Combination display and dispensing package for a roll of continuous sheeting material

Claim 1

A COMBINATION DISPLAY AND DISPENSING PACKAGE FOR A SUPPLY ROLL OF CONTINUOUS SHEETING MATERIAL, SAID PACKAGE COMPRISING A FRAME, SAID FRAME BEING FORMED FROM A FRAME BLANK GENERALLY CONFIGURED IN THE FORM OF AN ELONGATED STRIP OF PAPERBOARD OR LIKE MATERIAL, SAID FRAME BLANK HAVING TWO SPACED PARALLEL SCORE LINES RUNNING LONGITUDINALLY FROM ONE END OF SAID ELONGATED STRIP TO THE OTHER END THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE SCORES AT INTERVALS ALONG THE SAID FRAME BLANK, SAID TRANVERSE SCORES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID PARALLEL LONGITUDINAL SCORES THEREBY DIVIDING THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FRAME BLANK INTO FOUR PANELS, INCLUDING TWO SIDE PANELS AND TWO END PANELS, SAID SIDE AND END PANELS BEING ALTERNATELY SPACED ALONG SAID FRAME BLANK, A FLAP ARTICULATED TO AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE PANEL AT ONE END OF SAID FRAME BLANK, AN EXTENDING PORTION PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM EACH OF THE LONGITUDINAL SCORES WHICH DEFINE THE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE SAID PANELS, EACH OF SAID EXTENDING PORTIONS BEING AT LEAST PARTIALLY SEPARATED BY ANGULAR RELIEF CUT-OUTS LOCATED OUTWARDLY OF EACH OF SAID TRANSVERSE SCORES, EACH OF SAID EXTENDING PORTIONS BEING FOLDED INTO A TUBULAR SUPPORT, SAID TUBULAR SUPPORTS BEING ADHERED TO THEIR ADJOINING PANELS SO THAT EACH OF SAID SIDE AND END PANELS HAS A PAIR OF SPACED, SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID TUBULAR SUPPORTS IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP ALONGSIDE THE LONGITUDINAL SCORES FORMING THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES OF SAID SIDE AND END PANELS, A SUPPLY ROLL OF CONTINUOUS SHEETING MATERIAL WOULD ON A CORE, THE LENGTH OF SAID CORE BEING GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID SHEETING MATERIAL SO THAT THE ENDS OF THE CORE PROJECT FROM EACH END OF SAID SUPPLY ROLL, SAID SIDE AND END PANELS BEING FOLDED INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR FRAME BY FOLDING THE SAID FRAME BLANK ON SAID TRANSVERSE SCORES SO THAT THE SAID TUBULAR SUPPORTS FACE INWARDLY, THE PROJECTING ENDS OF THE CORE SUPPORTING SAID SUPPLY ROLL BEING SUPPORTED FOR ROTATION BETWEEN THE TUBULAR SUPPORTS AT THE OPPOSITE END PANELS, THE MINIMUM SPACING BETWEEN OPPOSITE PAIRS OF TUBULAR SUPPORTS PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE SIDE PANEL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE CORE TO RETAIN THE CORE WITHIN THE PACKAGE AS THE SHEETING MATERIAL IS REMOVED THEREFROM, SAID FLAP AT ONE END OF SAID FRAME BLANK BEING SECURED TO THE PANEL AT THE OTHER END OF THE FRAME BLANK TO FORM A FRAME STRUCTURE SUPPORTING SAID SUPPLY ROLL OF SHEET MATERIAL.