Rack display package for dry cells and the like

Claim 1

A package containing a group of identical cylindrical articles of merchandise, each having an upper and a lower end, said articles being visible in substantial part in said package and being confined by the package in circumferentially adjacent relationship with their upper ends coplanar, said package further comprising: A. a substantially rectangular substrate having inner and outer surfaces, a pair of opposite side edges spaced apart by a distance such that the substrate can extend entirely across the entire group of articles at one end thereof, and opposite end edges, said substrate having fold lines extending transversely to said side edges and along which the substrate is folded to have 1. a base panel that overlies the articles at one end thereof and which base panel lies between a pair of adjacent ones of said fold lines, the outer surface of said base panel being adjacent to the artlcies, 2. a pair of cover panels, each flatwise overlying a portion of the surface of the base panel that is remote from the articles and extending inwardly to the other from one of said pair of fold lines to have an inner edge defined by another fold line, each of said cover panels having its outer surface facing away from the articles, and 3. a pair of flatwise contiguous tabs, each projecting away from the articles from the inner edge of one of the cover panels and defined from its cover panel by said other fold line, said tabs being flatwise adhered to one another, having their outer surfaces remote from one another, and having registering holes in which a display rack hook is receivable; and B. a skin-like transparent film snugly embracing the group of articles and flatwise secured to substantial portions of the outer surface of the substrate to thus hold the articles assembled with one another and the substrate.