Display packaging insert

Claim 1

A one-piece foldable paperboard insert for holding and displaying, within an outer container, portions of articles such as golf clubs or the like, having elongated shafts with integral heads at corresponding ends thereof, comprising: (a) a flat base panel having integral shaft supporting and head receiving members joined to opposite ends thereof; (b) said shaft supporting member having a generally tubular structure and including: (i) a bottom wall co-planar with and disposed adjacent one end of said base panel; (ii) a pair of side walls having lower edges foldably joined to opposed sides of said bottom wall and converging upwardly therefrom and having upper edges joined to each other; (iii) said side walls having a plurality of aligned slots defining openings for receiving and supporting portions of said article shafts; (c) said head receiving member forming with said base panel a box-like structure open toward said shaft supporting member and including: (i) a front wall spaced above and parallel to said base panel adjacent the other end thereof; (ii) an end wall and a pair of side walls foldably joining the end and sides of said front wall to said base panel to form an enclosure for receiving said article heads; (d) said insert being arranged and disposed so that only one surface of the paperboard from which it is formed is visible from one side thereof when the insert is in erected condition.