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.

1 . A display package for a blanket or the like, comprising: 
 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 affixed to the second end of the tubular side wall and bridging 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; and    a releasable fastening system joining the bottom wall to the first end of the tubular side wall along at least a major portion of a periphery of the bottom wall such that the bottom wall is at least partially detachable from the tubular side wall in order to create an opening in the bag for insertion and removal of a blanket.    
   
   
       2 . The display package of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom wall is substantially rectangular and the tubular side wall has a substantially rectangular shape in cross-section, such that the bag has a substantially cuboid shape that facilitates stacking of display packages one upon another.  
   
   
       3 . The display package of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the tubular side wall is transparent for viewing of a blanket contained in the bag.  
   
   
       4 . The display package of  claim 1 , wherein a pair of spaced-apart handles are affixed to the second end bridging across the open second end of the tubular side wall.  
   
   
       5 . The display package of  claim 1 , wherein the releasable fastening system comprises a zipper.  
   
   
       6 . The display package of  claim 5 , wherein the zipper extends about three-quarters of the way around the periphery of the bottom wall.  
   
   
       7 . The display package of  claim 1 , wherein the tubular side wall comprises transparent polymer film formed into a tubular shape.  
   
   
       8 . The display package of  claim 7 , wherein the bottom wall comprises a sheet of non-transparent material.  
   
   
       9 . The display package of  claim 7 , wherein the bottom wall comprises a sheet of transparent material.  
   
   
       10 . A display package for a blanket or the like, comprising: 
 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 affixed to the second end of the tubular side wall and bridging 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; and    the bag defining 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.    
   
   
       11 . The display package of  claim 10 , wherein the releasable fastening system comprises a zipper.  
   
   
       12 . The display package of  claim 11 , wherein the opening is defined at a juncture between the first end of the tubular side wall and a periphery of the bottom wall.  
   
   
       13 . The display package of  claim 12 , wherein the zipper extends about three-quarters of the way around the periphery of the bottom wall.