Patent ID: 6036044
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A47F,B65D

Abstract:
A multi-compartmented storage and display container formed from paperboard or the like, comprising:a first blank of material including a plurality of radially-aligned arm panels extending from a floor panel; each of said arm panels having a proximal section spaced apart from a distal section by a first middle section and a second middle section, each of said proximal sections being hingedly attached to said floor panel; said floor panel including an arm panel passthrough aperture sized and positioned to accept passage therethrough of said second middle sections and said distal sections; said floor panel including a plurality of lower engagement apertures; each of said second middle sections including at least one partition flap extending therefrom; each of said distal sections including at least one engagement flap extending therefrom, said engagement flap including an upper engagement aperture passing therethrough; anda plurality of locking rods, each locking rod extending between one of said lower engagement apertures and a corresponding one of said upper engagement apertures, each locking rod having a length at least as long as the length of said second middle sections;whereby each of said arm panels is adapted to be folded so that said distal section is substantially perpendicular to said floor panel, with each said first middle section simultaneously being substantially parallel to said floor panel, with each said second middle section extending through said arm panel passthrough aperture and being substantially perpendicular to said floor panel, and each said distal section being substantially parallel to said floor panel; thereby forming an interior chamber bounded by said second middle sections, and a contiguous series of outwardly-facing divided compartments each bounded by said floor panel, at least one of said partition flaps, and one of said distal sections; and whereby each of said locking rods extends between one of said lower engagement apertures and a corresponding one of said upper engagement apertures.