Patent ID: 7240789

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 each 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 fold ably attached to each side panel, with each side end flap having at least one slot, with said end flaps being held together by closing means; (b) two layers of articles; and (c) an interlocking separator pad located between the two layers of articles, said pad having two ends, both of which are interlocking ends, with each end having at least two tabs extending through the slots in the side end flaps on an end of the carton, with at least one end of the interlocking pad having a leading flap which has been folded into a plane which is at least substantially parallel to the side end flaps and being lodged between the side end flaps and a layer of articles in the carton.