Article divider for boxes
AssigneeCentral Container Corporation
InventorJohn L. Swanson
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Abstract
A grid-like article divider for packing cartons, of foamed plastic such as polyurethane or polyethylene, the divider having spaced parallel stringer panels and transverse panels hinged to the longitudinal panels, the divider being formed in collapsed condition from a solid slab of foamed plastic which is die cut with slits or cleavage to define the side faces of all of the longitudinal and transverse panels and holes, and with hinging sections arranged so that the plugs deformed at the holes drop out and the ends of the transverse panel swing against the longitudinal panels in the grid-like divider.
Claims15
A grid like divider for separating articles from each other when packed into a carton, comprising
- a multiplicity of elongate longitudinal panels on edge and in spaced and confronting relation to each other, and
- a multiplicity of transverse panels extending transversely of and between adjacent longitudinal panels in a grid like arrangement and defining article confining openings,
- the longitudinal panels and the transverse panels being integral and in one piece with each other and being formed of foamed plastic, there being hinging sections of the plastic at both ends of each of the transverse panels, the hinging sections having a thickness substantially less than the thickness of the panels.
A formed slab of foamed plastic for forming a grid-like article divider, wherein the slab has ends and sides and a thickness, the slab having cleavage means through the thickness of the slab and defining a multiplicity of stringer panels and connector panels, the stringer panels extending between the ends of the slab and alternating in the slab between connector panels, the stringer panels having opposite faces each confronting and connected to a plurality of connector panels by hinging sections spaced from each other along the length of the stringer panels, the cleavage means defining a plurality of relief holes extending through the thickness of the slab and located between the ends of adjacent connector panels, each hole adjoining a pair of adjacent hinging sections, whereby to facilitate forming a grid-like article divider as the stringer panels are moved transversely apart and the connector panels are swung transversely therebetween.
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