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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Glenn D Ross, Smyrna, GA (US);
Assignee:
Sonoco Products Company, Hartsville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
22912026 ; 22912029 ; 229915 ; 229D / ; 229D / ; 229D / ;
Abstract
A divider is disclosed for imparting stacking strength to a shipping carton wherein the divider is comprised of a pair of fiberboard panels. The panels are aligned in an overlying contiguous relationship and bonded to each other at outer portions. Unbonded medial portions have at least four cut score lines permitting the panels at the medial portions to be separated to form an open support column of rectangular cross section, with the open supprt column providing vertical stacking strength within the carton.