Display Cardboard Two Piece Package With Periphery Sealed Edges

Abstract

A display two-piece cardboard package includes a first cardboard sheet having a top panel with a cut-out attached to a solid bottom panel of similar size. The top panel and the bottom panel overlay each other to form a common edge. A second cardboard sheet includes a second top panel and side panels that fold into a shell to enclose the product, the side panels having protruding tabs. The shell is inserted into the cut-out, and the first top panel folded over the bottom panel to form the package, with the protruding tabs sandwiched between the top and bottom panels. An adhesive is added to seal the common edges with the product inside, and optionally the edges may be crushed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A package for displaying a product comprising:
 a first sheet having a top panel with a cut-out and foldable to create an underlying bottom panel;   the top and bottom panels having a common peripheral edge around a majority of the package;   a second sheet having a front panel bearing an image of the product on one side and being blank, and foldable into a shell having a rear opening sized to receive the product;   the second sheet further having tabs connected to the shell, the package configured such that when the shell is inserted through the cut-out the tabs are sandwiched between the top panel and the bottom panel; and   wherein the common peripheral edge is adhered together around the majority of the package.   
     
     
         2 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the common peripheral edge is crushed around the majority of the package. 
     
     
         3 . The package of  claim 2  wherein the adhesive extends inward of the common peripheral edge. 
     
     
         4 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the tabs extend into the common peripheral edge. 
     
     
         5 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the first sheet and the second sheet each have a printed side and a blank side. 
     
     
         6 . The package of claim I wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are made of corrugated cardboard. 
     
     
         7 . The package of claim I wherein the first sheet and the second sheet comprise corresponding slots for forming a handle. 
     
     
         8 . A cardboard display package for a product comprising
 a first cardboard sheet including a top panel having a cut-out and a bottom panel, wherein the top panel and the bottom panel lay back-to-back to each other to form a common peripheral edge;   a second cardboard sheet including a front panel connected to side panels, each having outboard tabs; and   wherein the side panels and front panel are folded to form a shell sized to receive the product and inserted into the cut-out, the outboard tabs are held between the top panel and bottom panel, and the top and bottom panels are adhered together and crushed at the common peripheral edge.   
     
     
         9 . A method of forming a cardboard package for holding a product comprising the steps of:
 applying an image of the product to one side of a first sheet;   forming the first sheet into a shell sized to receive the product and having a protruding tab;   placing the shell through a cut-out portion of a second sheet;   inserting the protruding tab proximate a peripheral edge of the second sheet;   folding the second sheet to sandwich the protruding tab and form a common peripheral edge with the first sheet;   inserting the product into the shell; and   applying an adhesive proximate the common peripheral edge to seal the product inside the package.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  further comprising the step of crushing the common peripheral edge. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9  further including the step of providing complimentary slots in the second folding sheet to form a handle after folding.