Patent ID: 8434620

Claim:
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 top 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 walls 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 top 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.