Package for scissors

Claim 1

A display package for an article of cutlery that comprises an elongated blade portion and a handle portion connected to one end of the blade portion and having a protruding head on one of said portions adjacent to the connection between them, said display package comprising a panel of cardboard or the like and an elongated sheath wherein said blade portion is received, said display package being characterized by: A. said sheath (1) being of substantially stiff material, (2) having opposing spaced apart front and rear walls, (3) having wall portions connected with said front and rear walls along the length of the sheath to define opposite sides thereof and cooperating with the front and rear walls to define a closed end of the sheath, the opposite end of the sheath being open for lengthwise insertion of said blade portion thereinto; (4) the end of said rear wall comprising a pair of tongues, (a) one of which projects endwise beyond the open end of the sheath and (b) the other of which is defined by a slit in the sheath, in the closed end portion thereof, that is adjacent to said rear wall and has its length parallel to the surfaces thereof, and (5) one of said walls being formed with a detent portion which is near said open end of the sheath and which is engageable with a snap action with said head as the blade portion is inserted lengthwise into the sheath, to releaseably confine the blade portion against withdrawl from the sheath; and B. said panel having an elongated slot in which said sheath is closely receivable with (1) said tongues overlying one surface of the panel adjacent to opposite ends of the slot, (2) said front wall spaced beyond the opposite surface of the panel, and (3) said handle portion overlying said opposite surface of the panel to cooperate with the tongues in confining the sheath against displacement out of said slot.