Method for packaging a light bulb

Abstract

A package () for a bulb () having a bulbous, light-emitting end () and a socket end (), has a first thin-walled plastic body () arrayed along a longitudinal axis () and having a closed end () and an open end (), the open end () having a diameter D transverse to the longitudinal axis sufficient to admit insertion of the bulbous, light emitting end () of the bulb (), the closed end () of the first thin-walled plastic body () formed with at least one internal surface support () extending away from the longitudinal axis () in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis and substantially contiguous with a curve of the bulbous light emitting end (), the open end () providing a circumferential coupling area (); and a second thin-walled plastic body () formed with a socket receiving end () and a mating coupling area () formed to conform to the circumferential coupling area () and coupled thereto. The package is preferably made by a method of packaging a light bulb as described above wherein the method comprises the steps of: forming a hollow body () to receive the light bulb; separating the body () into a bottom portion () and a top portion (); inserting a light bulb () into the bottom portion (); inverting the top portion () and placing the top portion) within the lower portion () in a manner to grasp the socket end () of the light bulb (); and sealing the top portion (_ to the bottom portion () to form the package ().