Package for light bulbs

Abstract

Abstract A PACKAGE FOR A PAIR OF LIGHT BULBS. THE PACKAGE IS FOLDED FROM A BLANK OF CHEVRON SHAPE HAVING A POINTED AND A NOTCHED END. A SLIT ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF THE BLANK BEGINS AT THE NOTCHED END AND EXTEND TOWARD THE POINTED END. THE BLANK IS PROVIDED WITH FIRST AND SECOND SETS OF SCORE LINES, LINES IN EACH SET BEING PARALLEL TO EDGES OF THE BLANK DEFINING THE POINTED END AND THUS ANGLED WITH RESPECT TO THE SIDE EDGES OF THE BLANK. THE SETS OF SCORE LINES INTERSECT SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE SLIT, DIVIDING THE BLANK INTO ALTERNATE SETS OF TRIANGULAR PANELS TO PROVIDE TWO SETS OF TRIANGULAR PANELS ON EACH SIDE OF THE SLIT. EACH TRIANGULAR PANEL OF ONE SET OF PANELS ON EACH SIDE HAS ITS BASE ALONG A SIDE EDGE OF THE BLANK AND ITS APEX AT THE SLIT. EACH TRIANGULAR PANEL OF THE OTHER SET ON EACH SIDE OF THE SLIT HAS ITS BASE ALONG THE SLIT AND ITS APEX AT A SIDE EDGE OF THE BLANK. THUS, WHEN THE SECTIONS OF THE BLANK ARE EACH FOLDED ALONG THE SCORE LINES IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND CORRESPONDING EDGES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS ARE SECURED TOGETHER, THE PACKAGE HAS A PAIR OF COMPARTMENTS EACH HAVING A PLURALITY F PERIPHERAL TRIANGULAR OPENING AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE COMPARTMENT THROUGH ONE OF WHICH OPENINGS THE PORTION OF A LIGHT BULB MAY BE INSERTED AND THEREBY CONFINED WITHIN THE COMPARTMENT.

Inventors

• 👤 Byron L Lesar

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