Display Packaging

Abstract

A display packaging for maintaining an object includes a pair of opposing side panels each having a void therein with a perimeter defined by a curved edge of each side panel. The side panels are flexibly attached to a top front panel and a bottom front panel at fold lines. A void is located between the front panels with a perimeter defined by opposing curved edges of the front panels. The voids in the side panels adjoin the void between the front panels to form a C-shaped opening that exposes a substantial portion of a maintained object to allow a consumer to visually inspect and/or feel the object. The display packaging may be assembled from a blank that includes a region having the side panels and front panels with a continuous void therein circumscribed by the curved edges of the side panels and front panels.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A structure configurable to form a display packaging, the structure comprising:
 a first side panel having a first void with a perimeter defined by a curved edge of the first side panel;   a second side panel having a second void with a perimeter defined by a curved edge of the second side panel;   a top front panel and a bottom front panel having a third void between the top front panel and bottom front panel with a perimeter defined by a curved edge of the top front panel and an opposing curved edge of the bottom front panel;   wherein the first side panel is flexibly attached to the top front panel at a first fold line and the bottom front panel at a second fold line, and the second side panel is flexibly attached to the top front panel at a third fold line and the bottom front panel at a fourth fold line; and   wherein the third void adjoins the first void and the second void forming a continuous void circumscribed by the curved edges of the first side panel, second side panel, top front panel, and bottom front panel.   
     
     
         2 . The structure of  claim 1 , wherein the curved edges of the first side panel and the second side panel have circular curvatures. 
     
     
         3 . The structure of  claim 1 , wherein the curved edges of the first side panel and the second side panel have elliptical curvatures. 
     
     
         4 . The structure of  claim 1 , wherein the curved edges of the top front panel and the bottom front panel have circular curvatures. 
     
     
         5 . The structure of  claim 1 , wherein the curved edges of the top front panel and the bottom front panel have elliptical curvatures. 
     
     
         6 . The structure of the  claim 1 , wherein the structure further comprises:
 a top panel flexibly connected to the first side panel or the second side panel at a fifth fold line; and   a bottom panel flexibly connected to the first side panel or the second side panel at a sixth fold line.   
     
     
         7 . The structure of  claim 6 , wherein the structure further comprises:
 at least one first tab extending from an outside edge of the top panel;   at least one second tab extending from an outside edge of the bottom panel;   an inner top panel flexibly connected to the first side panel or the second side panel at a seventh fold line, the inner top panel being flexibly connected to the first side panel if the top panel is flexibly connected to the second side panel or being flexibly connected to the second side panel if the top panel is flexibly connected to the first side panel, the seventh fold line having at least one first slit opening therein for receiving the at least one first tab when forming the display packaging; and   an inner bottom panel flexibly connected to the first side panel or the second side panel at an eighth fold line, the inner bottom panel being flexibly connected to the first side panel if the bottom panel is flexibly connected to the second side panel or being flexibly connected to the second side panel if the bottom panel is flexibly connected to the first side panel, the eighth fold line having at least one second slit opening therein for receiving the at least one second tab when forming the display packaging;   
     
     
         8 . The structure of  claim 6 , wherein the structure further comprises:
 a first back panel flexibly connected to the first side panel at a seventh fold line; and   a second back panel flexibly connected to the second side panel at an eighth fold line.   
     
     
         9 . The structure of  claim 8 , wherein the structure further comprises:
 a top back flap flexibly connected to the top panel at a ninth fold line, the top back flap having a tab protrusion on an end opposing the ninth fold line;   a bottom back flap flexibly connected to the bottom panel at a tenth fold line, the bottom back flap having a tab protrusion on an end opposing the tenth fold line;   wherein the first back panel includes a first top slot opening and a first bottom slot opening and the second back panel includes a second top slot opening and a second bottom slot opening; and   wherein the top back flap and bottom back flap are configured to fold and overlay the first and second back panels with the tab protrusion of the top back flap engaging the first and second top slot openings and the tab protrusion of the bottom back flap engaging the first and second bottom slot openings when forming the display packaging.   
     
