Patent ID: 6161693
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B65D,Y02W

Abstract:
A reusable package for displaying, holding and storing a generally disc-shaped two-sided display item in a partially exposed condition, the display item having a central aperture therethrough and at least one surface discontinuity thereon, said package comprising a front body portion and a rear body portion each of which having inner and outer sides and being hingedly interconnected with each other in order to be selectively foldable relative to each other between a fully closed position with their respective inner sides in a generally face-to-face abutting relationship and a fully open position with their respective inner sides being separated and generally coplanar, at least said front body portion being at least partially transparent in order to allow a viewer to see the display item therethrough, said front and rear body portions having complementary closure portions formed therein, said closure portions being mutually engageable in a gripping and releasable relationship with each other within and through the central aperture of the display item when said front and rear body portions are folded to said closed position with the display item disposed therebetween in order to releasably secure said front and rear body portions in said closed position, at least one of said front and rear body portions having an anti-rotation lug protruding therefrom and being engageable with the surface discontinuity on the display item in order to substantially prevent the display item from rotating about its central aperture when said front and rear body portions are in said closed position with the display item disposed therebetween, said front and rear body portions covering less than all of the disc-shaped display item in order for both sides of the display item to be partially exposed when said front and rear body portions are in said closed position, said front and rear body portions each including a header portion and a generally triangular support portion, said respective front and rear header portions being generally complementary in size and shape and being mutually engageable with each other when said body portions are in said closed position, said front and rear header portions including respective dished portions releasably nestable with each other when said front and rear body portions are in said closed position, and said respective front and rear support portions being generally complementary in size and shape and mutually engageable with each other when said body portions are in said closed position, said closure portions including a closure post on one of said support portions and a complementary closure recess on the other of said support portions, said closure post and said closure recess being grippingly and releasably nestable with each other in order to releasably secure said front and rear body portions in said closed position, said front and rear triangular support portions each further including stiffening ribs formed therein and extending along respective sides thereof from a location generally adjacent said respective header portions to a location generally adjacent the respective apexes of said triangular support portions, said stiffening ribs on each of said front and rear support portions intersecting one another and extending around at least part of said closure portions.