Display package for blanket or the like

Abstract

A display package for a blanket comprises a bag formed of flexible sheet material, the bag comprising a tubular side wall having a first end and an opposite second end and a bottom wall joined to the first end of the tubular side wall so as to close the first end, the second end of the tubular side wall being open to allow a consumer to feel a blanket contained in the bag. At least one handle is bridged across the open second end to allow the display package to be carried by the handle as well as to hinder removal of the blanket through the open second end. The bag defines an opening proximate the closed first end, a releasable fastening system being arranged at the opening and being selectively engageable to close the opening and disengageable to open the opening for insertion and removal of a blanket therethrough.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to display packages for textile bedding articles such as blankets, throws, comforters, quilts, and the like. [0002] Such bedding products are frequently packaged in plastic bag-type packages for display in retail stores. The bags generally enclose the product completely. Although the packages are often constructed at least in part of transparent plastic materials so that the consumer can see the color and pattern of the product through the bag material, consumers also are frequently interested in the texture, thickness of material, and softness of the product. Consequently, consumers often open the packages so that they can feel the product. In many cases, once the package is opened, the consumer may remove the product from the package. Once the product is removed from the package, seldom is it replaced into the package in as neat and orderly a fashion as it was originally packaged. This leads to poor appearance of the...

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Benefits of technology

[0005] The present invention addresses the above needs and achieves other advantages by providing a display package for a blanket or the like that allows a consumer to manually feel the blanket without having to open the package or remove the blanket from the package. The display package in accordance with one embodiment of the invention comprises a bag formed of flexible sheet material, the bag comprising a tubular side wall having a first end and an opposite second end and a bottom wall joined to the first end of the tubular side wall so as to close the first end, the second end of the tubular side wall being open to allow a consumer to manually feel a blanket contained in the bag. At least one handle is affixed to the second end of the tubular side wall and bridges across the open second end, the handle being structured and arranged to allow the display package to be carried by the handle as well as to hinder removal of the blanket through the open second end. The bag defines an opening proximate the closed first end, a releasable fastening system being arranged at the opening and being selectively engageable to close the opening and disengageable to open the opening for insertion and removal of a blanket therethrough. Thus, with the package in accordance with the invention, the product contained in the package can readily be felt with the hand without having to open the package or remove the product. Because the package does not have to be opened, there is less tendency of the consumer to open the package and therefore less tendency to remove the product.

[0007] In a preferred embodiment, the bottom wall is substantially rectangular in peripheral shape, and the tubular side wall has a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape. The bag thus has a cuboid shape (i.e., a rectangular parallelepiped shape), which facilitates stacking two or more display packages one upon another, such as on a retail store display shelf. The cuboid shape of the package allows the package to retain a neat, stackable shape for extended periods of time, thereby improving the appearance of the products on store shelves. The retention of shape is further facilitated by constructing the package from relatively heavy-gauge polymer film material.

Problems solved by technology

This leads to poor appearance of the packages on the store shelves, which in turn can reduce the marketability of the products.

However, it is generally not possible with such bags to insert the entire hand and grab a handful of the product, and thus it is difficult to get a good sense of the thickness of the blanket material.

Although such packaging affords good access to the product, the packages tend to have irregular shapes and thus look sloppy on store shelves.

Additionally, the packages are not readily stackable because of their irregular shape.

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