Patent ID: 7604119

Claim:
Packaging ( 1 ) for protecting and locating a circular contour object such as an eyeglass lens ( 18 ), the packaging including: a bottom panel ( 2 ); two box-sections ( 3 ), each including an external lateral panel ( 10 ) and an internal lateral panel ( 13 ), the internal lateral panel ( 13 ) including an opening ( 15 ) for at least partial insertion of the object, each box-section ( 3 ) being attached by an articulation ( 14 ) to the bottom panel ( 2 ) along a respective one of a first two opposite edges ( 7 ), each box-section ( 3 ) being configured to assume i) a first folded down position in which the external lateral panel ( 10 ) is in line with the bottom panel ( 2 ), and ii) a first raised position in which the external lateral panel ( 10 ) upstands relative to the bottom panel ( 2 ); two flaps ( 4 , 5 ) each attached by an articulation ( 29 , 30 ) to the bottom panel ( 2 ) along a respective one of a second two opposite edges ( 27 , 28 ) adjacent to the box-sections ( 3 ), each flap ( 4 , 5 ) being configured to assume a second folded down position in which the flap is in line with the bottom panel ( 2 ), and a second raised position in which the flap ( 4 , 5 ) upstands relative to the bottom panel ( 2 ) against longitudinal ends of the box-sections ( 3 ); and means for maintaining the box-sections ( 3 ) in the first raised position and the flaps ( 4 , 5 ) in the second raised position, wherein, for each box-section ( 3 ), said external lateral panel ( 10 ) has a first end of said external lateral panel connected by an articulation ( 14 ) to the bottom panel ( 2 ), and a second end of said external lateral panel connected by an articulation ( 9 ) to a first end of an intermediate panel ( 11 ), wherein the intermediate panel ( 11 ) also includes a second end connected by an articulation ( 12 ) to a first end of said internal lateral panel ( 13 ), wherein the internal lateral panel ( 13 ) also includes a second end connected by an articulation ( 52 ) to the bottom panel ( 2 ) along and adjoining the articulation ( 14 ) between the first end of the external lateral panel ( 10 ) and the bottom panel ( 2 ), and wherein at least two locating tongues ( 20 , 21 ) are disposed in the opening ( 15 ) and attached to the internal lateral panel ( 13 ) only by an end opposite the bottom panel ( 2 ), said locating tongues being juxtaposed to each other.