Package construction

Claim 2

A blank of foldable sheet material for use in forming a selfsupporting package, comprising first and second panels interconnected by an elongated first foldline, a base panel connected to said first panel by an elongated second foldline spaced from said first foldline, said base panel being provided with an elongated ear portion projecting angularly of said second foldline; said second panel being provided with an elongated strut struckout from said second panel and in alignment with said ear portion, said strut having an end thereof terminating adjacent to but beyond an edge of said second panel opposite the edge thereof connected to said first panel.

Claim 3

The blank of claim 1, wherein the ear portion of said base panel projects from the edge of said base panel which is opposite the edge thereof connected to said first panel.

Claim 4

The blank of claim 1, wherein the ear portion of said base panel is struckout from said first panel.

Claim 5

The blank of claim 1, wherein said base panel includes a pair of laterally spaced ear portions, and said first panel is provided with an article-accommodating opening disposed intermediate said ear portions when said blank is set up to form a package.

Claim 6

A package construction comprising a first panel; a second panel secured thereto in face-to-face relation, said second panel being provided with at least one elongated resilient strut having one end thereof integral with said second panel and an opposite end thereof free and terminating at a peripheral portion of said first panel, said strut being movable independently of said first panel; an article secured to one of said panels; and a base panel foldably connected to the peripheral portion of said first panel; said base panel, when in a nonfolded position, having a predetermined portion thereof disposed in substantially coplanar relation with said first panel and a segment of said base panel overlaid by said strut opposite end; said base panel, when in a folded position, rendering said package self-supporting and offsetting the portion of said strut adjacent said opposite end outwardly from said first panel into substantially transverse resiliently abutting engagement with said base panel and retaining the latter in said folded position.

Claim 7

A package construction comprising a first panel; a second panel secured thereto in face-to-face relation, said second panel being provided with at least one elongated resilient strut having one end thereof integral with said second panel and an opposite end thereof free and terminating at a peripheral portion of said first panel, said strut being movable independently of said first panel; an article secured to one of said panels; and a base panel foldably connected to the peripheral portion of said first panel; said base panel, when in a nonfolded position, having a predetermined portion thereof disposed in substantially coplanar relation with said first panel and a segment of said base panel overlaid by said strut opposite end; said base panel, when in a folded position, rendering said package self-supporting and offsetting the portion of said strut adjacent said opposite end outwardly from said first panel into substantially transverse resiliently abutting engagement with said base panel and retaining the latter in said folded position.

Claim 8

The package of claim 5, wherein said first panel is provided with an opening through which a portion of the article projects.

Claim 9

The package of claim 6, including a member disposed within said first panel opening and provided with a pocket in which said article is positioned, one side of said pocket member being closed by said second panel.

Claim 10

The package of claim 5, wherein a second peripheral portion of said first panel is foldably connected to said second panel.

Claim 11

The package of claim 5, wherein said base panel, when in folded position, extends outwardly from opposite sides of said first panel.

Claim 12

The package of claim 9, wherein the said opposite end of said strut is automatically cammed outwardly from said first panel by said base panel segment upon said base panel being manipulated from nonfolded to folded positions.

Claim 13

The package of claim 10, wherein all of said base panel is in coplanar relation with said first panel when the latter is in said nonfolded position; said base panel segment being struckout from said first panel and said strut being struckout from said second panel, when said base panel is manipulated to said folded position.

Claim 14

The package of claim 9, wherein the second panel is provided with a pair of spaced, substantially parallel stRuts, and said base panel is provided with a pair of laterally spaced ear portions overlaid by said struts when said base panel is in a nonfolded position.

Claim 15

The package of claim 12, wherein the ear portions of said base panel extend outwardly from one side of said first panel and the remainder of said base panel extends outwardly from the opposite side of said first panel, when said base panel is in a folded position; said remainder of said base panel being of greater thickness than said ear portions.