Folded cardboard article for packaging spurs

Abstract

A single-piece cardboard sheet into which slots and tabs are strategically cut to permit its folding into a carton for packaging a spur. The top section of the unfolded cardboard carton contains a cutout and an elongated tab projecting upwards; the end of the tab consists of a distal foldable flap separated from the tab by two lateral indentations. The central section of the carton contains a hanging slot suitable for receiving a hook of a display rack and two lower vertical slots spaced apart a distance commensurate with the size of the spur. In addition, a partial cut in the area above and around the upper slot defines a boundary between the upper and central sections of the carton such that the hanging slot is unencumbered when the two sections are folded. Finally, a horizontal slit sized to receive the tab is cut above and between the two vertical slots, the exact position being selected to meet the tab when the upper section of the carton is folded over the central section. The bottom section of the cardboard carton contains a horizontal opening sufficiently large to receive the tab and including a lower narrower part only wide enough to match the indentations in the tab, such that the flap can be bent over and provide a fastening mechanism for the entire structure when the section is also folded to complete the packaging assembly.