Display devices

Claim 1

A DISPLAY DEVICE FOR CONTAINING AND SUPPORTING AN ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A CARD FOLDED ALONG A LINE INTERMEDIATE ITS WITDTH TO PROVIDE TWO PANELS WHICH ARE DISPOSED WITH THEIR INWARD FACES IN CONTACT WHEN THE CARD IS DOUBLED ALONG THE FOLD LINE; AN OPENING THROUGH ONE OF SAID PANELS OF APPROXIMATELY THE CONFIGURATION OF A VERTICAL CROSS-SECTION OR PROFILE OF THE ARTICLE, BUT OF SLIGHTLY GREATER AREA, SAID OPENING, BEING SPACED COMPLETELY FROM SAID FOLD LINE; A THIN, FLAT, PLANAR, CONTINUOUSLY SINGLE-PLY FLEXIBLE BAND HAVING ITS ENDS RESPECTIVELY SECURED TO THE INWARD SURFACES OF SAID PANELS AT ONLY TWO POINTS EACH SPACED FROM THE FOLD LINE, ONE OF SAID POINTS BEING ON SAID ONE PANEL OUTWARDLY OF THE REMOTE EDGE OF THE OPENING THEREIN, AND THE OTHER POINT BEING ON THE OTHER OF SAID PANELS AND SPACED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID FOLD LINE, DEPENDING UPON THE SIZE OF THE ARTICLE SO THAT THE BAND BRIDGES WITHOUT SECUREMENT SAID OPENING, SAID FOLD LINE, AND A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE SECOND NAMED PANEL ADJACENT THE FOLD LINE, AND THUS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SLACK IS PROVIDED IN SAID BAND WHEN THE PANELS ARE BROUGHT INWARDLY INTO FACE TO FACE CONTACT, TO FORM A FLEXIBLE SLING TO ENVELOP SAID ARTICLE WHEN THE LATTER IS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID OPENING.