Patent ID: 8844718
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. An article packaging arrangement for shipping a plurality of packaged articles within a shipping carton comprising: a molded pulp fiber bottom tray defining a plurality of lower securement chambers, a molded pulp fiber top tray defining a plurality of upper securement chambers, a support partition of intersecting panels disposed between said top tray, and said bottom tray forming a plurality of article receiving bays aligned with said securement chambers of said bottom tray and said top tray, said support partition having a plurality of first parallel panels extending in a first direction, having bottom edges supported by said bottom tray and top edges supporting said to tray, a plurality of second parallel panels intersecting said first panels having bottom edges supported by said bottom tray and top edges supporting said top tray wherein said bottom tray and said top tray each include hollow wails defining said securement chambers, said trays including posts disposed between adjacent hollow walls supporting said support partition; wherein said posts include protrusions defining a cross-shaped channel of straight segments, with said panels of said support partition cradled within said straight segments of said cross-shaped channels; wherein said hollow walls defining said securement chambers of said to tray and bottom tray are generally cylindrical and said lower securement chambers each include a bottom defining a crushable ring formed concentrically relative to said hollow generally cylindrical walls that protrudes into said lower securement chamber; wherein said intersecting panels of said support partition are corrugated cardboard having corrugation flutes disposed parallel to said edges engaging said bottom tray and said top tray.