System and device for displaying, protecting, and storing items

A method for storing an item, comprising the steps of:

• (a) opening a protective enclosure, said protective enclosure having:
• an upper face and a lower face foldably connected by a living hinge enabling said upper face and said lower face to transition between an open position and a closed position, said lower face having a protective recess of a size and shape adapted to receive the item, wherein said upper face and said lower face form an interlocking interface around said protective recess when the protective enclosure is in a closed position, and wherein an upper locking interface of said upper face comprises a cavity having a first inner wall and a first outer wall, and wherein a lower locking interface of said lower face comprises a protrusion having a second inner wall and a second outer wall, said upper locking interface and said lower locking interface enclosing said protective recess when said protective enclosure is in the closed position, and wherein said first inner wall of said cavity forms a first interlocking surface of said interlocking interface with said second inner wall of said protrusion, and said first outer wall of said cavity forms a second interlocking surface of said interlocking interface with said second outer wall of said protrusion;
• a label area formed from an upper label area of said upper face and a lower label area of said lower face, said label area adapted for receiving a label;
• and
• a first interlocking stacking interface separate from said interlocking interface and having a first upper stacking lip and a first lower stacking lip along a first long side of the protective enclosure and a second interlocking stacking interface separate from said interlocking interface and having a second upper stacking lip and a second lower stacking lip along a second long side of the protective enclosure, said first interlocking stacking interface and said second interlocking stacking interface adapted for receiving a third interlocking stacking interface separate from said interlocking interface and having a third upper stacking lip and a third lower stacking lip of a second protective enclosure when said protective enclosure is in said closed position and said protective enclosure is stacked with a second protective enclosure also in said closed position, and
• wherein a first depression in said first upper stacking lip is formed having an inner width between an inner vertical edge and an approximately vertical inner wall of a stacking protrusion in said first interlocking stacking interface, said first depression being approximately rectangular in cross section, and
• wherein a second depression in said first lower stacking lip is formed having an outer width between an outer vertical edge and an inner wall of said first lower stacking lip in said first interlocking stacking interface, said second depression being approximately rectangular in cross section and said outer width of said second depression being less than said inner width of said first depression, and
• wherein an outside surface of said inner vertical edge abuts an inside surface of said outer vertical edge to interlock said interlocking stacking interface when the protective enclosure is in said closed position, and
• wherein when the protective enclosure is stacked with said second protective enclosure, said first depression receives a third depression of said third interlocking stacking interface, said third depression being approximately rectangular in cross section and having said outer width between an outer vertical edge and an inner wall of said third lower stacking lip;
• (b) inserting the item into said protective recess of said protective enclosure;
• and
• (c) closing said protective enclosure.