Electric component package

Claim 1

In a package for electric components each comprising a body of a selected planar configuration in a plane normal to the length of each respective component, and a terminal lead extending axially from each end thereof, such package including a strip of corrugated paper board having a corrugated paper sandwiched between upper and lower paper sheets with the crests of the corrugations adhered to the upper and lower paper sheets, said corrugated paper and paper sheets having a width greater than the length of each of said leads with the corrugations of the corrugated paper extending across said width and each corrugation having transverse dimensions intermediate the transverse dimensions of the bodies and leads of said components, the modification comprising; I. a resilient first strip of stiff paper generally equal in length to said strip of corrugated paper board and having an upper surface adhered to the lower surface of said lower paper sheet with corresponding ends of said strips in general alignment, a portion of such resilient strip extending for a distance beyond the end of the exposed terminal lead of each electric component having its opposite terminal lead fully disposed in one of said corrugations; and II. a resilient second strip of stiff paper generally equal in length to said portion of said resilient first strip and integrally joining therewith along the upper surface thereof with corresponding ends of such resilient strips in general alignment, said resilient second strip extending a distance above the exposed terminal lead towards but short of the body of each said electric component having its opposite terminal lead fully disposed in one of said corrugations to provide a manually movable cover flap for normally restricting movement of each respective electrical component from said package.