Claims
- 1. A display carton for an electric lamp having a bulbous portion and a protuding end portion, said display carton comprising:
- a paperboard member having a plurality of side walls hingedly connected to one another and defining a pair of opposing end portions therein:
- a first panel member hingedly secured to at least one of said side walls and bent inwardly toward the interior of said paperboard member, said first panel member extending over more then half the distance between opposing side walls of said paperboard member;
- a second panel member hingedly secured to at least another of said side walls and bent inwardly toward the interior of said paperboard member, said second panel member also extending over more then half the distance between opposing side walls of said paperboard member, said second panel member disposed upon said first panel member;
- means forming display windows in each of the sidewalls upon which said first and said second panel members are secured;
- means forming an aperture in each of said first and second panel members, each of said aperture means being aligned with the other so that when said panel members are bent inwardly, said apertures defining a common aperture for having said protruding end portion of said lamp positioned therein, said panel members forming a downwardly depressed resilient platform capable of exerting an upward force against said lamp when said protruding end portion is positioned within said aperture means, said positioning of said protruding end portion causing said resilient platform to assume said downwardly depressed orientation; and
- a first tab member hingedly secured to or forming part of one of said side walls and extending inwardly toward the interior of said paperboard member to engage the upper surface of said bulbous portion of said lamp, and a second tab member hingedly secured to or forming part of another of said side walls and also extending inwardly toward the interior of said paperboard member to engage an upper surface of said bulbous portion of said lamp, said panel members and said tab members combining to exert a compressive force on said lamp to securely retain said lamp within said paperboard member.
- 2. The display carton according to claim 1 wherein the first panel member is bent inwardly toward the interior of said paperboard member leaving an opening(s) in said one side wall(s) which serves as said display window for said lamp, and said second panel member is also bent inwardly toward the interior of said paperboard member also leaving an opening(s) in said another side wall(s) which also serves as said display window for said lamp.
- 3. The display carton according to claim 2 wherein the number of said side walls is eight.
- 4. The display carton according to claim 2 wherein said panel members are secured to or from part of at least a pair of opposite side walls of said paperboard member.
- 5. The display carton according to claim 2 wherein said tab members are secured to or form part of at least a pair of opposite side walls of said paperboard member.
- 6. The display carton according to claim 2 wherein each of said panel members is secured to or forms part of the same opposite side walls of said paperboard member as a respective one of said tab members.
- 7. The display carton according to claim 2 wherein said first and second panel members from a connection therebetween when so bent inwardly and aligned to form said downwardly depressed resilient platform.
- 8. The display carton according to claim 7 wherein one of said panel members includes a protruding tab segment and the other of said panel members includes a slot therein, said tab segment aligning with and being slidably positioned within said slot to form said connection between said panel members.
- 9. The display carton according to claim 2 including means therein to allow said protruding end portion of said lamp to be inserted into said common aperture defined by said inwardly bent and downwardly depressed, aligned panel members sufficiently to cause said downward depression of said panel members prior to said engagement of said bulbous portion of said lamp by said tab members without tearing said paperboard member.
- 10. The display carton according to claim 9 wherein said means for allowing said insertion of said lamp without said tearing said paperboard member comprises a plurality of cuts within preselected ones of said side walls of said paperboard member relative to said locations wherein said panel members are bent inwardly toward said interior of said paperboard member.
- 11. The display carton according to claim 1 wherein each of said tab members is adapted for being engaged through a respective one of said openings left by said inwardly bent panel members to effect said engagement with said surface of said bulbous portion of said lamp
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 919,953, filed Oct. 17, 1986, now abandoned.
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