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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Tekni-plex, Inc., Wayne, PA (US);
Richard L. Ramirez, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Mark A. Bergeron, Monroe, GA (US);
Roger P. Lichtle, Decatur, GA (US);
Tekni-Plex, Inc., Wayne, PA (US);
Abstract
Plastic egg cartons having mating cell and lid posts for improved egg protection. The carton has a base tray and hinged lid, the tray including a plurality of cells for receiving individual eggs, and the tray having a plurality of cell posts each formed at an intersection of four adjacent cells as an extension of the sidewalls of the four adjacent cells. Preferable, each cell post has four generally planar ramp surfaces, one disposed respectively on each of the four sidewall extensions. The lid has a plurality of lid posts for mating with the cell posts when the lid is in a closed position.