Abstract: A packaging and shipping system for dry charged batteries. The packaging system includes a shipping crate having a lower section that defines an open interior. The open interior is sized to receive a dry charged battery and a plurality of electrolyte bottles. Each of the electrolyte bottles contains a volume of electrolyte sufficient to fill one of the individual cells of the dry charged battery. Each of the electrolyte bottles are separately packaged and positioned within the open interior of the shipping crate. Upon reaching the desired destination, the shipping crate can be stored. When the dry charged battery is to be placed into use, the shipping crate is opened and the individual cells of the dry charged battery are filled with electrolyte from the plurality of electrolyte bottles. Once the dry charged battery has been activated, the empty electrolyte bottles can be placed back into the shipping crate and returned for recycling.

Abstract: A battery module includes a housing configured to receive a plurality of electrochemical cells, a skeletal frame coupled with the housing, and a framework disposed proximate to the skeletal frame. Moreover, the framework is substantially aligned with the skeletal frame and configured to transfer a force applied to the framework to the skeletal frame.

Abstract: A leak-proof package for at least one defective battery containing corrosive liquid. The inventive package has at least three layers and includes an inner container configured to accept the battery therewithin, a fluid-impermeable intermediate container sealing the inner container therewithin, and an outer container enclosing the intermediate container such that the liquid-containing defective battery is protectively packaged for leak-free transportation. Another aspect of the present invention is a method for packaging at least one battery containing corrosive liquid by loading the battery into the inner container which is sealed within the intermediate container inside the locked outer container such that the liquid-containing defective battery is protectively packaged for leak-free transportation.

Abstract: A magnetic storage device is disclosed which is capable of retaining a plurality of articles, each having a thickness and a magnetic affinity. The storage device includes a base having a cavity which houses a magnetic member and a tray which mates with the base to enclose the magnetic member. The tray has a plurality of cavities formed in an upper surface and each of the cavities is designed to retain one of the articles. Each of the cavities has an elongated, semi-circular configuration with opposite ends located adjacent to a pair of raised abutments. The pair of raised abutments extends to a height less than the thickness of each article. The storage device also includes a cover which can be secured to the tray to enclose the plurality of articles therein. A method of assembling the magnetic storage device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A package comprising a rear member pivotally connected to a front member at a pivot. The package has a closed position wherein the front member is engaged with the rear member to define an interior space therebetween and an open position allowing access to the interior space. At least one of the front member and the rear member includes support structure for supporting products in the interior space. A projection having an aperture for allowing the package to be hung on a rod extends from the front member and the rear member. The rear member includes a foot allowing the package to stand substantially upright on a horizontal surface. The front member and the rear member include a latch and a slot, with the latch being configured to be inserted into the slot for maintaining the package in the closed position.

Abstract: A battery bag assembly including an elongated watertight bag (WTB), a sealable access port (SAP), a battery tray (BT), a power feed-through (PFT), and an electric power conduit (EPC). SAP (402) has an elongated configuration extending along an elongated length of the WTB. BT (600) is disposed within the WTB so that its elongated configuration is aligned with the elongated length of the WTB. BT has electrical connector sockets (EPSs) mounted thereon for mating with oppositely sexed connectors provided on batteries. PFT (352) is disposed on a wall of the watertight bag. PFT is configured to provide a watertight seal for an electrical conductor passing from an interior of the watertight bag to an exterior of the watertight bag. EPC (360) is electrically connected for coupling electric power from the EPSs on the BT to a remote device.

Abstract: A package for batteries comprising at least two separate modules and a cover placed over the at least two separate modules. Each module includes a base having a first face and a second face, with each module further including at least one pocket extending outwardly from the first face. Each pocket is configured and sized to accept a battery therein. Two of the at least two separate modules have the first faces thereof facing each other, with at least one pocket of a first one of the two of the at least two separate modules being located between a pair of pockets of a second one of the two of the at least two separate modules. The at least two separate modules are easily separated upon removal of the cover from over the at least two separate modules.

Abstract: A battery package capable of standing upright comprising a front member, a rear member pivotally connected to the front member, and a foot pivotally connected to a bottom of the rear member. The rear member and the front member have an open configuration and a closed configuration. The rear member and the front member are configured to capture batteries therebetween when in the closed configuration. The foot is pivoted to abut against a rear bottom portion of the rear member, thereby placing the foot in a support position such that the battery package can stand on a horizontal surface. The foot is maintained in the support position by adhesive.

