Glueless storage package

A glueless package comprising:

• (A) a pair of panels and a spine connecting said panels, one of said panels defining on at least one side thereof a side flap generally perpendicular to a first plane containing said one panel, said side flap defining an extension in a second plane containing said side flap and generally perpendicular to said first plane;
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• (B) a compartment formed of plastic and mounted on said one panel for receiving and maintaining an article, said compartment further defining on at least one side thereof a generally U-shaped slot configured and dimensioned to receive said side flap, said slot defining a slit configured and dimensioned to receive therein said side flap extension to limit movement of said side flap in said slot by abutment of said side flap extension and said slit.

A glueless package intermediate for use with a pair of panels and a spine connecting the panels;

• said intermediate comprising:
• a compartment formed of plastic and configured and dimensioned to be mounted on one of the panels for receiving and maintaining an article therein, said compartment further defining an interior chamber having a passageway leading from a surface of said compartment into said chamber and a stop ledge;
• the one panel defining at a free edge thereof a resiliently and reversely bent edge portion configured and dimensioned to pass through said passageway into said chamber and to at least partially unbend within said chamber such that the free edge thereof engages said stop ledge to resist removal of the edge portion from said chamber.

A glueless package intermediate for use with a pair of panels and a spine connecting the panels, one of the panels defining on at least one side thereof a side flap generally perpendicular to a first plane containing the one panel, the side flap defining an extension in a second plane containing said side flap and generally perpendicular to said first plane;

• said intermediate comprising:
• a compartment formed of plastic and configured and dimensioned to be mounted on the one panel for receiving and maintaining an article, said compartment further defining on at least one side thereof a generally U-shaped slot configured and dimensioned to receive the side flap, said slot defining a slit configured and dimensioned to receive therein the side flap extension to limit movement of the side flap in said slot by abutment of said flap extension and said slit.

A package intermediate for use with a panel defining at a free edge thereof a resiliently and reversely bent edge portion;

• said intermediate comprising:
• a compartment formed of plastic and configured and dimensioned to be mounted on a panel for receiving and maintaining an article therein, said compartment further defining an interior chamber having a passageway leading from a surface of said compartment into said chamber being configured and dimensioned such that the free edge may pass through said passageway into said chamber and at least partially unbend within said chamber such that the free edge thereof engages said stop ledge to resist removal of the panel edge portion from said chamber.

A package intermediate for use with a panel defining on at least one side thereof a side flap generally perpendicular to the panel, the side flap defining an extension in a second plane containing said side flap and generally perpendicular to said first plane;

• said intermediate comprising:
• a compartment formed of plastic and configured and dimensioned to be mounted on the panel for receiving and maintaining an article, said compartment further defining on at least one side thereof a generally U-shaped slot configured and dimensioned to receive the side flap, said slot defining a slit configured and dimensioned to receive therein the side flap extension to limit movement of the side flap in said slot by abutment of said side flap extension and said slit.

A package intermediate comprising:

• (A) a compartment formed of plastic, and defining a cavity for receiving and maintaining therein at least one article;
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• (B) an insert having a major portion, a minor portion, and a living hinge securing said minor and major portions together, said minor portion being secured to said compartment, said major portion defining on each surface thereof means for receiving and maintaining at least one article thereon, even when inverted, and said living hinge enabling said major portion to be pivoted relative to said minor portion and therefore said compartment.