Abstract: An egg carton having a lower carton portion having four generally flat side walls and an upper carton portion likewise having four generally flat side walls and an egg-supporting sheet held in the lower carton portion. The insert has an opening for each egg and is separte from the upper and lower portions of the carton.

Abstract: A heat-sealable leakproof container formed from a cut and scored blank of paperboard incorporates foldable gusset panel structural configuration which obviates leakage from the container and enhances its strength and rigidity. The container includes a pair of side wall panels adapted to be secured in an overlapping relationship which are foldably attached at front and rear edges of a bottom wall panel. A pair of double gusset sections are foldably secured at opposite sides of the bottom wall panel and also to the side wall panels. Each gusset section comprises a first triangular panel foldably secured to the bottom wall panel with second and third triangular panels foldably secured between the first triangular panel and the respective side wall panels. The second and third triangular panels are adapted to overlap and the fold line in between nest together when the gusset section is folded to provide a strong leakproof joint.

Abstract: A container formed from a single, unitary paper-board blank wherein certain side and bottom wall panels of the blank are provided with openings for receiving tabs on selected other top and bottom wall-forming flaps to lock the container in its erected, closed condition, when the blank is folded.

Abstract: A shipping container formed by joining a base member having a floor, sides, and top with a reinforcing member having front and rear panels joined by a vertical support panel. These two members combine to form a crush resistant container. Preferably, there is a pocketed insert overlying the floor and held in position as an integral part of the container by sealing together the base and reinforcing members. The container is highly crush resistant and suitable for shipping bottles of liquid, such as those containing sterile intravenous solutions or other medical liquids.

Abstract: The container of this invention has an internal divider which defines a plurality of compartments or recesses for receiving objects such as bottles or jars and keeping them separated from one another to prevent such articles from being broken by coming into contact with one another when the container is being transported or stored. The outer casing of the container also has a lid opening tongue which is integrally connected across a fold line with the central area of one end portion of a top panel or a front wall, and a sealing piece which is defined between a fold line and an arcuate score line.

Abstract: In a container for holding bulk materials or the like, and formed from a blank of paperboard stock, it incorporates front, side, and rear walls of substantially equal size, a bottom wall formed of various bottom flaps providing closure at its lower segment, and a cover for the container formed from a series of top flaps that foldably connect to the upper edges of the aforementioned walls. The cover is provided with an upstanding handle to facilitate the conveyance of the container, and this handle is formed from a pair of hand panels that foldably connect with certain of the top flaps, with each hand panel formed from a pair of handle flaps, one flap of which foldably connects with the top flaps securing with the front and rear walls, while the second handle flap foldably connects along a side edge with the side edge of the first mentioned handle flap, and when these handle flaps are folded over into adjacency, they are formed having aligned slots to facilitate the entrance of the hand during container usage.

Abstract: A box construction is characterized by double-layered side walls and by a paper wrapping extending over the exterior surface of the box and continuing over each interior side wall and each interior end wall. Each double-layered side wall consists of a single thickness of paperboard, covered on one side with paper wrap and folded inwardly over itself, so that the external paper wrap also covers the interior side walls and the interior end walls, giving the box a desirable "finished" appearance.

Abstract: The side edges of a blank from which a flip-top cigarette box may be folded have elongated recesses or toothed configuarations formed by various side flap portions of narrow and full width. Adjacent lines of blanks on a strip of packaging material are disposed in opposite directions and longitudinally offset or displaced with their side edges matingly interleaved, to thereby minimize material waste.

Abstract: A single, planar, paperboard blank is disclosed, which when folded, forms a rectangular box construction provided with integral, two ply divider partitions within the interior of the box. The partitions form four individual cells between the side walls of the box for receiving articles.

Abstract: A cover or closure arrangement for a product container of the type having a tubular body fabricated of paperboard or similar material which is characterized by a ring member formed of a semi-rigid plastic material having narrow top and side flanges and outer and inner annular grooves opening downwardly and inwardly, respectively, for securing the ring member on the top margin of the body sidewall and for removably securing a disc of paperboard, or the like, in closure forming relation in the ring member.