Abstract: A battery package comprising a rear member and a front member pivotally connected to the rear member. The battery package has a closed position and an open position allowing access to the interior space. The rear member includes support structure for supporting the batteries therein. The rear member including a foot and the front member and the rear member including aligned openings. Therefore, the battery package can alternatively be positioned on the horizontal surface using the foot and be hung on a rod by extending the rod through the aligned openings for display purposes. A first one of the front member and the rear member includes a latch and a second one of the front member and rear member includes a slot, with the latch being configured to be inserted into the slot for maintaining the battery package in the closed position.

Abstract: A battery package comprising a backing having a first area and a second area. The package also includes a first compartment extending from the first area of the backing, a second compartment extending from the second area of the backing, and batteries in the first compartment and the second compartment. The backing has a first position wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are closed and the batteries therein cannot be removed from the first compartment and the second compartment, with the first compartment closing the second compartment and the second compartment closing the first compartment. The backing has a second position wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are open and the batteries therein can be removed.

Abstract: A container for shipping hazardous solid materials, such as dry cell batteries, has a rigid outer housing formed of a corrugated fiberboard material with an interior plastic liner. A plurality of different size dividers are placed in a vertical stacked relationship within the liner and storage chamber formed by the housing and are separated by flat planar partitions. The dividers form a plurality of individual storage compartments of various sizes for individually holding various size batteries for shipment. The dividers have various heights so that when combined with intervening partitions have a height generally equal to the height of the internal storage chamber.

Abstract: A device which holds rechargeable batteries cells in a battery pack, in particular for a handheld electric tool, with a first holding part and a second holding part which together with the interposed battery cells can be joined and affixed to one another. The invention includes protrusions of the first holding part extending in the assembly direction which are formed with a yieldable outer periphery, so that they can be inserted into and locked in openings formed in the second holding part.

Abstract: A battery bundle includes a first battery having a first outer surface with a first graphic, a second battery substantially identical to the first battery in all respects except that the second battery has a second outer surface with a second graphic distinct from the first graphic and a packaging binding the first battery and the second battery.

Abstract: A battery container case comprises an ensemble storage section 21 having made and arranged therein plural holder holes 231 that hold individually respectively cylindrical batteries 10 upright in such a way that they are half fitted into the holder holes; an open/close lid 22 that covers the batteries in the ensemble storage section from above; and a restraint member 31 for each holder hole that hinders a respective one of the batteries from being taken out of the holder hole. Each restraint member 31 is fixed to the ensemble storage section in such a disposable manner that it is removable irreversibly.

Abstract: A battery storage case including a main body and a lid portion. In one embodiment, the case includes first and second projection trains formed on the main body and a third projection train formed on the lid portion, wherein the third projection train is adapted to engage one of the first projection train and the second projection train. In one embodiment, a through-hole is formed through a head portion of the lid portion.

Abstract: The storage and display package for batteries is a blister pack that can be secured in a vertical position on cabinet doors, sheds and RV walls. The package allows the user to access individual batteries from the front or top of the package, while the package is secured in such locations. The package may have a perforated, removable top section or a reclosable flap on the front of the package. The package may alternatively include a clip that may be removed from the package and secured in the stated locations with the batteries held in the clip. The package and clip may alternatively be modified to support both batteries and a household device that uses the batteries.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for packaging, displaying, dispensing, and storing at least one product, having an inner packaging member and an outer packaging member, the outer packaging member being slidably mounted over the inner packaging member. The inner packaging member may have a structure for retaining a product, such a compartment, a structure for separating the compartment, such as a wall, a complementary contour for accommodating the product, such as a power or a battery cell. The outer packaging member may have a backing member, such as at least one insert, a flange for accommodating and supporting the at least one insert, a roof member, and a section for accommodating an advertisement of the at least one product. The packaging apparatus may have a structure for mating and locking the outer packaging member to the inner packaging member for facilitating engagement and disengagement. The outer packaging member and the inner packaging member may together have a complementary geometric configuration.

Abstract: A sales packaging for electric storage batteries having a backing and a cover fastened thereto. The storage battery has a connecting cable and a connector. The cover encloses the storage battery. The connecting cable and connector are brought out of the sales packaging and are accessible without damaging the cover. The connector is arranged in an opening in the backing, removable therefrom, and the opening is surrounded by slits.

