Packages for flat articles such as surgical supplies

Claim 1

A PACKAGE COMPRISING A REAR PANEL OF PAPER HAVING TOP, BOTTOM, AND SIDE EDGES AND HAVING FLAP MEANS FOLDED ON A FIRST FOLD LINE FROM SAID TOP EDGE INWARDLY INTO SUPERIMPOSED POSITION ON SAID PANEL AND THEN OUTWARDLY AGAIN ON A SECOND FOLD LINE; A RELATIVELY FLAT UNWRAPPED ARTICLE PORTION LOOSELY POSITIONED ALL IN ONE PLANE ON SAID PANEL AND OVERLAPPED BY SAID FLAP MEANS; A FRONT PANEL CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID REAR PANEL AND HAVING A FLAP MEANS FOLDED ON A FIRST FOLD LINE INWARDLY AND THEN OUTWARDLY AGAIN ON A SECOND FOLD LINE, SAID SECOND FOLD LINES BEING STAGGERED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER SO THAT ONE IS HIGHER; A RELATIVELY FLAT UNWRAPPED ARTICLE PORTION LOOSELY POSITIONED ON SAID FRONT PANEL HAVING A PORTION OVERLAPPED BY SAID LAST MENTIONED FLAP MEANS, SAID FRONT PANEL, ARTICLE PORTION, AND FLAP MEANS BEING IN SUPERIMPOSED POSITION ON SAID REAR PANEL AND ON ITS ARTICLE PORTION AND FLAP MEANS; AN ADHESIVE ON SAID OUTWARDLY FOLDED POSITIONS OF THE FLAP MEANS SECURING SAID PORTIONS TOGETHER; AND ADHESIVE MEANS BEYOND THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID ARTICLES BETWEEN THE JUXTAPOSED PORTIONS OF THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS AND BETWEEN SAID PANELS AND THE FIRST FOLDED PORTIONS OF SAID FLAP MEANS CONNECTING THE SIDE EDGES OF THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS TOGETHER AND THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID FLAP MEANS TO THE ADJACENT PANELS, SAID FLAP MEANS PROTECTING THE ARTICLES BOTH DURING AND AFTER OPENING OF THE PACKAGE AND THE ARTICLES EXTENDING A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE TOWARD SAID FIRST FOLD LINES FOR SAID FLAP MEANS TO PROVIDE FOR RETENTION OF BOTH ARTICLES IN THE FINGERS BETWEEN THE FLAP MEANS AND PANELS WHILE ALLOWING EASY WITHDRAWAL OF EITHER ARTICLE FOR USE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER ARTICLES AND INDEPENDENTLY OF THE PANELS, SAID SIDE EDGES BEING FOLDED INWARDLY IN HEM-LIKE FASHION ON ONE OF SAID PANELS, AND ADHESIVE MAINTAINING THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE HEM-LIKE FOLDS IN FOLDED POSITION WHILE LEAVING UPPER PORTIONS LOOSE, SAID ADHESIVE EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PACKAGE PART WAY UP THE HEIGHT OF THE PACKAGE ONLY AND TERMINATING OPPOSITE SAID HIGHER OF THE SECOND FOLD LINES FOR THE FLAPS.