Container structure having transparent outer pouch

Claim 1

An improved container structure comprising: a blank of sheet material formed with a face panel and a back panel each having the same surface area and being respectively defined by opposed pairs of longitudinal edges and upper and lower lateral edges, gusset panels at opposed lateral sides thereof defined by opposed pairs of longitudinal edges and upper and lower depthwise edges, an open top end, and a closed bottom end, said face, back, and gusset panels having inner and outer surfaces; and a layer of transparent, plastic material having a surface area defined by opposed pairs of longitudinal edges and upper and lower lateral edges which is substantially equal to the surface area of said face or back panel, wherein said transparent plastic layer has three of its four longitudinal and lateral edges secured respectively to corresponding longitudinal edges on the outer surface of the side gusset panels and the lower lateral edge of the front or back panel, thereby forming a transparent pouch over substantially the entire surface area of the front or back panel on said outer surface of said container for insertion of a desired visual material therein, wherein said transparent plastic layer has a lateral cut formed therein to provide an open edge, and an upper part of the surface area thereof above said cut is sealed to the outer surface of the container, while a lower part of the surface area thereof below said cut is not secured to the outer surface of the container, thereby forming a lower pouch on the outer surface of the container; and wherein said open edge not secured to the outer surface of the container has a band secured in registration along said open edge to mark and reinforce said edge.