Abstract: A product display package for retaining product is provided with a display card having a reinforced hanger hole that is resistant to tear. The display card includes a main body including a front surface, a rear surface and an upper edge. The display card has a closed loop hanger hole formed in the main body that is adapted to receive a hanger to hang the display card for display. A container having a housing defining a compartment to house product is supported by the display card. The display card has a tape reinforcement layer adhered to the main body in a region adjacent to the hanger hole to enhance the strength of the display card between the hanger hole and the upper edge of the main body of the display card.

Abstract: A blister pack display holder for holding a plurality of blister packs arranged vertically comprising a back plate adapted to be hung on a vertical structure, a frame with an open top end arranged adjacent to the back plate with a slight gap therebetween, wherein the back plate and right and left edges of the frame sandwich margins horizontally separated at sides of the blister pack respectively from the front and back so that the packs are slidably held vertically on a front surface of the back plate.

Abstract: A product display package for retaining product is provided with a display card having a reinforced hanger hole that is resistant to tear. The display card includes a main body including a front surface, a rear surface and an upper edge. The display card has a closed loop hanger hole formed in the main body that is adapted to receive a hanger to hang the display card for display. A container having a housing defining a compartment to house product is supported by the display card. The display card has a tape reinforcement layer adhered to the main body in a region adjacent to the hanger hole to enhance the strength of the display card between the hanger hole and the upper edge of the main body of the display card.

Abstract: A sales packaging for electric storage batteries having a backing and a cover fastened thereto. The storage battery has a connecting cable and a connector. The cover encloses the storage battery. The connecting cable and connector are brought out of the sales packaging and are accessible without damaging the cover. The connector is arranged in an opening in the backing, removable therefrom, and the opening is surrounded by slits.

Abstract: The present invention provides a shrink-wrapped package comprising at least one article shrink-wrapped with a polyester film containing an ethylene terephthalate unit, the shrink-wrapped package having a portion of sealing and cutting whose starting point has a movement distance of 10 &mgr;m or less.

Abstract: A retail package for round cell batteries is a transparent single sheet thermoformed clamshell having a cover connected along a hinge to a base which receives an array of upwardly extending batteries. The base has a side wall which extends upwardly from a flat bottom wall. The side wall has a lower section which is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall and has a zero degree draft angle. Semicylindrical pockets are defined by the base wall lower portion and batteries are positioned in the pockets two abreast. Thus, each battery is engaged by a portion of the side wall and another battery. Hence, a partially emptied container will still retain most of the batteries upright. The cover has a downwardly extending skirt with an inwardly extending semicircular closure tab which engages beneath a lip formed on the base side wall. The lid closure may be released by pressing the base side wall.

Abstract: The present description discloses a battery package comprising a transparent synthetic resin film provided with at least one battery holding portion having a recess for containing a single cylindrical battery, and a mounting board which is bonded to and supports the film and closes an opening of the recess, wherein the film has a corner portion corresponding to a peripheral edge portion of the battery which is thinner than the rest. Such a battery package is capable of packing a battery with its labeled surface showing the brand thereof or the like positioned on the front side constantly and allowing easy removal of the battery for use.

Abstract: A battery package is disclosed which permits only required batteries of a plurality of accommodated batteries to be removed and which can be used as a container after the battery package has been opened. The battery package incorporates a cover having a plurality of battery accommodating portions which are opened in either principal plane of the cover, each of which accommodates each battery and which are integrally formed with the cover such that the battery accommodating portions project inwards; and a mount bonded to the principal plane of the cover to seal openings of the battery accommodating portions, wherein each battery accommodating portion has a battery holding portion formed at a position more adjacent to the opening as compared with the center of the accommodated battery and structured to reduce the inner diameter of the battery accommodating portion as compared with the outer diameter of the battery.

Abstract: A retail package for round cell batteries is a transparent single sheet thermoformed clamshell having a cover connected along a hinge to a base which receives an array of upwardly extending batteries. The base has a side wall which extends upwardly from a flat bottom wall. The side wall has a lower section which is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall and has a zero degree draft angle. Semicylindrical pockets are defined by the base wall lower portion and batteries are positioned in the pockets two abreast. Thus, each battery is engaged by a portion of the side wall and another battery. Hence, a partially emptied container will still retain most of the batteries upright. The cover has a downwardly extending skirt with an inwardly extending semicircular closure tab which engages beneath a lip formed on the base side wall. The lid closure may be released by pressing the base side wall.

