Reclosable transparent wiper blade package

• US 5,899,334 A
• Filed: 05/01/1997
• Issued: 05/04/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Portage Plastics Corporation (Lacerta Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Portage Plastics Corporation (Lacerta Group LLC)
• Inventors: Putnam, Kevin, Domerchie, Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Ackun, Jacob K.
• Application Number:
  US08/846,836
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• Field of Search: 206/461, 206/464, 206/465, 206/467, 206/470, 206/775, 206/776-769, 206/770, 206/361, 206/1.5, 220/4.23, 220/337
• US Class Current: 206/470
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2585/6885 wiper blades
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/22 the sheet or blank being recessed to accommodate contents containers simulating a book B65D77/006

Abstract

A transparent carton of long thin shape for wiper blades, including an integral hinge connecting a cover section to a bottom section along its entire length, interfitting flanges on the bottom and cover sections which, when engaged to close the package, provide an interlocked full length closure which can readily be opened and reclosed. The cover section also includes a plurality of small shelves in its interior, adjacent its main panel, to retain a display card. One of the main panels of one of the carton sections may incorporate suitable measurement scales. One end of the carton also may include a hanger means for hanging the packaged wiper blades on pegs of a display rack.

Claims

1. A carton for packaging a windshield wiper blade, comprising

an elongated integral carton member of thin-walled plastic material having a top section with an upper cavity and a complementary bottom section with a lower cavity,

said carton member having a substantially greater length than width,

each of said sections having a lip extending about the perimeter of said sections,

an integral hinge connecting one length of said lips allowing said sections to be superimposed to define an enclosure from the joined cavities,

mating splines and ribs adjacent said lips and arranged to interlock and retain said sections in closed superimposed position,

said bottom section having a spline formed thereon adjacent its lip and projecting upward around said lower cavity,

said cover section having a rib formed therein extending around said upper cavity to receive said spline, and

said spline and said rib having interfitting teeth and cavities providing a lock for said rib and spline.

2. A carton as defined in claim 1 including a plurality of ledges in said top section to engage and support a card within said top section.

3. A carton for packaging a windshield wiper blade, comprising said bottom section has a spline formed thereon adjacent its lip and

an elongated integral carton member of thin-walled plastic material having a top section with an upper cavity and a complementary bottom section with a lower cavity,

said carton member having a substantially greater length than width,

each of said sections having opposed complementary faces extending about the perimeter of said sections,

an integral hinge connecting said sections along their length allowing said sections to be superimposed to define an enclosure from the joined cavities, and

mating splines and ribs on said opposed faces arranged to interlock and retain said sections in closed superimposed position, said spline and said rib having interfitting teeth and cavities providing a lock for said rib and spline.

4. A carton as defined in claim 3, including a plurality of ledges in said top section to engage and support a card within said top section.

5. A carton as defined in claim 4, wherein

a measuring scale is applied lengthwise to said bottom section.