Package for carded merchandise

Claim 1

A package comprising a box having an open top, a bottom, front and rear walls, a pair of opposite side walls, and a lid for said box, a series of merchandise display cards stacked uprightly in said box in substantially parallel relationship with said front and rear walls, each of said cards having merchandise mounted thereon and being of a length substantially equal to the distance from the bottom to the open top of said box, an aperture in each card, said apertures being aligned at the area of the box adjacent the open top thereof, one of the side walls of said box having an upper side wall portion which is integrally hinged to said one side wall below said open top along a first fold line which is parallel to the top and bottom of said box, said lid including said upper side wall portion, a top member hinged to the top edge of said upper side wall portion along a second fold line parallel to said first fold line for closing said open top, and an end flap hinged to said top member along a third fold line parallel to said second fold line and opposite said upper wall portion, for securing said lid in closed position, said front and rear walls each having an opening therein extending downwardly from said open top and inwardly from said one side wall, said openings providing a corner recess in said front and rear walls adjacent said one side wall which is of a depth along said one side wall substantially equal to the depth of said upper side wall portion between said first and second fold lines and is of a width adjacent said open top sufficient to expose the apertures in said cards, solid portions on each of said front and rear walls along the side of said openings which is opposite said one side wall, said solid portions extending upwardly to said open top and providing support for said top member of said lid in its closed position, said lid being swingable about said first hinge line to close said box by raising said upper side wall portion into substantially the same plane with the remainder of said one side wall, swinging said top member down about said second fold line over said open top and folding said end flap down in adjacent parallel relationship with said side wall opposite said one side wall, said openings when the lid is closed exposing the aligned apertures in said series of cards whereby a hanger rod for said cards may be inserted through said openings and the aligned apertures, said lid alternatively being swingable about said first hinge line to swing the lid outwardly and down below said first hinge line whereby aligned like corners of all of the cards are fully exposed for the application of price markings thereon.