Suspended carton within a carton
AssigneeInternational Paper Company
InventorRobert Louis Gordon
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Abstract
A container for packaging fragile items. The container provides an inner carton suspended within an outer carton. The suspension is achieved by means of integral end flaps on the inner carton which interlock the end flaps of the outer carton.
Claims3
A package which comprises a sealed first carton of foldable material and having side walls and end flaps foldably connected thereto, a sealed second carton surronding said first carton, said second carton of foldable material and having side walls and end flaps foldably connected thereto, connecting tabs foldably connected to opposite end flaps of said first carton, portions of said connecting tabs congruently abutting each other, said second carton having aligned slotted portions in the end flaps thereof, said portions of connecting tabs congruently abutting each other extending through said aligned slotted portions and the terminal portions of said connecting tabs folded to lay within a parallel plane to the end flaps of said second carton and attached thereto.
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