

• a) a planar pad made from an elastic resin material;
• b) a first row of apertures formed in said pad, the apertures positioned in spaced-apart relationship;
• c) a second row of apertures formed in said pad in parallel relationship to said first row of apertures, said first row of apertures including apertures aligned directly across from a corresponding aperture in said second row of apertures to form a plurality of parallel pairs of apertures, said first and second rows, and the apertures forming a pair, being spaced apart a distance equal to the approximate width of the eyeshade;
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• d) a plurality of curved slits cut in said planar pad, each slit extending from an aperture in said first row in a curved path to a corresponding parallel pair aperture in said second row to form a tongue edge, a pad edge, and an inwardly flexible tongue, whereby a cap is retained by flexing the tongue inward, sliding the eyeshade through the slit, and releasing the tongue such that the cap is secured between the tongue edge and the pad edge at the approximate junction of the eyeshade and main body of the cap.