Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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The present invention is directed to a display package
and the like and more particularly to a display package which
has a number of articles therein and which is adapted to permit
one of the articles to be displayed through the cover.
~ n packaging articles, such as glass tumblers, and the
like, the articles are sometimes placed in closed cartons with
pictures of the article on the cover or the articles are placed
in a carton with a transparent cover so that all the articles
are visible.
Articles are also sometimes packaged in carrying packs
in which the articles are either left bare or covered with a
transparent plastic covering.
The present invention has for one of its objects the
provision of an improved display package in which a plurality of
articles are packaged in a carton with a single packaged article
displayed from the outside.
The invention provides a display package comprising an
outer container and a cover hingedly mounted thereto and adapted
to pivot from an open position to a closed position overlying
the outer container, a one piece insert having article-holding
pockets therein removably mounted within the outer container for
holding articles therein, said article-holding pockets being
formed by integral pocket-forming dividers, said outer container
having side, end and bottom walls, said side, end and bottom
walls being devoid of windows, said cover having a slngle window
therein, said window being so positioned and so dimensioned so
that a predetermined single article only in a predetermined
single pocket may be seen through the outer container when the
cover is in said closed position, the predetermined pocket for
the predetermined single article seen through said window is
spaced from the other article-holding pockets by pocket-forming
dividers which are wider than the other pocket-forming dividers,
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said window being near a corner of said cover and said predeter-
mined article and predetermined pocket being near a corner of
said insert underlying the corner of said cover when the cover
is in its closed position, said window and said predetermined
pocket adapted to align with each other when the cover is in its
closed position to permit the predetermined single article to be
seen through the said window.
Advantages of the invention will be obvious upon an
understanding of the illustrative embodiment about to be
described, or will be indicated in the appended claims; and
various advantages not
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referred to herein will occur to one skilled in the art
upon employment of the invention in practice.
A preferred embodiment of the invention has
~een chosen for purposes of illustration and description
and is shown in the accompanying drawings forming a
part of the specification, wherein:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a package
made in accordance with the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the package
of the present invention with the cover open.
Fig. 3 is an exploded view of ~he package of
the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the article-holding
insert of the package of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along line
5-5 of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along line
6-6 of Fig. 4.
Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing a plurality
of articl.e-holding inserts in stacked relationship to
each other.
The package 1 of the present invention comprises
an outer container 2, an inner article holding insert 3
and a plurality of articles 4 to be packaged.
The outer container 2 comprises the usual bottom
wall 5, side walls 6, rear wall 7 and front walls 8.
A cover 9 is pivotly attached to the rear wall 7 and may
be provided with a downwardly extending side and front
flaps 10 which lie adjacent ~o the side walls 6 and front
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wall 8 when the cover 9 is closed. Latching means 11
may be provided on the front cover flap 11 and the
front wall B to hold the cover 9 in its closed position.
The outer container 2 is preferably of the
type which is adapted to lie fla~ when not in use by
bending it along various fold lines (not shown) as is
well known in the art. The cover 9 has a window 12
therein which is protected by a transparent sheet 13
which may be made of plastic material and through which
a single article 4A of the articles 4 may be viewed.
The articles 4 and 4A of the present inv~ntion
are shown as being glass tumblers. However, it will be
understood that, if desired, the invention may be used
in connection with other articles. In addition,
although the articles 4 and 4A are shown as being of
the same size and shape, it is also within the purview
of the present invention for the articles to be of
different sizes and shapes.
The article-holding insert 3 is adapted to be
removably mounted within the outer container 2 and is
provided with a plurality of separate article-receiving
pockets 20 and 21 for removably accommodating therewithin
the ar~icles 4 and 4A, respectively, to be packaged.
Preferably, the article-holding insert 3 is made from
a light on~-piece molded plastic material. As shown in
Fig. 7, when the article-holding inserts 3 are to be
stored or shipped and before they are to be used, they
may be stacked Each article-holding insert 3 is
provided with a plurality of integral pockets 20 and 21
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which are spaced from each other by integral separators
22 and 23.
One of the article-holding pockets 21 of the
insert 3 is l~n superimposed rela~ionship with the
window 12 in the cover 9 when the cover 9 is in its
closed position, as shown in Fig. 1. Thus, when the
cover 9 is closed, a single article 4A in pocket 21
is seen through the window 12 while the other articles
4 in pockets 20 will not be seen. Hence, the article-
holding insert 3 may have the article-holding pockets 20
in a variety of locations and orientations, i.e. upright
or horizontal, as may be desired for economy or
convenience since the orientation will not be seen
by the buyer. In addition, the orientation of the
pockets 20 may be made to fit the outer con~ainer without
regard to the aesthetics of their arrangement since the
only article 4A visible to the buyer is the one that is
displayed through the window 12.
Furthermore, the pocket 21 holding the article
4A is spaced from the other pockets 20 and from the
side wall o the box by a substantially wide flange
portion 22. This will permit the article 4A to be seen
through the window 12 in its substantially isolated
position without the viewer seeing the other articles 4
in the container. Preferably, the article 4A seen
through the cover is located near one corner of the
container. However, its location may be changed if
desired.
When the articles are to be packaged, the outer
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container 2 is "set up" and an article-holding insert 3
is placed within the outer container 2. The articles
4 and 4A are then assembled within the pockets 20 and 21
of the article-holding insert 3 and the cover 9 is closed
and held in place by the latch means 11. The single
article 4A will be visible through the window 12,
without the other articles 4 being visible from the
outside.
It will thus be seen that the present invention
provides an improved display package for a plurality of
articLes in which a single article is visible, which may
be easily manufactured and assembled and which may be
stacked for storage and shipment until it is ready to
be used.
As many and varied modifications of the subject
matter of this invention will become apparent to those
skilled in the art from the detailed description given
hereinabove, it will be understood that the present
invention is limited only as provided in the claims
appended hereto.