Abstract: A shipping and display container having packaged product arranged for shipping and display to consumers that minimizes shipping space and manual handling of the individual packages contained therein. The container has side walls and top and bottom walls defining a compartment and a removable section that is affixed to the container during shipment of the packaged product and is removable to provide an opening for displaying product for sale to consumers. The container further includes a plurality of irregular shaped packaged articles each having a display card and a housing for housing one or more products, wherein the housing has a thickness substantially greater than the thickness of the display card. The arrangement includes an upper packaged article offset and supported on a lower packaged article to provide efficient use of container space.

Abstract: A retail package for round cell batteries is a transparent single sheet thermoformed clamshell having a cover connected along a hinge to a base which receives an array of upwardly extending batteries. The base has a side wall which extends upwardly from a flat bottom wall. The side wall has a lower section which is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall and has a zero degree draft angle. Semicylindrical pockets are defined by the base wall lower portion and batteries are positioned in the pockets two abreast. Thus, each battery is engaged by a portion of the side wall and another battery. Hence, a partially emptied container will still retain most of the batteries upright. The cover has a downwardly extending skirt with an inwardly extending semicircular closure tab which engages beneath a lip formed on the base side wall. The lid closure may be released by pressing the base side wall.

Abstract: A product display package that houses generally cylindrical products, such as batteries, and prevents rotation of the products. The product display package comprises a container having a housing defining a compartment adapted to house products. The container includes a plurality of parallel pockets having a length and width and each configured to receive a product. Inward protrusions are formed in the first and second ends to hold the products in place and prevent rotation of the products. Additional protrusions are formed in the package to contact side walls of the product to further prevent rotation.

Abstract: A battery package is disclosed which permits only required batteries of a plurality of accommodated batteries to be removed and which can be used as a container after the battery package has been opened. The battery package incorporates a cover having a plurality of battery accommodating portions which are opened in either principal plane of the cover, each of which accommodates each battery and which are integrally formed with the cover such that the battery accommodating portions project inwards; and a mount bonded to the principal plane of the cover to seal openings of the battery accommodating portions, wherein each battery accommodating portion has a battery holding portion formed at a position more adjacent to the opening as compared with the center of the accommodated battery and structured to reduce the inner diameter of the battery accommodating portion as compared with the outer diameter of the battery.

Abstract: A shipping and display container having packaged product arranged for shipping and display to consumers that minimizes shipping space and manual handling of the individual packages contained therein. The container has side walls and top and bottom walls defining a compartment and a removable section that is affixed to the container during shipment of the packaged product and is removed to provide an opening for displaying product for sale to consumers. The container further includes a plurality of irregular shaped packaged articles each having a display card and a housing for housing one or more products, wherein the housing has a thickness substantially greater than the thickness of the display card. The arrangement includes an upper packaged article offset and supported on a lower packaged article to provide efficient use of container space. The packages may also include a retainer for retaining the upper packaged articles supported on the lower packaged article.

Abstract: A technique for reducing the height of a portable computer by reducing the effective number of housing walls across the height relates specifically to the system height over the battery slot. An enclosure of the portable computer, and specifically, a wall of the enclosure in the computer's battery slot is interwoven with a wall of the battery pack housing. The effect of the invention is that the total height of the portable computer measured through the portable computer's battery slot is reduced by the thickness of one of these walls. In one implementation, there is a reduction in the system's height of over a millimeter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a storage device which can accommodate objects of varying sizes. In a preferred embodiment, the storage device includes a drawer for storing the object which can be a battery or pharmaceutical product. The drawer includes a substantially circular housing for accommodating an object of a first size. The drawer also includes a groove disposed within the housing portion of the drawer. The groove can accommodate an object of a second size. A plurality of slots are disposed within the groove. Each of the slots can accommodate an object of a third size. The storage device also includes a sheath in which the drawer is adapted to be latch engaged.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a goods hanging member for supporting by hanging a battery (including both dry battery and storage battery) or a dry battery unit made by integrating a plural number of dry batteries and other goods, on the occasion of their display and/or sales, which can be formed with a simple and single material constituting the main board, by forming a pair of slits in the main board at a certain interval, and forming creases between the end parts of the pair of slits to turn the portion surrounded by the pair of slits and the creases into a goods holding piece and form a holding space for holding goods between the main board and the goods holding piece, and is capable of securely holding goods in a holding space, and also capable of achieving a substantial simplification of manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A battery housing is described comprising a frame, a top cover, and a bottom cover, wherein the frame has a ledge at its bottom, and an arch formed on one or more walls of the frame. The top cover has one or more rod-shaped projections protruding downward from the bottom side of the top cover, each projection having a ridge at the distal end of the projection. The bottom cover of the housing is wedged between the ledge and the arch, and the top cover of the housing fits onto the frame. Each rod is slid through a corresponding opening in the arch, and the ridge at the distal end of each rod slides through and past the opening of each arch, locking the rod in place vis-a-vis the arch.

