Patent ID: 8261910

Claim:
A package housing for an elongate object having a longitudinal object axis, the package housing comprising a base element having a housing wall defining a receptacle for the object, wherein the receptacle has a longitudinal receptacle axis which runs substantially coaxially to the longitudinal object axis in the packed state and the base element comprises a head part and a holding part arranged in the direction of the longitudinal receptacle axis next to the head part, the holding part is connected to the head part by a weakening zone comprising a predetermined breaking point, and the holding part includes at least one holding portion for holding the object and the holding portion includes at least one spacer configured such that the object, in the packed state, is held in a contact-free manner with respect to a part of the housing wall of the holding part which extends in the direction of the longitudinal receptacle axis, and wherein for removal of the object from the housing, the housing is broken at the predetermined breaking point.