Packaging

A blank for forming a package for holding an item therein, said blank including portions foldably connected to form external walls of the package, said blank being erectable to a first condition in which at least one of the external walls, displaying information relating to the item, is viewable with a further portion of the blank held in a first location, and said blank is movable to a second condition by movement of the said further portion of the blank to a second location at which the said portion at least one external wall is masked by the said further portion, thereby hiding from view the item and all information relating to the item;

• wherein the item is located and retained within the package in both first and second conditions and the change in condition is performed prior to removing the item from the package;
• and wherein:
• said external walls include a top wall, a front wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls connected together to form the package, said top wall and said front wall each include an aperture having clear plastic material allowing viewing therethrough, said external walls further include a first locking portion, said package includes a flap joined thereto with said flap having a proximal end connected to said front wall and a distal end with a second locking portion formed thereon, said flap further having a first crease line and a second crease line extending thereacross with said first crease line located at said proximal end and said second crease line located between said proximal end and said distal end dividing said flap into a first cover and a second cover sized to mask said top wall and said front wall when said flap is folded in a first direction along said first crease line and said second crease line and locking said first locking portion and said second locking portion together positioning said first cover outwardly adjacent said top wall and said second cover outwardly adjacent said front wall concealing an item within said package. said flap foldable in a direction opposite to said first direction positioning said first cover and said second cover adjacent said rear wall and said bottom wall allowing viewing through said plastic material of said front wall and said top wall of an item within the package.

A method of forming a gift from a retail package, said method comprising the steps of purchasing an item held within a package in a first retail display condition in which the item and/or information relating to the item is viewable on and/or via at least one face external of the package and wherein the package is manipulable without removing the item from the package, into a second condition in which the item and any printed information relating thereto is masked from external view, wherein the item is located within the package and protected from access in both conditions of the package and the change in condition is performed prior to removing the item from the package;

• and wherein:
• said package having external walls that include a top wall, a front wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls connected together to form the package, said top wall and said front wall each include an aperture having clear plastic material allowing viewing therethrouah, said external walls further include a first locking portion, said package includes a flap joined thereto with said flag having a proximal end connected to said front wall and a distal end with a second locking portion formed thereon, said flap further having a first crease line and a second crease line extending thereacross with said first crease line located at said proximal end and said second crease line located between said proximal end and said distal end dividing said flap into a first cover and a second cover sized to mask said top wall and said front wall;
• and
• comprising the additional steps of:
• folding said flag in a first direction along said flap in a first direction along said first crease line and said second crease line;
• locking said first locking portion and said second locking portion together including the sub-step of positioning said first cover outwardly adjacent said top wall and said second cover outwardly adjacent said front wall concealing an item within said package, and,
• folding said flap in a direction opposite to said first direction including the sub-step of positioning said first cover and said second cover adjacent said rear wall and said bottom wall allowing viewing through said plastic material of said front wall and said top wall of an item within the package.