Package unit for retaining a plurality of tumblers, drinking glasses and the like in a displayed position

Claim 1

A package unit comprising a plurality of drinking glasses and a holder for holding a plurality of drinking glasses on each side of said holder in a display condition, each said drinking glass having an ornamental design or picture extending across the front thereof, said holder comprising a single blank of sheet material, said blank sheet having a top section and opposite first and second side sections, with one of each of said side sections adjacent said top section, a bottom end locking section adjacent said first side section, a second bottom section adjacent said second side section, a partition section adjacent said second bottom section and an end section adjacent said partition section, said first and second side sections each having a plurality of elongated cutouts and a flap extending from said top section inwardly into each said cutout, said bottom end locking section having a locking tongue and said second bottom section having a slot engaged by said locking tongue for interlocking therewith, said blank being folded so that the partition section is centrally and longitudinally and vertically positioned intermediate the vertically positioned first and second side sections and extending parallel thereto, and extending the height and length of said package unit, with said end section being horizontally positioned and parallel to and contiguous to the underside of said horizontally positioned top section to support said top section, and said plurality of drinking glasses on each side are each positioned inside one of said elongated cutouts and the first and second side sections with a plurality of glasses resting on said bottom end locking section and a plurality of glasses resting on said second bottom section, with the flaps extending into the drinking glasses and with a portion of each of the drinking glasses contiguous to the partition section and the front portion of each said drinking glass which has said ornamental design or picture extends outwardly and forwardly of its respective side section so that the ornamental design or picture on said front surface of the drinking glass is visible and unobstructed, said drinking glasses on each side each being spaced from each other and separated by said partition from the drinking glasses on the other side with none of said glasses contacting each other, said partition also blocking the simultaneous viewing of the ornamental design or picture of the plurality of glasses on the side opposite from the side being viewed, said interlocking means being interlocked for retaining said drinking glasses in the package unit in a display condition without the use of adhesive or extraneous fastening means, the opposite ends of the package unit being open with the drinking glasses positioned inwardly of the opposite ends.