A garment package with supporting board

Claim 1

A package comprising in combination a shirt type garment having a front and a back and including a collar, a tail portion and a pair of sleeves, and an elongated supporting board having a length shorter and a width narrower than said garment when the latter is in a flat unfolded condition, said board having a transverse fold line intermediate the ends thereof and when folded on said line providing upper and lower board members, the upper board member having substantially parallel side edges and the lower board member having downwardly convergent side edges so that the lower board member is of a substantially trapezoidal shape, a relatively short panel secured to and overlying the upper end portion of said upper board member, a neck piece projecting upwardly from said panel beyond the upper edge of the upper board member, and a pair of foldable wings provided at the opposite sides of said panel and projecting laterally beyond side edges of the upper board member, said board with said panel being superposed centrally and longitudinally on the back of said garment with said neck piece inserted into the garment collar, opposite side portion of the garment being folded upon the board over side edges of the latter prior to folding of the board upon itself, the garment tail portion being folded upwardly over the lower edge of the lower board member, said board with the garment then being folded upon itself along said fold line to form the two superposed board members between which are disposed multiple thicknesses of the garment, the edge of the lower board member with the garment tail portion being inserted between said panel and the upper board member, and said wings of the panel being folded inwardly and inserted between the upper board member and the garment tail portion.