Foldable needle pack

Claim 1

A foldable needle pack comprising: (a) a substantially rectangular shaped base member, which is creased or scored so as to present a fold line which serves as a hinge, said base member comprising a first base portion and a second base portion bordered by said fold line, (b) a needle holder portion through which a plurality of needles can be received mounted near said fold line on said second base portion, and (c) two closely aligned rigid transparent cover members, each formed as a hollow shell presenting an open side towards the base members, both said hollow shells presenting another open side towards each other, wherein one hollow shell is, at the end edge thereof opposite its open side, attached to said first base portion such that it normally contacts resiliently, at its peripheral edge facing said base member, with said first base portion while the other hollow shell is at the peripheral edge attached on said second base portion, said cover member attached to said first base portion being of a length whereby, when said first base portion is bent back along said fold line relative to said second base portion in such a manner that the angle between the surfaces of said base members on which said cover members are mounted increases, the top of each of the needles kept in the second cover member slides on the inner surface of said first cover member and then a free end edge of said first cover member comes into friction contact with the side of said needles thereby to hold the needle pack in a V-shape, and whereby the pack is returnable from its frictionally held V-shape to a closed position by applying a small force to the end edge of said first base portion while holding the end edge of the second base portion.