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US4606457A
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Modular display package
Assignee: Anchor Hocking LLC
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Filing: 1985-05-30
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Granted: 1986-08-19
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Expires: 2005-05-30
Abstract
Abstract A package is described which includes individual paperboard packages folded from blanks and which contain and display articles such as glass tumblers or goblets. The individual packages are assembled in sleeves also folded from paperboard blanks which accommodate two, three or four of the individual packages while exposing them for display.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard E. Pugh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 11:48
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D71/00; B65D71/06; B65D71/12; B65D71/14; B65D5/00; B65D5/42; B65D5/44; B65D5/50; B65D5/5002; B65D2571/00; B65D2571/00123; B65D2571/00129; B65D2571/00135; B65D2571/00141; B65D2571/00246; B65D2571/00253; B65D2571/00259; B65D2571/00271; B65D2571/00648; B65D2571/00654; B65D2571/0066; B65D2571/00709; B65D2571/00716; B65D2571/00808; B65D2571/00814
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
288 words
A display package for discrete articles, comprising: a. top and bottom wall panels, b. a pair of side wall panels comprising first and second side wall panels, said side wall panels being hingedly connected to opposite edges of said top wall panel, c. the bottom wall panel being hingedly connected to said first side wall panel on the end opposite that connected to said top wall panel, d. said second side wall panel having adhesive flap means extending therefrom hingedly connected to said bottom wall panel, e. a pair of rear wall panels with each of said first and second side wall panels having one of said rear wall panels extending therefrom and foldable relative thereto along a fold line and each rear wall panel having an interlocking tab extending therefrom and an adhesive area, f. each of said top and bottom wall panels having a rear flap panel hingedly extending therefrom, g. interlock means, whereby when said modular display package is folded into operative assembly with said adhesive flap means being adhesively secured to said bottom wall panel, said interlock means interlocks said rear wall panels to each other and against said rear flap panels, h. a retaining tongue cut in said top wall panel and a retaining wall panel hingedly connected to said bottom wall panel, i. said retaining wall panel having an arcuate tongue cut therein, j. said retaining wall panel having a front step panel defined by a fold line thereacross k. each of said side panels include a cutout package locking tongue extending from the fold line between the side wall panels and the rear wall panels, and flap panels extending from opposite sides of and foldable relative to said retaining wall panel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
288 words
A display package for discrete articles, comprising: a. top and bottom wall panels, b. a pair of side wall panels comprising first and second side wall panels, said side wall panels being hingedly connected to opposite edges of said top wall panel, c. the bottom wall panel being hingedly connected to said first side wall panel on the end opposite that connected to said top wall panel, d. said second side wall panel having adhesive flap means extending therefrom hingedly connected to said bottom wall panel, e. a pair of rear wall panels with each of said first and second side wall panels having one of said rear wall panels extending therefrom and foldable relative thereto along a fold line and each rear wall panel having an interlocking tab extending therefrom and an adhesive area, f. each of said top and bottom wall panels having a rear flap panel hingedly extending therefrom, g. interlock means, whereby when said modular display package is folded into operative assembly with said adhesive flap means being adhesively secured to said bottom wall panel, said interlock means interlocks said rear wall panels to each other and against said rear flap panels, h. a retaining tongue cut in said top wall panel and a retaining wall panel hingedly connected to said bottom wall panel, i. said retaining wall panel having an arcuate tongue cut therein, j. said retaining wall panel having a front step panel defined by a fold line thereacross k. each of said side panels include a cutout package locking tongue extending from the fold line between the side wall panels and the rear wall panels, and flap panels extending from opposite sides of and foldable relative to said retaining wall panel.
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