Patent ID: 7434682

Claim:
A packaging structure for containing articles, comprising: a base member; and a pair of side wall members connected to opposite sides of said base member so as to form with said base member a three-sided packaging structure which has a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional configuration that is open along its top and at both opposite ends thereof, and which defines therewithin an interior space for accommodating articles to be contained within said three-sided packaging structure; wherein a first one of said pair of side wall members is integrally and fixedly connected to a first one of said opposite sides of said base member so as to form with said base member a single structural entity having a substantially L-shaped cross-sectional configuration wherein said first one of said pair of side wall members is permanently disposed in a substantially perpendicular orientation with respect to said base member, and wherein a second one of said pair of side wall members is pivotally connected to a second one of said opposite sides of said base member by means of a living hinge structure, defined upon an interior corner region of said packaging structure, between said second one of said pair of side wall members and said base member of said packaging structure, for permitting said second one of said pair of side wall members to be moved from a first position, at which said second one of said pair of side wall members is disposed substantially perpendicular to said base member, to a second position at which said second one of said pair of side wall members is disposed in a substantially coplanar manner with respect to said base member so as to effectively open one side of said three-sided packaging structure and thereby permit articles, to be disposed within said interior article containment space, to be inserted into said interior article containment space in a sideways direction.