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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1998
Craig W Buscema, Atlanta, GA (US);
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
An article cradle (20) formed from a one-piece blank (10) has a bottom wall (22) and adjoining end (24) and side (40) walls. The end walls (24) have end wall flanges (26) extending therefrom. The side walls (40) have side wall flanges (46) extending therefrom. The end wall flanges are elongated and extend above (29) and below (28) the respective top and bottom edges of the end walls (24). The side wall flanges (46) are slightly elongated extending above (49) the top edges (48) of the side walls (40). The end walls and end wall flanges interlock with the side walls and side wall flanges to form an article compartment inwardly spaced from the outermost edges of the flanges.