Patent ID: 7070054

Claim:
A packaged product comprising: at least one product arranged to form a structure to be packaged; a channel shaped receptacle for receiving and supporting the structure to be packaged; the channel shaped receptacle having a bottom wall on which the structure sits, with two side edges and two end edges defining a width and length of the bottom wall generally matching a width and length of the structure; the channel shaped receptacle having two upstanding side walls each connected along a respective side edge of the bottom wall so as to stand upwardly therefrom to a height to provide protection for sides of the structure; and an over-wrap material covering the channel shaped receptacle and the structure thereon; the channel shaped receptacle comprising: a first sheet having a front surface and a rear surface; a second sheet having a front surface and a rear surface; the rear surface of at least one of the first and second sheets having printed thereon indicia providing a remanent value therefor; the first and second sheets being coextensive so as to define side and end edges of the first sheet which overlie side and end edges of the second sheet; with the rear surface of the first sheet being connected to the rear surface of the second sheet along the side and end edges by an adhesive strip to form a common assembly with a hollow interior closed by the adhesive strips at the connected side and end edges, which common assembly forms the channel shaped receptacle including the bottom wall and the two upstanding side walls; either the first sheet alone or both sheets being perforated to define a perforated tear line thereon arranged to define a portion of the first sheet which can be opened relative to the second sheet, by a user tearing through the perforated tear line, to expose the indicia.