     
         10 . A display packaging for receiving and containing an object, the display packaging comprising:
 a left side panel having a first void with a perimeter defined by a curved edge of the left side panel;   a right side panel having a second void with a perimeter defined by a curved edge of the right side panel;   a top front panel and bottom front panel perpendicular to the left side panel and right side panel and having a third void defined between the top front panel and bottom front panel with a perimeter defined by a curved edge of the top front panel and an opposing curved edge of the bottom front panel;   wherein the top front panel is flexibly attached to the left side panel at a first fold line and the right side panel at a second fold line, and wherein the bottom front panel is flexibly attached to the left side panel at a third fold line and the right side panel at a fourth fold line; and   wherein the third void intersects the first void and the second void to form a C-shaped opening with a perimeter defined by the curved edges of the left side panel, right side panel, top front panel, and bottom front panel.   
     
     
         11 . The display packaging of  claim 10 , wherein the curved edges of the left side panel and the right side panel have circular curvatures. 
     
     
         12 . The display packaging of  claim 10 , wherein the curved edges of the left side panel and the right side panel have elliptical curvatures. 
     
     
         13 . The display packaging of  claim 10 , wherein the curved edges of the top front panel and the bottom front panel have circular curvatures. 
     
     
         14 . The display packaging of  claim 10 , wherein the curved edges of the top front panel and the bottom front panel have elliptical curvatures. 
     
     
         15 . The display packaging of the  claim 10 , wherein the display packaging further comprises:
 a top panel perpendicular to the left side panel and the right side panel and flexibly connected to the left side panel or the right side panel at a fifth fold line; and   a bottom panel perpendicular to the left side panel and the right side panel and flexibly connected to the left side panel or the right side panel at a sixth fold line.   
     
     
         16 . The display packaging of  claim 15 , wherein the display packaging further comprises:
 at least one first tab extending from an outside edge of the top panel;   at least one second tab extending from an outside edge of the bottom panel;   an inner top panel flexibly connected to the left side panel or the right side panel at a seventh fold line, the inner top panel being flexibly connected to the left side panel if the top panel is flexibly connected to the right side panel or being flexibly connected to the right side panel if the top panel is flexibly connected to the left side panel, the seventh fold line having at least one first slit opening therein receiving the at least one first tab; and   an inner bottom panel flexibly connected to the left side panel or the right side panel at an eighth fold line, the inner top panel being flexibly connected to the left side panel if the bottom panel is flexibly connected to the right side panel or being flexibly connected to the right side panel if the bottom panel is flexibly connected to the left side panel, the eighth fold line having at least one second slit opening therein receiving the at least one second tab;   
     
     
         17 . The display packaging of  claim 15 , wherein the display packaging further comprises:
 a first back panel flexibly connected to the left side panel at a seventh fold line; and   a second back panel flexibly connected to the right side panel at an eighth fold line.   
     
     
         18 . The display packaging of  claim 17 , wherein the display packaging further comprises:
 a top back flap flexibly connected to the top panel at a ninth fold line, the top back flap having a tab protrusion on an end opposing the ninth fold line;   a bottom back flap flexibly connected to the bottom panel at an tenth fold line, the bottom back flap having a tab protrusion on an end opposing the tenth fold line;   wherein the first back panel includes a first top slot opening and a first bottom slot opening and the second back panel includes a second top slot opening and a second bottom slot opening; and   wherein the top back flap and bottom back flap are folded and overlay the first and second back panels with the tab protrusion of the top back flap engaging the first and second top slot openings and the tab protrusion of the bottom back flap engaging the first and second bottom slot openings.   
     
     
         19 . A structure configurable to form a display packaging, the structure comprising:
 a middle region having:
 a left side panel, a right side panel, a top front panel flexibly attached to the left side panel and the right side panel, a bottom front panel flexibly attached to the left side panel and the right side panel, and at least one back panel flexibly attached to one of the left side panel and the right side panel; 
 wherein a continuous void is formed in the middle region from a first void in the left side panel, a second void in the right side panel, and a third void between the top front panel and the bottom front panel; 
   a top region having a top panel flexibly attached to one of the left side panel and the right side panel; and   a bottom region having a bottom panel flexibly attached to one of the left side panel and the right side panel.   
     
     
         20 . The structure of  claim 19 , wherein the first void has a perimeter defined by a circular curved edge in the left side panel, the second void has a perimeter defined by a circular curved edge in the right side panel, and the third void has a perimeter defined by a circular curved edge in the top front panel and a circular curved edge in the bottom front panel.