Patent ID: 7036665
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package resembling a book, comprising: an open ended box having a bottom that has an inner surface and a flat outer surface, a pair of identical side walls extending away from opposite side edges of the inner surface of said bottom, each of said side walls having an inner surface and an outer surface, a pair of identical end walls extending away from opposite end edges of the inner surface of said bottom, each of said end walls having an inner surface and an outer surface, adjacent end and side walls being connected to each other so that their inner surfaces define a space for containing a product within said box; a product contained within said space within said box; a closure member for said box comprising a front panel having an outside surface and a flat inside surface, said front panel having opposite side edges and opposite end edges, said outside surface of said front panel resembling a front cover of a book, a back panel having an outside surface and a flat inside surface, said back panel having opposite side edges and opposite end edges, said outside surface of said back panel resembling a back cover of a book, and a spine panel having a flat inside surface and an outside surface, said spine panel having opposite side edges and opposite end edges, said outside surface of said spine panel resembling the spine of a book, one side edge of said front panel being attached to one side edge of said spine panel, the other side edge of said front panel being unattached, one side edge of said back panel being attached to the side edge of said spine panel opposite to said one edge of said spine panel, and the other side edge of said back panel being unattached; the flat outer surface of said bottom of said box contacting said flat inside surface of said back panel; an unattached removable lid closing the open end of said box, said lid having a flat outer surface, and said flat inside surface of said front panel contacting said flat outer surface of said lid, and means holding said box and said product in said box in said closure member.