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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
May. 25, 1994
Patrick J O'Brien, Maywood, NJ (US);
Larry Durham, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Ivy Hill Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An optionally glueless storage package for an article includes a plurality of panels, the plurality of panels being movable between an open orientation enabling access to the contents of the package and a collapsed orientation for storage purposes. A holder formed of plastic is disposed on one of the end panels for receiving and maintaining an article thereon. The holder has a far end thereof, remote from the other of the end panels when the plurality of panels is in the open orientation, and an upwardly projecting end wall thereon defining a central recess. An end cap formed of plastic has a near end directly pivotally secured to the holder far end, the end cap far end being a free end. The end cap has a portion thereof adapted to releasably engage the holder end wall when the plurality of panels is in the collapsed orientation and the end cap occupies the holder end wall recess such that the far end cap end maintains the plurality of panels in the collapsed orientation, thereby to preclude accidental movement of the plurality of panels out of the collapsed orientation. The end cap is permanently secured to the holder only at the end cap near end and is devoid of any living hinge or line of weakness intermediate the ends thereof.