Abstract: A display package (95) for articles such as batteries includes a hollow display box in which one or more articles are secured, the box having an interconnected display face (16), end walls (22, 26) and back panel (20), and a hanging support panel (12) extending above the box and substantially coplanar with the back panel, a display window (C1) created in the display face by displacing into the hollow box a portion of the display face and a portion of the end wall, whereby the display face portion provides an internal partition (96) connecting the display face with said back panel.

Abstract: A merchandise package includes a mounting board and a holding part for holding articles in cooperation with the mounting board. The mounting board has first and second opposite side edges and a third edge extending therebetween. The mounting board includes two perforations formed therein which extend away from the third edge into the mounting board. A peripheral region is defined between each of the perforations and the respective first and second opposite side edges. The holding part includes a dent for containing the articles, and a collar part which is bonded to the mounting board in at least the peripheral region. The collar part includes a cut line which defines a detachable portion of the collar part. The cut line is located between the two perforations at an edge of the collar part. The detachable portion is also bonded to the mounting board. The cut line allows the detachable portion to release from the collar part and remain bonded to the mounting board when the merchandise package is opened.

Abstract: The packaging case comprises, when assembled, a back part (aback hanging board), a bottom part (a bottom cover), a front part (a front cover, a front hanging board), the boards and covers being formed continuously in this order and bordered by fold lines, and a side part (a side cover, a glue margin) continuously extending from each side edge of the front cover except the neighborhood of the front hanging board and bordered by fold lines. A window is formed in the front cover, and a hook hole is respectively punched in the front and the back hanging boards to make a single matching hook hole. In one side edge of the back hanging board, a U-shaped perforated tear portion is provided for tearing off a part of the side edge glued to a corresponding glue margin.

Abstract: This invention pertains to packaging wherein the package comprises a blister member bonded to a substrate member. The blister member has a product-holding cavity having a sidewall, and is secured to the front surface of the substrate member by a bond line extending generally about the product-holding cavity. A tear strip is defined in one of the blister member and the substrate member. The tear strip comprises an opening tab having a distal edge disposed outwardly of the side wall at or adjacent a free edge in the blister card, and lines of weakness extending from approximately the distal edge inwardly on the blister card. The tear strip facilitates the creation of an opening in the blister card to provide access to the product-holding cavity. The tear strip is devoid of fixed bonding to the other of the substrate member and the blister member to allow for easy activation of the tear strip to open the package.

Abstract: Batteries are displayed for consumer purchase in a package which provides a means for spacing an electronic article surveillance sensor from the batteries contained within the package. By spacing the sensor away from the metal case of the batteries the interference typically caused by metal in close proximately to an electronic article surveillance sensor is eliminated. Two ways of accomplishing the spacing of the sensor from the batteries are disclosed. The first is a strip of cardboard placed between the surveillance sensor mounted on the side of the box and the batteries. The second is a specially designed box which has a box panel which divides the box into two compartments: one to hold the batteries and a second which creates a space between the batteries and the side of the box on which a surveillance sensor is mounted.

Abstract: Batteries are displayed for consumer purchase in a package which provides a means for spacing an electronic article surveillance sensor from the batteries contained within the package. By spacing the sensor away from the metal case of the batteries the interference typically caused by metal in close proximately to an electronic article surveillance sensor is eliminated. Two ways of accomplishing the spacing of the sensor from the batteries are disclosed. The first is a strip of cardboard placed between the surveillance sensor mounted on the side of the box and the batteries. The second is a specially designed box which has a box panel which divides the box into two compartments: one to hold the batteries and a second which creates a space between the batteries and the side of the box on which a surveillance sensor is mounted.

