Patent ID: 6223902
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
Packaging for glasses having stems, the glasses each having a base, a stem mounted on the base and an open bowl mounted on the stem comprising a case in the form of a parallelepiped having parallel spaced-apart side walls and parallel spaced-apart end walls adjoining the side walls at right angles thereto and top and bottom closures to provide an enclosed space for a plurality of juxtaposed glasses disposed in the space within the case, a base platform having a plurality of spaced-apart wells receiving the bases of the glasses, a top platform having a plurality of spaced-apart wells receiving the bowls of the glasses, each of said base platform and said top platform having a plurality of pedestals disposed between the wells and being formed integral therewith, said pedestals having a height so that the pedestals are in engagement with each other to provide support for the glasses to protect the glasses and particularly the stems of the glasses against compressive forces applied to the case and to the base and top platforms to inhibit breakage of the stems of the glasses.