Patent ID: 7093713

Claim:
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 which is foldably attached to each side panel, with at least one side end flap having an end remote from the side panel to which side end flap is attached, with said side end flap having a recessed section in said remote end in which a punch lock with two shoulders and a swing lock are located, with each lock attached to the side end flap by a fold line at least substantially parallel to the fold line by which the side end flap is attached to the side panel, said swing lock being located between the punch lock and the top panel of the carton, each said swing lock has a secondary male lock attached by a fold line that is at least substantially perpendicular to the fold line by which the swing lock is attached to the side end flap, said secondary male lock being located adjacent a shoulder of the punch lock, with said end flaps being held together by securing 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 located 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 foldably attached leading flap which extends toward the bottom panel of the carton, said pad having at least one female opening with at least one locking edge adjacent the interlocking end, said leading flap having at least one female opening with two locking edges; (d) with at least one punch lock on a side end flap on the interlocking end of the carton projecting through a female opening in the leading flap of the pad with each shoulder on the punch lock being engaged with a locking edge on said opening, with each secondary male lock projecting through a female opening in the pad with each secondary male lock engaging a locking edge of the female opening, thereby interlocking the pad to the side end flaps on the interlocking end of the carton; and (e) means for securing the other end of the carton.