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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:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Michel Auclair, Chateauroux, FR;
Assignee:
Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 8/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 8/102 ;
Abstract
A carton, a receptacle and a blank for packaging fragile articles, each comprising an article supporting platform, and upper and lower spacer structures provided to space the platform from the base, top and sides of an outer carton in which the receptacle is disposed, wherein one or more of the upper and lower spacer structures comprises a pair of members extending mutually divergently from the platform such that each of the members terminate at an intersection of a pair of walls of the outer carton.