Patent ID: 6588596
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A package assembly for holding and viewing an article and instruction sheet comprising in combination:an inner package, having an interior and exterior, comprising two opposed mating parts which, when mated, cooperate to form the inner package and define at least one compartment in the interior of the inner package for receiving and enclosing an article, the at least one compartment having a transparent portion enabling the viewing of an article located therein from the exterior of the inner package: an outer package having an interior and an exterior and being configured to receive and enclose the inner package having an article therein, the outer package having separate first and second transparent portions, the first transparent portion overlying the transparent portion of the at least one compartment enabling the viewing of the article from the exterior of the outer package; and a tubular information sheet having information thereon and a transparent window spaced from the information, the tubular information sheet being dimensioned to slidably fit over the inner package with the window in alignment with the transparent portion of the at least one compartment so that the information sheet is disposed within the outer package, between the interior of the outer package and the exterior of the inner package, with the transparent window of the sheet in alignment with the first transparent portion of the outer package and the information on the sheet in alignment with the second transparent portion of the outer package enabling the viewing of the information on the sheet through the second transparent portion from the exterior of the outer package, thereby enabling the viewing of both the article and the information on the sheet without having to open the package assembly.