Packaging with increased viewing area

Abstract

Packaging made of a suitable see-through material is configured and arranged as a sealed enclosure with an interior cavity for holding a desired article for display through a viewing window. A flap body is made of a see-through flexible, somewhat resilient material and overlies at least a portion of the surface of the enclosure obscuring the portion in an unlifted state. The flap body bends or flips-up about a flexible hinge such that in a lifted state the inwardly facing surface of the flap body is available for viewing along with the obscured surface portion of the enclosure. Cardstock or other suitable sheet material upon which indicia may be printed or applied to both sides is carried in a pocket formed in the flap body such that in the unlifted position the indicia is viewable through the flap body outwardly facing surface and in the lifted position the indicia on the opposite side of the cardstock is viewable through the inwardly facing surface of the flap body along with the indicia on the obscured portion of the enclosure surface.

1 . Packaging, comprising:
 an enclosure of a see-through material configured and arranged with an interior cavity for holding a desired article and a viewing window for displaying the article, and   a flap body having an outwardly facing surface and an oppositely disposed inwardly facing surface and configured with a secured end region and oppositely located unsecured end region overlying at least a portion of a surface of said enclosure and arranged to lie against said at least a portion of said surface in an unlifted state such that said at least a portion of said surface is obscured and the outwardly facing surface of said flap body is viewable and to bend about a flexible hinge formed and defined at its secured end region in a lifted state such that said at least a portion of said surface is revealed and the inwardly facing surface of said flap body is viewable.   
   
   
       2 . The packaging as defined in  claim 1  further comprising a first cardstock insert carried on the interior of said enclosure and viewable through said enclosure apart from a portion of said cardstock insert in alignment with said flap body in its unlifted state. 
   
   
       3 . The packaging as defined in  claim 2  further comprising said flap body further configured and arranged with a pocket for receiving and carrying a second insert a first side of which is viewable through said flap body outwardly facing surface in said flap unlifted state and a second side which is viewable through said flap inwardly facing surface in said flap lifted state. 
   
   
       4 . Method, comprising:
 increasing the information carrying area on an article holding and displaying package by providing a flap body on a portion of a major surface of the package responsive to a manual operation of lifting forces at an unsecured end region for flipping-up the flap body at its unsecured region and bending the flap body about a flexible hinge defined at an opposite secured end to expose the inwardly facing wall surface of the flap body and reveal a portion of the packaging obscured by the flap body in its unlifted state such that indicia information carried on the inwardly facing wall surface of the flap body and indicia information in the portion of the packaging obscured by the flap body is available for viewing.   
   
   
       5 . The method as defined in  claim 4  further comprising configuring and arranging the article holding and displaying package with a see-through material forming an enclosed interior cavity for carrying a desired article for viewing from the outside of the package. 
   
   
       6 . The method as defined in  claim 5  further comprising locating a cardstock insert carrying information on the interior of the package for viewing from the outside of the package apart from the portion obscured by the flap body. 
   
   
       7 . The method as define din  claim 6  further comprising configuring the flap body as a pocket for holding a cardstock insert carrying first information for viewing through the outwardly facing wall surface of the flap body in its unlifted state and for carrying second information for viewing through the inwardly facing wall surface of the flap body in its lifted state and for viewing the information in the obscured portion of the packaging revealed in the flap body lifted state. 
   
   
       8 . Packaging for an electronic device, comprising:
 a first pre-shaped cover part;   a second pre-shaped cover part;   said first and second pre-shaped cover parts being configured and shaped for engagement with one another and forming an enclosed inner cavity there-between and arranged for carrying a desired article;   a flap body arranged in overlapping alignment with at least a portion of an outward facing major surface of one of said first and second pre-shaped cover parts and bendable about a flexible hinge between a closed position such that a first major surface of said flap body is outwardly facing and visible and said at least a portion of said outwardly facing major surface of said one of first and second pre-shaped cover parts is covered by said flap body and not visible, and in the flipped-up open position such that a second major surface oppositely disposed from said major surface of said flap body is positioned in an outwardly facing direction and visible, and said at least a portion of said outwardly facing major surface of said one of first and second pre-shaped is exposed and visible.   
   
   
       9 . The packaging as defined in  claim 8  further comprising said flap body being suitably configured with a pocket for receiving and holding a cardstock insert. 
   
   
       10 . The packaging as defined in  claim 9  further comprising said flap body being constructed of a flexible transparent material such that a first major surface of said cardstock insert is visible through said first major surface of said flap in said closed position and a second major surface of said of card insert is visible through said second major surface of said flap body in said flipped-up open position.