Patent ID: 6241084
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A package that resembles a rectangular book having predetermined height, width and thickness dimensions, said book having a front cover, a back cover and a spine, said spine connecting said front and back covers, said package comprising:a fabric article that has been compressed into the shape of a rectangular prism having six rectangular sides that have length, width and thickness dimensions that approximate the dimensions of said book, said prism having a pair of opposed identical first sides, each first side having a length that approximates the height of said book, and each first side having a width that approximates the width of said book, said prism having a pair of opposed identical second sides, each second side having a length that approximates said height of said book, and each second side having a width that approximates the thickness of said book, said prism having a pair of opposed identical third sides, each third side having a length that approximates the width of said book, and each third side having a width that approximates the thickness of said book, and said first sides being the largest sides of said rectangular prism;an opaque, unitary, folded overlay comprising a flat rectangular first panel having an outside surface that causes said first panel to resemble the front cover of said book, said overlay having a flat rectangular second panel having an outside surface that causes said second panel to resemble the back cover of said book, said first and second panels of said overlay each having essentially the same dimensions as each of first sides of said prism, said overlay having a flat rectangular third panel having an outside surface that causes said third panel to resemble the spine of said book, said third panel of said overlay having essentially the same dimensions as one of said second sides of said prism, and said third panel connecting said first and second panels;said compressed fabric article being enclosed within said folded overlay with one of said pair of first sides of said prism being in contact with an inside surface of said first panel of said overlay that is opposite to said outside surface of said first panel, the other of said pair of first sides of said prism being in contact with an inside surface of said second panel that is opposite to said outside surface of said second panel, and one of said second sides of said prism being in contact with an inside surface of said third panel that is opposite to said outside surface of said third panel; anda membrane of transparent plastic film completely enveloping and sealing around said fabric article and said overlay.