CONTAINER

• US 3,684,084 A
• Filed: 12/22/1970
• Issued: 08/15/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James C. Kanzelberger
• Original Assignee: James C. Kanzelberger
• Inventors: Kanzelberger, James C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dixson, Jr., William T.
• Application Number:
  US05/100,572
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• Field of Search: 206/45.31,45.33,45.34,45.19 229/16B,16D,31FS
• US Class Current: 206/773
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/38 Drawer-and-shell type containers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4204 Inspection openings or windows
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/422 as an extra panel or panels folded against or inside the container B65D5/4237 takes precedence

Abstract

A container for containing a gift article or articles, the container comprising an outer sleeve and an inner tray slidable therein, the sleeve having a pair of side panels, a rear panel connected to the side panels, a face panel connected to the side panels and having a cut-out opening therein, and a cover panel hinged to one of the side panels and adapted to selectively lie in face-to-face contact with the face panel to cover the opening therein.

Claims

1. A combination message-transmitting card and box construction for containing gift means, said construction comprising:

a. a sleeve formed of foldable material, said sleeve having a face panel, a rear panel and two side panels, said face panel having an opening for exposing the interior of said sleeve to view through said opening;

b. a cover panel formed of foldable material and hingedly connected to said sleeve, said cover panel being foldable into face-to-face contact with said face panel of said sleeve to cover said opening;

c. a tray adapted to be inserted into, and contained within, said sleeve; and

d. gift means removably disposed on said tray and viewable through said opening in said face panel.

2. The article of claim 1, wherein said cover panel is defined by an inside cover panel and an outside cover panel separated from each other by a fold line, said inside and outside cover panels being adapted to be folded about said fold line into face-to-face contact, and said outside cover panel being connected to one of said side panels by a foldable hinge.

3. The article of claim 2, wherein the side panel to which said cover panel is foldably connected is greater in width than the other side panel, whereby said cover panel may be folded into a position flat against said face panel.

4. article of claim 1, wherein said opening is offset from the center of said face panel.

5. The article of claim 1, wherein the cover and face panel are adapted to receive printed words and symbols.

6. The article according to claim 1, wherein said tray is provided with a pair of end panels adapted to close the ends of said sleeve when said tray is inserted therein, the interior surfaces of said end panels being adapted to abut the end edges of said side panels.

7. The article of claim 1, wherein said tray is provided with a pair of top flaps, foldably connected to said end panels, said side panels having notches at each end of the upper edge thereof, the length of said notches being approximately equal to the width of said top flaps, said top flaps being adapted to be received within said notches.

8. The article of claim 1, wherein said tray and the article supported thereby are wrapped with transparent sheet material, whereby the contents are exposed to view through said opening while being maintained in sealed condition.