Tape-mounted electronic component package

Claim 1

A package box, assembleable from a box blank for storing and feeding a spirally-wound support tape having parallel lead electronic components mounted on the support tape by the lead wires disposed transversely across the support tape, comprising: a body member; and a separate removable member; said body member and said removable member cooperating to form a box when assembled, said separate member being removable from said box to permit unwinding of the spirally-wound support tape from the box; said body member including a substantially square bottom section, a back face and a front face at two opposed edges of said bottom section, said back and front faces each having two edges, a side face at one of the remaining edges of said bottom section, said side face having two ends and two edges, an end flap at each end of said side face, a score line between each of said end flaps and said side face, a cover section of substantially the same size and shape as said bottom section at an edge of said back fence, a score line between said cover section and said back face, a first top support flap at an edge of said front face, a score line between said front face and said first top support flap, a second top support flap at an edge of said side face, a score line between said side face and said second top support flap, all of said score lines positioned for folding said faces and flaps in an inward direction during assembly of said box, and an axial core on said bottom section for rotatably mounting said spirally-wound support tape; and said removable member including a face of substantially the same size and shape as said side face for forming one of the side faces of the box, said face of said removable member having two ends and two edges, a retainer flap at an edge of said face of said removable member for holding said spirally-wound support tape in said box, a score line between said face and said retainer flap, a marginal flap at the remaining edge of said face for overlapping the remaining edge of said bottom section, a score line between said face and said marginal flap, said score lines on said removable member positioned for folding said retaining flap and said marginal flap in an inward direction during assembly of said box.