Display Package with Plastic Sleeve and Interlocking Insert Tray
First Claim
1. A tamper-resistant plastic display package comprising a sleeve having at least one open end, a product carrier tray slidably insertable into the at least one open end, the sleeve having a first interlocking structure, the product carrier tray having a second interlocking structure, and the first and second interlocking structures cooperating to retain the product carrier tray inside the sleeve when the product carrier tray is inserted into and fully seated inside the sleeve.
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Abstract
A tamper-resistant plastic package having a plastic sleeve with at least one open end into which a product carrier tray, also made of plastic, can be inserted into sliding and interlocking engagement with the sleeve. The sleeve desirably comprises a continuous side wall having sufficient length and cross-sectional area to receive the product carrier tray into sliding engagement therewith. The product carrier tray is preferably thermoformed from another plastic sheet made of the same or a different plastic material. The plastic sheets used to make the sleeve and product carrier tray each preferably further comprise one or more structural elements, as described in greater detail below, that cooperate to provide a mechanical interlock when the product carrier tray is fully inserted into the sleeve.
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- 1. A tamper-resistant plastic display package comprising a sleeve having at least one open end, a product carrier tray slidably insertable into the at least one open end, the sleeve having a first interlocking structure, the product carrier tray having a second interlocking structure, and the first and second interlocking structures cooperating to retain the product carrier tray inside the sleeve when the product carrier tray is inserted into and fully seated inside the sleeve.
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