Patent ID: 7168558
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An article carrying carton with two ends loaded with a plurality of articles, comprising: (a) said carton having a bottom panel, top panel and foldably attached adjoining side panels with at least one end being an interlocking end which is closed by a top end flap foldably attached to the top panel, a bottom end flap foldably attached to the bottom panel and a side end flap with an inside and outside which is foldably attached to each side panel, with each side end flap having an open-ended slit in an end remote from the side panel to which said side end flap is attached, with said end flaps being held together by closing means; (b) two layers of articles with at least two rows of articles in each layer; (c) an interlocking separator pad with two ends, of which at least one end is an interlocking end which is adjacent an interlocking end of the carton, said pad being located between the two layers of articles with each interlocking end of the pad having a single foldably attached leading flap with the leading flap extended through the slit in each side end flap on the interlocking end of the carton and interlocked with the side end flaps, with each interlocking end of the pad being folded in its entirety in a single direction such that the single leading flap is in a plane perpendicular to the bottom panel of the carton and being located on the outside of said side end flaps; and (d) means for closing the other end of the carton.