Patent ID: 8205747

Claim:
A display pack for a product, comprising: a corrugated cardboard sheet and a flat sheet of paper overlaying each other in a stacked configuration, the cardboard sheet having an upper facing, a lower facing and an inner corrugated member with corrugations defining air gaps between the upper and lower facings, the stacked configuration having an outer peripheral edge and an original thickness, the paper sheet defining at least one opening; at least one container having a flat insertion portion and a chamber portion for holding the product, the insertion portion being sandwiched between the cardboard sheet and the paper sheet and the chamber portion protruding from a plane of the stacked configuration via the opening, the stacked configuration having an inner portion extending around the opening and covering the insertion portion, and at least one peripheral area extending from the inner portion to and including at least a segment of the outer peripheral edge; and an adhesive between the corrugated cardboard sheet and the paper sheet in at least a portion of the peripheral area to adhere the corrugated cardboard sheet and the flat sheet, wherein the inner portion has substantially the original thickness, and the at least one peripheral area of the stacked configuration having a portion of the upper facing, the inner corrugated member, and the lower facing is crushed with reduced air gaps therein to a thickness up to approximately 50% of the original thickness.