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A method of packaging and displaying a relative flat product, and intermediate and final package produced, allow a desirably thick package to be produced yet the package can be shipped in a low volume configuration to save shipping costs, and can be expanded at or adjacent the display site in a simp

A method of packaging and displaying a relative flat product, and intermediate and final package produced, allow a desirably thick package to be produced yet the package can be shipped in a low volume configuration to save shipping costs, and can be expanded at or adjacent the display site in a simple yet effective manner. The package is particularly suitable for packaging a prepaid phone card having machine readable indicia, an opening being provided in the package blank so that the machine readable indicia is visible through the opening so that the phone card can be activated without removing the phone card from the completed package.

대표청구항 ▼

[What is claimed is:] [1.](a) cutting a box blank from a sheet or web of paperboard, the blank having first and second major surfaces;(b) attaching the relatively flat article to the first major surface of the blank;(c) folding the blank around the relatively flat article, and attaching portions of

[What is claimed is:] [1.](a) cutting a box blank from a sheet or web of paperboard, the blank having first and second major surfaces;(b) attaching the relatively flat article to the first major surface of the blank;(c) folding the blank around the relatively flat article, and attaching portions of the blank to each other, to form an intermediate package and so that the first major surface is at least primarily an inner surface of the intermediate package, and so that the second major surface is at least primarily an outer surface of the intermediate package, and so that the intermediate package is also substantially flat, having a first interior volume; then(d) shipping the substantially flat intermediate package to at or near a display location; then(e) at or near the display location, expanding the substantially flat intermediate package so that it has a second interior volume greater than the first interior volume, to form a completed package;(f) acting on the completed package to maintain it in completed package form; and then(g) displaying the completed package from (f) at the display location.