Abstract: An accessory (10) for attachment to a flashlight (F). The accessory carries replacement batteries (B) and a replacement bulb (L) for the flashlight. A housing (12) may be either circular or rectangular in cross-section. The length of the housing corresponds to the total length of the batteries required to replace the flashlight batteries. One end (14) of the housing is closed, its other end (16) is open, and the interior of the housing is sized for the replacement batteries to fit within the housing. An end cap (20) fits over the open end of the housing. The cap includes an interior bracket (26) in which the replacement bulb is stored, and the cap is removable for removal of the replacement batteries or the bulb. A ring (36) on the housing attaches to a ring (R) or a washer (40) on the flashlight for attaching the accessory to the flashlight; or, alternately, to an article of clothing worn by the user. This allows the accessory to be conveniently carried with the flashlight.

Abstract: A merchandise package (1) for packing articles (40) having a packing part (3, 3') including a substantially transparent plastic shrink-packing film for containing therein at least an article (40) which is directed to the same direction, the packing part being contained and held between a mounting board (2) and a holding part ( 4).

Abstract: The battery disposal and collection apparatus includes a terminal connection having a terminal electrode pressed by a pressing structure on an upper cover, a battery guide case having a battery container to which the terminal electrode is inserted when the upper cover is closed, and which contains batteries, a rotary plate having an electrode terminal and a battery dropping hole on the plane of a rotary plate under the battery guide case. The electrode terminal contacts the terminal of a battery at the side opposite to the one at the terminal electrode when the terminal of the battery contained in the battery container contacts the terminal electrode. A battery discharger discharges current flowing between the terminal electrode contacting the terminal of the battery contained in the battery container and the electrode terminal. A battery receiver stores the battery which is discharged by the battery discharger and dropped through the battery dropping hole of the rotary plate.

Abstract: A package for a battery or other article, comprising a sheet of material bent or folded along a plurality of substantially parallel fold lines 21, 22, 25, 26 to define an upwardly extending substantially flat panel region 15, an upper end locating region 11 extending forwardly from the lower extremity of the said panel region, a first limb 3 extending obliquely downwardly and rearwardly from the forward extremity of the end locating region, a second limb 5 extending obliquely forwardly and downwardly and defining with the first limb a V-section channel region, a lower end locating region 13 extending rearwardly from the lower limb, and a rear panel region 17 extending upwardly from the rear extremity of the lower end locating region and secured to the first mentioned panel region 15.

Abstract: A blister pack, particularly adaptable for use with batteries, is designed to incorporate a space for holding an electronic article surveillance sensor. The package consists of a blister of clear thermoformed plastic which has a thermoformed recess which holds the displayed product. The blister is then heat-sealed to a paperboard backing card which forms the backing of the blister pack. In order to incorporate the sensor the cavity of the blister is made deeper so the product is spaced away from the cardboard blister. This space is filled by a thin thermoformed thermoplastic tray. The tray has a surface which engages and supports the product, such as batteries, and a second surface which engages the card and a third surface which is spaced from the batteries towards the card which supports the electronic article surveillance sensor out of engagement with the batteries.

Abstract: A package for a battery or other article, comprising a sheet of material bent or folded along a plurality of substantially parallel fold lines (21, 22, 25, 26) to define an upwardly extending substantially flat panel region (15), an upper end locating region (11) extending forwardly from the lower extremity of the said panel region, a first limb (3) extending obliquely downwardly and rearwardly from the forward extremity of the end locating region, a second limb (5) extending obliquely forwardly and downwardly and defining with the first limb a V-section channel region, a lower end locating region (13) extending rearwardly from the lower limb, and a rear panel region (17) extending upwardly from the rear extremity of the lower end locating region and secured to the first mentioned panel region (15).

Abstract: A package for the containing and displaying of articles comprising a front panel having at least a first end, a rear panel having at least a first end, and a bottom panel having a first end and a second end. The bottom panel connects the front panel and rear panel. Each of the panels has a first side-channel, and a second side-channel removed from the first side-channel with all of the respective first and second side-channels being longitudinally aligned. A connecting means secures the first end of the rear panel to the front panel.

Abstract: Display package for electric batteries, constituted by the glued assembly of two parts of recyclable cardboard sheet, comprising, as a first part, a supporting plate (1) provided with a suitable eyelet (6) for being hung up, and as a second part a parallelepipedal receptacle (2) containing the batteries (7) and glued to the front, the lateral vertical walls (2b) of said parallelepipedal receptacle (2) each forming at their lower ends vertical prolongations (3) which extend until reaching the lower edge (1c) of the supporting plate (1) with which they cooperate in forming a base that is orthogonal to the supporting plate (1) and which makes it possible for the package to be self-supporting in the vertical position.