Patent ID: 8056709
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package and a plurality of containers, the package comprising: panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the package, the panels comprise a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel and a second side panel, wherein the bottom panel defines the bottom of the interior of the package; at least one feature in the bottom panel that receives and holds top portions of the containers, the at least one feature comprising at least two apertures for receiving the top portions of the containers and a brace disposed between the apertures in the interior of the package to engage the containers and at least partially restrain movement of the containers in the package, the brace comprising a first brace panel foldably attached to the bottom panel and a second brace panel foldably attached to the bottom panel, the first and second brace panels being interlockingly engaged to form the brace, the first brace panel comprising a first upper brace section and a brace aperture, and the second brace panel comprising a second upper brace section and a projection, the projection being received in the brace aperture, wherein the brace aperture comprises at least an arcuate first slit and a second slit extending from the first slit, and the brace aperture at least partially defines at least one flap; wherein a bottom surface of the second upper brace section at least partially overlaps the first upper brace section, and the at least one flap of the first brace panel at least partially overlaps a top surface of the second upper brace section; and wherein each container of the plurality of containers comprises a flange, and each of the first and second brace panels engages an underside of at least one of the flanges; wherein the brace aperture further comprises a third slit and a fourth slit, the second, third, and fourth slits extending from a convex side of the arcuate first slit, wherein the arcuate first slit comprises two ends within the first upper brace section and the second, third, and fourth slits are spaced apart from the two ends of the arcuate first slit, and wherein the at least one flap comprises at least two flaps at least partially defined by the first, second, third, and fourth slits.