Patent ID: 7628368
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. In a roll support and spacing member having parallel, connected, nestable first and second sections foldable upon a hinge to provide support structure in the middle of a stack of rolls and having upwardly and downwardly facing, roll engaging indentations with the sections being selectively separable to provide top and bottom support pieces for engaging rolls in the stack, the sections being movable into superposed relationship with one another, the improvement wherein: the first section having a peripheral flange extending along a first common plane and the second sections having a peripheral flanges extending along a second common plane, wherein the peripheral flanges are each located along opposed sides and opposed ends thereof and formed with cooperable, interlocking structure selectively engagable for positively retaining the sections together when the sections are placed in superposed relationship, wherein the interlocking structure is formed as a tab and notch arrangement formed entirely within the first and second common planes, wherein the first and second common planes are parallel to each other and the tab and notch arrangement is selectively engagable and disengagable while the sections are in the superposed relationship such that the tab and notch arrangement prevents separation of the first and second sections from the superposed relationship when engaged.