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Claim 2

A shadow box made from one piece of sheet material comprising a tubular container having a back panel, first side panel, front panel, and second side panel respectively connected together along first, second, third and fourth score lines; a window in said front panel; a three panel cut line near one end of the carton extending all the way across the front panel and at least part of the way into each side panel thus dividing the front panel into an upper and a lower portion; a pair of triangular frame panels each formed in a respective side panel by a score line extending from the end of the three panel cut line to the adjacent upper corner of said front panel; a tie panel formed in said front panel upper portion between said window and said cut line by fold lines diverging from said window to said three panel cut line; and a pair of shadow panels in said front panel upper portion, each shadow panel being on opposite sides of said window, integral with said front panel, between one of said triangular panels and said window and sharing a respective one of said second or third score lines and a respective one of said fold lines, whereby the triangular frame panels move into a frame relationship and the shadow panels into a shadow position when said tie panel is depressed into the tubular container body.

Claim 3

A shadow box according to claim 1 further comprising a retaining means formed in said front panel at the end of said window opposite said tie panel and separated from said shadow panel by oblique score lines extending divergently outwardly from said window to the upper corners of the front panel.

Claim 4

A package comprising an article and a shadow box, the shadow box comprising a tubular container having connected in series a back panel, first side panel, front panel and second side panel respectively hinged to each other by first, second, third and fourth score lines; end closures for said container; a three panel cut line extending all the way across the front panel and at least part of the way into each side panel thus dividing the front panel into respective upper and lower portions; a triangular frame panel formed in each side panel and extending from said cut line along the said second and third score lines connecting the side panels to the front panel; a window cut in said front panel; a pair of side shadow panels, each shadow panel being formed in the front panel between one side of said window and along one of the second and third score lines on one side of said triangular panels; at least one tie panel between said window and cut line, connected to each of said side shadow panels by a fold line; a retaining means opposite said tie panel and connected to said pair of shadow panels at the end of said carton but integral with and a part of said upper portion; and said article being seated underneatH said retaining means at one end and underneath the lower portion at the other end of the front panel, in said window, and with said tie panel underneath, the ends of the said article engaging the end closures of the container whereby said article is retained in the container.

Claim 5

A package comprising an article and a shadow box, the shadow box comprising a tubular container having connected in series a back panel, first side panel, front panel and second side panel respectively hinged to each other by first, second, third and fourth score lines; end closures for said container; a three panel cut line extending all the way across the front panel and at least part of the way into each side panel thus dividing the front panel into respective upper and lower portions; a triangular frame panel formed in each side panel and extending from said cut line along the said second and third score lines connecting the side panels to the front panel; a window cut in said front panel; a pair of side shadow panels, each shadow panel being formed in the front panel between one side of said window and along one of the second and third score lines on one side of said triangular panels; at least one tie panel between said window and cut line, connected to each of said side shadow panels by a fold line; a retaining means opposite said tie panel and connected to said pair of shadow panels at the end of said carton but integral with and a part of said upper portion; and said article being seated underneatH said retaining means at one end and underneath the lower portion at the other end of the front panel, in said window, and with said tie panel underneath, the ends of the said article engaging the end closures of the container whereby said article is retained in the container.

Claim 6

A shadow box made from one piece of paperboard or the like and comprising a tubular container having a front panel, back panel, and a pair of side panels, the side panels spacing the front from the back panels; and each of the panels being connected by score lines to adjacent panels; a three panel cut line near one end of the carton extending all the way across the front panel and at least part of the way into lower and upper portions; a folding line extending along each side panel adjacent said front panel upper portion from the end of said cut line in each side panel to the junction of the side panel with the upper corner of the front panel upper portion to thereby form from each side panel a triangular frame panel; a window cut intermediate the sides of said front panel in said upper portion; a retaining means at the carton end remote from said lower portion; at least a pair of fold lines in said upper portion, each divergently extending from said window to said cut line to thereby form at least one tie panel adjacent said lower portion; and a shadow panel on each of the opposite sides of said window and integrally connected to said retaining means, tie panel, and one of said triangular panels; said window being the only cutout portion in said front and side panels; whereby folding said tie panel into said container and said framing panels to framing position provides a shadow container for receiving an object underneath said retaining means and lower portions, cradling it upon said tie panel means and nesting it in said window between said shadow panels.

Claim 7

A shadow box made from one piece of paperboard or the like and comprising a tubular container having a front panel, back panel, and a pair of side panels, the side panels spacing the front from the back panels; and each of the panels being connected by score lines to adjacent panels; a three panel cut line near one end of the carton extending all the way across the front panel and at least part of the way into lower and upper portions; a folding line extending along each side panel adjacent said front panel upper portion from the end of said cut line in each side panel to the junction of the side panel with the upper corner of the front panel upper portion to thereby form from each side panel a triangular frame panel; a window cut intermediate the sides of said front panel in said upper portion; a retaining means at the carton end remote from said lower portion; at least a pair of fold lines in said upper portion, each divergently extending from said window to said cut line to thereby form at least one tie panel adjacent said lower portion; and a shadow panel on each of the opposite sides of said window and integrally connected to said retaining means, tie panel, and one of said triangular panels; said window being the only cutout portion in said front and side panels; whereby folding said tie panel into said container and said framing panels to framing position provides a shadow container for receiving an object underneath said retaining means and lower portions, cradling it upon said tie panel means and nesting it in said window between said shadow panels.