Package assembly for separately packaging, displaying, and dispensing a plurality of articles
US5330055A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D21/0228
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A package assembly formed from two detachably connectable package modules is provided for separately packaging a plurality of articles, such as machine tool cutting inserts. Each package module is substantially structurally identical to the other module, and comprises a tray having a top portion, a bottom wall, side walls, and a plurality of spaced-apart interior walls that define a plurality of article-holding chambers, a transparent lid slidably mounted on the top portion of the tray for retaining, displaying, and sequentially dispensing articles disposed in the article-holding chamber of the tray. Each tray further comprises a cantilevered lip on the exterior of the tray for releasably interconnecting the side walls of the trays of two different package modules such that the bottom wall of the tray of one module and the transparent lid of the other module face the same direction. A label concerning the nature of the articles may be applied to the bottom wall of the tray or to the lid of each module. When the label is applied to the bottom wall, the horizontal interconnection provided by the cantilevered lips on the modules allows the user of the articles to advantageously see no…
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