Package structure

Claim 2

A key case for securing a spare automobile key or the like in any desired location comprising a plastic box having a bottom, a back wall, a front wall, and a pair of end walls, a plastic cover for the plastic box and a thin plastic hinge integral with the back wall of the box and the cover of the box at the upper edge of the back wall and the back edge of the cover, said cover having an upset portion extending into the box when the cover is closed terminating in spaced relation to the inside upper surface of the walls of the box, said hinge of the box spacing the ends of the cover of the box from the top of the end walls of the box with the cover closed on the box whereby the box may be secured to a cooperating display card having parallel openings for receiving the hinge and the front wall of the box, recesses in the front edge of the cover and projections extending inwardly of the box from the upper edge of the front wall of the box into the recesses in the cover of the box with the cover of the box closed, means for opening the cover of the box including a pair of oppositely disposed aligned triangular portions extending outwardly from one side of the box, one of which is secured to the cover and the other of which is secured to the upper edge of the front wall of the box and both of which extend outwardly of the box, and an adhesive material on the bottom of the box on the outer surface thereof and a strippable cover over the adhesive material whereby the key case may be secured in any desired location.

Claim 3

In combination, a display card for displaying a key case for retail merchandising comprising a substantially flat rectangular card having advertising material thereon and including means at one end thereof for hanging the card in a vertical position and a pair of parallel spaced apart slots in the card defining a card portion therebetween and a key case for carrying spare automobile keys and the like secured to the card including a box part having a bottom, a back side, a front side and two ends, a cover for the box, means hingedly securing the cover at one edge thereof to the upper edge of the back side of the box, said cover having an upset central portion on the inside surface thereof so that the upset portion extends into the box when the cover of the box is closed, which upset portion terminates inwardly of the inner surface of the walls of the box a distance at least equal to the thickness of the material of the card, said end walls and said back wall of said box terminating inwardly of the cover with the cover closed, said cover being on one side of the card, the body of the box being on the other side of the card with the hinge extending through one of the slots in the card and the cover closed on the box whereby the portion of the card is positioned within the box and extends out of both ends of the box between the cover and the top edges of the end walls of the box to secure the box on the card, and means operable between the front wall of the box and the cover of the box locking the cover of the box secured to the display card whereby the key case is secured to the display card.

Claim 4

In combination, a display card for displaying a key case for retail merchandising comprising a substantially flat rectangular card having advertising material thereon and including means at one end thereof for hanging the card in a vertical position and a pair of parallel spaced apart slots in the card defining a card portion therebetween and a key case for carrying spare automobile keys and the like secured to the card including a box part having a bottom, a back side, a front side and two ends, a cover for the box, means hingedly securing the cover at one edge thereof to the upper edge of the back side of the box, said cover having an upset central portion on the inside surface thereof so that the upset portion extends into the box when the cover of the box is closed, which upset portion terminates inwardly of the inner surface of the walls of the box a distance at least equal to the thickness of the material of the card, said end walls and said back wall of said box terminating inwardly of the cover with the cover closed, said cover being on one side of the card, the body of the box being on the other side of the card with the hinge extending through one of the slots in the card and the cover closed on the box whereby the portion of the card is positioned within the box and extends out of both ends of the box between the cover and the top edges of the end walls of the box to secure the box on the card, and means operable between the front wall of the box and the cover of the box locking the cover of the box secured to the display card whereby the key case is secured to the display card.

Claim 5

Structure as set forth in claim 2 wherein the hinge is a living hinge constructed of a thin plastic strip integral with the box back wall and the cover of the key case.

Claim 6

Structure as set forth in claim 3 and further including an adhesive material on the outside surface of the bottom of the box and a strippable cover over the adhesive material whereby the key case may be secured in any desired location after removal from the display card.

Claim 7

Structure as set forth in claim 2 wherein the locking means comprises spaced apart recesses in the edge of the upset portion of the cover and projections extending inwardly of the box at the upper edge of the front wall of the box spaced apart to be aligned with the recesses in the cover on closing of the cover.

Claim 8

Structure as set forth in claim 2 and further including means for opening the key case comprising a substantially flat triangular projection on the cover of the key case and an oppositely disposed flat triangular projection on a wall of the key case adjacent the top thereof and in substantial alignment with the oppositely disposed triangular projection on the cover.