Patent ID: 6902064

Claim:
A package of a plurality of like articles, having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, the package comprising: a first sleeve, having a length, a top end and a bottom end; a second sleeve, insertingly received within the first sleeve and having a length greater than the length of the first sleeve, a top end and a bottom end, so that the first sleeve overlaps at least a portion of the second sleeve in a region of overlap; a first closure line extending along at least a portion of the region of overlap, the first closure line joining longitudinally extending inner surfaces of the first sleeve to adjacent longitudinally extending outer surfaces of the second sleeve, and opposing longitudinally extending inner surfaces of the second sleeve to each other; a second closure line extending transversely across at least a portion of the region of overlap, the second closure line joining transversely extending inner surfaces of the first sleeve to adjacent transversely extending outer surfaces of the second sleeve, and opposing transversely extending inner surfaces of the second sleeve to each other; the first and second closure lines defining first and second chambers in the second sleeve, the first chamber being larger than the second chamber, and third and fourth chambers between the first and second sleeves, on opposite sides of the first chamber in the second sleeve; a plurality of articles disposed in the first chamber; a single article, disposed in the second chamber; a third closure line, extending transversely across the second sleeve in a region beyond the region of overlap, joining transversely opposing inner surfaces of the second sleeve, with the plurality of articles and the single article being disposed between the second and third closure lines, to maintain the plurality of articles and the single article captured within the first and second chambers, respectively.