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US 8,573,397 B1Granted
Retail phone package
AssigneePlastic Ingenuity, Inc.
InventorsRoger Fager, Ross Mack
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Abstract
A thermoformed package that is specially adapted to allow a cell phone (or similar product) to be partially packaged at one time and place, and then at a later time adapted for sale as a finished product with a particular brand (from a variety of brands or trademarks), and/or with a particular service plan (from a variety of rate plans or payment terms and/or languages) and/or with a particular language (or other localization) at a second time and place.
Claims6
A thermoformed container comprising:
- an outer shell face made of thermoformed plastic and having an outer shell face periphery;
- an inner shell face having an inner shell face periphery;
- an inner shell back having an inner shell back periphery;
- and
- an outer shell back made of thermoformed plastic and having an outer shell back periphery;
- wherein the outer shell face periphery and the outer shell back periphery are joined together to form an interior of the container and an exterior of the container;
- wherein a front compartment is formed between the outer shell face and the inner shell face and a rear compartment is formed between the inner shell back and the outer shell back;
- wherein the outer shell back includes at least one aperture shaped to pass a sheet material from the exterior of the container through the aperture and into the rear compartment;
- wherein the outer shell face includes at least one protrusion shaped to receive a cell phone;
- and
- further comprising a cell phone positioned in the protrusion and within the front compartment.
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