Claims
- 1. A display box for a game ball, comprising,
- at least three side panels, wherein each side panel is integrally connected to at least one other of said side panels along a vertical seam interposed between said connected side panels; each side panel comprising,
- at least one central panel and at least two end panels, wherein each end panel is integrally connected to said central panel along a horizontal seam; wherein each end panel comprises,
- at least one support panel and at least two corner panels; wherein each of said corner panels is integrally connected to said support panel along a transverse seam.
- 2. The display box of claim 1, wherein at least one of said side panels further comprises an opening through said side panel.
- 3. The display box of claim 2, wherein said opening is round.
- 4. The display box of claim 1, wherein one or more of said corner panels has a concave outer edge, wherein said concave edges are adapted to support said ball on said edges in a suspended-like position substantially equidistant between at least two of said side panels.
- 5. The display box of claim 1, comprising at least four side panels.
- 6. The display box of claim 5, wherein said central panel of said side panels has a square-shaped perimeter.
- 7. The display box of claim 1, wherein at least one of said side panels further comprises one or more tabs integrally connected to said side panel along a vertical seam.
- 8. The display box of claim 7, wherein said tabs each comprise,
- an upper tab;
- a middle tab; and
- a lower tab;
- wherein each of said upper and lower tabs is connected to one of said end panels and said middle tab is connected to said central panel.
- 9. A display box for a game ball, comprising,
- at least three side panels, wherein each side panel is integrally connected to at least one other of said side panels along a vertical seam interposed between said connected side panels, wherein at least one of said side panels comprises one or more tabs extending outward from a vertical edge of said side panel; each side panel comprising,
- at least one central panel and at least two end panels, wherein each end panel is integrally connected to said central panel along a horizontal seam; wherein each end panel comprises,
- at least one support panel and at least two corner panels; wherein each of said corner panels is integrally connected to said support panel along a transverse seam and wherein one or more of said corner panels has a concave outer edge, wherein said concave edges are adapted to support said ball on said edges in a suspended-like position substantially equidistant between at least two of said side panels.
- 10. The display box of claim 9, wherein at least one of said side panels further comprises an opening through said side panel.
- 11. The display box of claim 9, comprising at least four side panels.
- 12. The display box of claim 11, wherein each of said side panels further comprises an opening through said side panel.
- 13. The display box of claim 9, wherein said central panel of said side panels has a square-shaped perimeter.
- 14. A method for assembling a display box for a game ball, comprising the steps of,
- providing at least four side panels, wherein each side panel is integrally connected to at least one other of said side panels along a vertical seam interposed between said connected side panels, wherein at least one of said side panels is provided with one or more tabs, wherein each side panel comprises,
- at least one central panel and at least one end panel on two opposing ends of said central panel, wherein each end panel is integrally connected to said central panel along a horizontal seam; wherein each end panel comprises,
- at least one support panel and at least two corner panels; wherein each of said corner panels is integrally connected to said support panel along a transverse seam and has a concave outer edge;
- folding said side panels along said vertical seams and fixing said one or more tabs to an adjacent side panel to form an elongated four-sided tube so that each said corner panel of each side panel is adjacent to at least one corner panel of another side panel along at least one of said vertical seams;
- on one of said opposing ends of each of said central panels, pressing inward and down on said vertical seams connecting two adjacent corner panels, thereby inverting each of said corner panels so that each of said vertical seams connecting said adjacent corner panels is folded inward on itself towards an inside corner of said elongated four-sided tube;
- turning said elongated four-sided tube over;
- placing said game ball inside said tube so that said ball rests on said concave edges of said inverted corner panels;
- on said other of said opposing ends of each of said central panels, pressing inward and down on said vertical seams connecting two adjacent corner panels, thereby inverting each of said corner panels so that each of said vertical seams connecting said adjacent corner panels is folded inward on itself towards an inside corner of said elongated four-sided tube; so that said concave edges of said corner panels are flush against said game ball and so that said ball is fixed in a suspended-like position substantially equidistant between at least two of said side panels.
Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional No. 60/088,830 filed Jun. 10, 1998.
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