×

Selectively configurable package for retaining separated items

  • US 5,029,705 A
  • Filed: 09/08/1989
  • Issued: 07/09/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A package for retaining and displaying a plurality of cylindrical batteries in separated compartments, comprising:

  • a front package portion having a plurality of cylindrical discrete item receptacles;

    a rear package portion having a plurality of cylindrical discrete item receptacles, each cylindrical item receptacle of said front and rear package portions having a longitudinal axis and being adapted for independently retaining one of the cylindrical batteries therein with the axis of the cylindrical battery generally parallel with the axis of the said cylindrical item receptacle in which it is retained,said cylindrical item receptacles of said front package portion being arranged relative to one another with their longitudinal axes substantially parallel to define a first plane and said cylindrical item receptacles of said rear package portion being arranged relative to one another with their longitudinal axes substantially parallel to define a second plane;

    interconnecting means for interconnecting one end of said front package portion to one end of said rear package portion;

    retaining means for retaining said front and rear package portions in a preferred disposition, said retaining means including a slot means formed in the other end of said front package portion for receiving a tab portion therein and a tab portion formed at the other end of said rear package portion, said tab portion being selectively insertable into said slot means; and

    said interconnecting means permitting relative movement between said front package portion and said rear package portion between a first display position in which said first and second planes are substantially parallel to one another and said tab portion is inserted into said slot means to maintain said front and rear receptacles at said first display position, and a second access position in which said first and second planes are substantially co-planar, said cylindrical item receptacles of said front and rear package portions being readily accessible in said second access position for removing the cylindrical batteries.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×