Stacking ball carton, blank and method

Abstract

A stacking carton for a plurality of spherical or nesting products in which the carton comprises four tubular internal sections, four wall members or tube sides, and opposed closed ends is disclosed. The tubular sections are defined by two anchored full panel struts having anchor tabs for being secured interiorly of the tube sides, and two partial panel struts having a secured portion and an unsecured portion positioned in spaced relationship each to the other, the space being such that the contained articles such as a gold ball cannot pass through the space, and anchor tabs for the secured portions which are secured to the interior portions of their respective sides. The blank of the present invention is designed for a folding carton which has a tubular body and with four internal sections. The blank is characterized by four adjacent tube side panels, two of which are center panels and meet at an adjacent fold line, and two of which are remote panels which extend laterally from the respective center panels. At the remote ends anchors secure the struts of the partial strut panel member and glue flaps at the far ends of the carton secure the full strut to the respective central tube sides header portions. The bottom and top forming members extend from opposite sides of the tube sides.