Packing device for decorative string set

Claim 1

A packing device for a decorative light string set having a plurality of sockets with bulbs therein comprising: a base member carried on a protective card, said base member having a front and a rear raised stand formed respectively at opposite ends thereof and defining a recess for receiving the bulbs and sockets of the decorative light string set to be packed, with the front and the rear ends of each bulb and socket in alignment with said front and said rear raised stands, said base member having a plurality of through-openings in said recess, spaced along a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the bulbs and sockets when they are received in said recess; a fastener member having a lengthwise seat and a number of spaced, upwardly-extending claw elements formed on and integrally with the seat, said fastener member fitted into a position in which said claw elements each extend up through a corresponding through-opening of said base member from a bottom side of said recess so that any two adjacent claw elements can grip, between them, one bulb and socket in said recess intermediately of said front and rear stands and hold the bulb and socket firmly against an upper surface of said base member; and an upper surface of said seat of said fastener member and a lower surface of said base member being provided with interengagement means so that said fastener member when in its fitted position, is firmly attached to said base member.