Garment hanger box

Claim 1

In a one piece garment container formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard including a pair of telescoping sections for holding at least one garment on a hanger having a hook, the combination of: a. a generally rectangular, relatively narrow common bottom wall; b. a pair of tray-like sections foldably joined to opposite side edges of said bottom wall and disposed for telescoping relation one within the other, each of said sections including: i. a side wall; ii. a pair of opposed end walls; iii. a top wall; iv. and said common bottom wall; c. said side wall of at least one of said sections having a slot formed therein along the top edge thereof; d. said top wall of at least one of said sections including: i. a flat upper panel foldably joined at its front edge to the upper edge of said one section side wall; ii. a relatively narrow, substantially triangularly shaped connecting panel having a straight upper edge foldably joined to one edge of said upper panel and having upwardly diverging lower edges; iii. a lower panel having its rear edge foldably joined to the lower edges of said connecting panel and having a locking tab projecting outwardly from its front edge, and a pair of parallel slits centrally positioned in said lower panel to receive said hanger hook; e. said locking tab being received in said slot to secure said top wall in a closed position and support the garment, whereby the crown of said hanger is located below said upper panel.