Abstract: A rectangularly shaped container having opposed end walls, opposed side walls, a bottom wall and spaced apart top wall sections forming a display opening therein is maintained in a rigid erected state by lock forming structure interconnecting various walls of the container at the corners of the latter. Each end of the top walls is provided with an integrally formed foldable flap that includes a tab which is inserted into a corresponding diagonal slot in the side walls as the container is folded during set-up thereof to securely hold the several walls in fixed relationship to each other without the need of gluing, taping or stapling. The container is formed from a blank comprising a single sheet of cardboard or the like and is suitable for shipping and displaying articles contained therein.

Abstract: A liquid container having a container proper, a lid portion and bottom portion made of paperboard. Small pieces which protrude outwardly are disposed at the outer edges of inner bottom sheets. When the inner bottom sheets are bent along V-shaped fold lines, opening parts of the paperboard material at the small piece parts are held between tip pieces of outer bottom sheets in such a manner that the bent parts of the small pieces lie at the center of the bottom portion of the container. The opening parts are not exposed to the interior of the container. Therefore, the fear of contact of the opening parts with the content is completely eliminated, and the container can be utilized for a long period of time.

Abstract: An improved cushion pad is disclosed for use in packaging glassware or other fragile articles in a compartmented carton. Such cartons, including the well known corrugated fiberboard cartons, are used with vertical dividers for packaging articles having extending extremities such as glass stemware, whose projecting feet and flaring tops may project into adjacent compartments and engage and chip or crack one another. The cushions of this invention have preformed grooves to receive the tops and bottoms of the dividers causing the extremities of the articles to be positioned away from the spaces between dividers thereby preventing them from striking one another during carton handling.

Abstract: A container for packaging frozen food in which the food can be reheated including a paperboard tray having upstanding side walls and horizontal flanges and an upright central divider wall forming separate food compartments in the tray. Each compartment can be subdivided by pivoting a panel cut from the base of the tray transversely of the compartment to an upright position and locking the panel to the central divider wall. A pre-formed, semi-rigid blister of thermoformable plastic material is combined with the paperboard tray to provide a leak proof container.

Abstract: Disclosed is a paper-board end cap for a tubular central section in the shape of an oval sleeve. The end cap is found from a rectangular paper-board having an oval shaped crease symmetrical about the long axis of the rectangle. The end cap is folded along the crease and inserted into the tubular central section.

Abstract: A collapsible box made of paperboard or foil-laminated paperboard or the like which takes little space when collapsed and stored, and which can be quickly erected by simple operation to form a box.

Abstract: A carton is erected from a cardboard one-piece blank having a connected series of five central elongated panels and four pairs of side flaps, with the blank being erected to form a tray to receive a product before being folded and closed. In one embodiment certain elongated panels have concave or convex fold lines and the panels are proportioned to form a carton having a sculptured and tapered appearance.

Abstract: A container includes a hollow truncated body made of paper material. The container body is tapered off so that the bottom end opening of the body is larger in size than the top end opening thereof. The top end of the body has an edge portion which is widened outwardly to a predetermined degree. The cover is bonded to the inner face of the widened edge portion of the body. The cover is sealed to the upper edge of the body after some desired liquid or powder is put into the container body.

Abstract: A strip made up of consecutive package blanks has been described. This strip consists of cardboard and has continuous longitudinal folding lines, which divide each blank into longitudinal zones, and in each blank four transversal folding lines which divide the blank into five transversal zones. Thus each blank can be folded to become a package wherein the centermost transversal zone constitutes the rectangular sides of the package, the transversal zones following on either side and which have on the areas of the longitudinal zones, which in the folding process come to be opposite each other, oblique folding lines enabling a folding up constitute the ends of the package and the edgemost transversal zones constitute at the ends seams which close the package. The seams are formed by cardboard layers that are lying against each other and bonded together with the aid of plastic.

Abstract: The invention provides a tubular container whose wall at at least one end is curled over to form a bead for engagement with a closure, the said curled over end portion of the container wall being of thinner gauge than the adjacent wall portion. The container can have a foil diaphragm secured across the beaded end, and may have a reusable overcap or lid engaging around the bead and closing the beaded end of the container. The beaded end of containers according to the invention is more durable than that of prior constructions, and can provide a better seat for a sealing diaphragm.