Clasp packing tray

Claim 1

A PACKAGE COMPRISING, A MOLDED PACKING TRAY FOR HOLDING A PLURALITY OF ROUNDED OBJECTS HAVING PREDETERMINED MINIMUM AND MIXIMUM DIAMETER, SAID TRAY BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF UPSTANDING WALLS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS OPEN AT EACH END THEREOF, THE ADJACENT WALLS OF ADJACENT CHANNELS BEING CONNECTED BY FLEXIBLE HINGE PORTIONS WHEREBY SAID TRAY MAY BE COMPRESSED LATERALLY, SAID WALLS BEING CONTINUOUS IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION AND UNDULATING COOPERATIVELY WITH ONE ANOTHER SO AS TO DEFINE A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED POCKETS ALONG EACH CHANNEL, A PLURALITY OF SAID OBJECTS POSITIONED ONE IN EACH POCKET, THE WALLS BETWEEN SAID POCKETS BEING SPACED RELATIVELY MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER TO DEFINE RESTRICTED PORTIONS OF A WIDTH LESS THAN SAID DIAMETERS TO RESTRAIN LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT ALONG A CHANNEL, SAID POCKET PORTIONS OF EACH CHANNEL BEING STAGGERED RELATIVE TO THE POCKET POTIONS OF THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT CHANNELS, SAID WALLS HAVING A HEIGHT RELATIVE TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID POCKETS GREATER THAN ONE-HALF OF SAID MAXIMUM DIAMETER, THE UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID WALLS OVERHANGING SAID OBJECTS WHEN THE SAME ARE PLACED IN SAID POCKETS AND SAID TRAY COMPRESSED LATERALLY, AND A COVER OF FLEXIBLE TRANSPARENT MATERIAL SECURED UNDER TENSION TO THE OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID TRAY AND TO SAID WALLS AND RETAINING SAID TRAY IN LATERALLY COMPRESSED CONDITION, TO SECURE SAID OBJECTS WITH SAID POCKETS.