Diamond International Corporation

Packaging Corporation of America

General Foods Limited

Kenneth D Bixler

Richard F Reifers

Henry A Lord

Robert E Ralphs

Nabil A El-Hag

Marilee D Egan

Donald C McCann

Daniel E Keene

Fred R Erxleben

Beverage tray

A carrier for beverage containers is provided which includes a plurality of container-accommodating sections arranged in laterally spaced relation. Each section includes a continuous peripheral rib which delimits an opening to receive a container. The rib comprises an outer flange and an inner flange which are interconnected along corresponding upper edges. The flanges depend divergently from the interconnected upper edges. Each rib is provided with a plurality of relatively spaced shoulders extending into the rib inner flange and forming same into a plurality of flange segements arranged in an endwise circumferentially spaced relation. Each shoulder includes a top portion extending inwardly from the interconnected flange upper edges. Depending from the top portion are opposed side portions, the latter interconnecting the top portion with corresponding ends of adjacent flange segments. A plurality of rib extensions are provided; each of which interconnects portions of the rib outer flanges of adjacent container-accommodating sections and coacts therewith to form a continuous peripheral rim which encompasses all of the container-accommodating sections.

Carrier for beverage containers

A filler flat construction for accommodating a plurality of fragile articles is provided which includes a plurality of article-accommodating cells arranged in side by side relation and forming substantially parallel rows. Adjacent cells in a row are separated by upstanding first shoulders, and corresponding cells in adjoining rows are separated by upright second shoulders. The first and second shoulders of a cell are angularly disposed and interconnected by upstanding hollow corner posts. Each post projects upwardly to a greater extent than the interconnected shoulders and the portion of the post which is elevated relative to the interconnected shoulders is provided with open side walls facing adjacent cells. The upper end portions of the open side walls of the post are interconnected by a cap section. Each cell includes a base section which is substantially delimited by wall segments extending divergently upwardly therefrom. The wall segments form surfaces of the shoulders and corner posts surrounding each cell.

Filler flat construction

A composite carton is provided having a tray section and a cover section of dissimilar material connected thereto for relative movement about a predetermined foldline between open and closed positions. The tray section has a marginal portion provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures. The cover section is formed of a substantially transparent plastic and is provided with a marginal ledge having a first portion defining the predetermined foldline and a second portion offset from the foldline and provided with a plurality of stud-like protuberances. The protuberances are fixedly inserted in the corresponding apertures. The contents of the tray section are readily observable when the cover section is in a closed position.

Composite carton

A beak-type lock particularly useful for an egg carton includes an upstanding latching member having a horizontal rib at its latching surface, which latching member is adapted to engage an orifice having a shoulder at its bottom margin and a recessed upper margin, and wherein the upper margin in the locking position falls behind a portion of the upstanding latching member to provide a double-acting lock.

Beak-type carton lock

A molded carton is provided having a lock system for retaining a cover section in an overlying closed relation with the open top of a base section. The lock system includes a hinged flange mounted on a front segment of the base sections defining the open top. The flange is mounted for limited inward pivotal movement from a normal upright position wherein the flange projects generally upwardly from the front of the base section. The flange is provided with a predetermined number of outwardly projecting protrusions which, when the cover section is in closed position, interlockingly engage a corresponding number of apertures formed in the front wall of the cover section.

Upwardly molded locking flange on carton

Carrier for beverage cups

Multi-row, windowed, molded egg cartons each have a relatively shallow cover hinged to a relatively deep tray wherein the cover is provided with a channeled formation in the cover which is reinforced by six ribs and wherein the hinge line between the cover and tray is so located that when the carton is open the top of the cover and the bottom of the tray are in the same plane and the top of the tray is in a plane above bottom of the cover and the cells in the tray each have square bottoms with the sides of the squares arranged at an angle of 45.degree. to the sides of the carton.

Multi-row egg cartons

A new and improved molded egg cell construction wherein the molded egg cell includes a cushion or pillopad on an up-post side wall of the cell which projects inwardly, a thin area formed on the outside of the cell adjacent its bottom which is square, the sides of which are oriented at 45.degree. to the sides and ends of the egg carton incorporating the cell, and in which the bottom is planar on its interior surface but formed with thin areas on the exterior of the bottom, in between which, is a footed formation.

Construction of universal egg cell cushion

Egg carton

An egg cell base is provided to create softened areas of egg contact. The base has a center area which creates a softened cushion for egg contact and also creates a gap to shield the eggs from contact with the surface upon which the egg carton rests. Internally, the bottom is provided with a crater construction which helps distribute contact over a larger shell area, and also helps locate and hold the egg tip in place. Surrounding the central area are foot areas of greater thickness which provide strength for stacking. The ring cushion also is capable of providing an accordian motion upward to accommodate high eggs that may bulge the cover of the carton stacked therebelow during shipment.

Egg cell construction

Convective heating tray

A new and improved molded egg cell construction and method for its manufacture, wherein the molded egg cell includes a cushion or pillopad on an up-post side wall of the cell which projects inwardly, a thin area formed on the outside of the cell adjacent its bottom which is square, the sides of which are oriented at 45.degree. to the sides and ends of the egg carton incorporating the cell, and in which the bottom is planar on its interior surface but formed with thin areas on the exterior of the bottom, in between which, is a footed formation.

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Huntington, NY, United States of America

Kenneth D Bixler