Patent ID: 7717323

Claim:
A shirt box suitable for receiving a shirt, comprising: a base having a floor and a plurality of upstanding walls that define an interior compartment; a cover having a top wall and a plurality of walls that surround the top wall, wherein the top surface has a first opening formed therein; and a transparent protective member that has a top surface and a plurality of peripheral walls that surround the top surface so as to define a structure that is free standing and independent from both the base and the cover; wherein in an assembled state, the protective member is inserted into the interior compartment so that the first opening is positioned over a portion of the top surface of the protective member to permit a clear view of the underlying shirt, the peripheral walls of the protective member being supported by the floor of the base and being disposed adjacent the upstanding walls of the base and wherein the cover is mated with the base such that the walls of the cover frictionally seat against the upstanding walls of the base so as to securely hold the cover on the base and retain the protective member within the interior compartment.