Three cell divider for carton
AssigneeOwens-Illinois, Inc.
InventorEdwin C. Taylor, Sr.
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a three cell divider for a rectangular corrugated box which may be fabricated from a single sheet of corrugated board by cutting and scoring operations thereon, and then erected for insertion in the box. The divider comprises a horizontal bottom portion having two panel portions integrally secured to opposite sides and opposite ends of the bottom portion and respectively foldable into an upright, horizontally U-shaped configuration, thus defining two divider walls and four walls abutting the box walls. Projecting tabs on the free ends of two of the abutting walls engage notches in opposed corners of the horizontal bottom portion to maintain the divider in its erected position.
Claims4
A three cell corrugated divider for insertion in an open top of a rectangular box comprising a single blank folded to define:
- (1) a horizontal bottom portion insertable in the box and conforming to the bottom of the box;
- (2) a first horizontally U-shaped vertical divider having the vertical bight portion adapted to traverse the space between opposed side walls of the box and two vertical arm portions respectively adapted to abut opposed end areas of said opposed side walls, only one of said vertical arm portions being foldably secured to a portion of one edge of said horizontal bottom portion, and
- (3) a second horizontally U-shaped vertical divider having a vertical bight portion adapted to traverse the space between said opposed side walls of the box in horizontally spaced relation to the bight portion of said first vertical divider and two vertical wall portions respectively adapted to abut the other opposed end areas of said opposed side walls of the box, only one of said vertical wall portions of said second vertical divider being foldably secured to a portion of the other edge of said horizontal base portion.
A corrugated blank for erection as a three cell divider for a rectangular carton comprising:
- a rectangular center portion constructed and arranged to lie in the bottom of the carton in conforming relation to the carton bottom, a first flap foldably secured to an end portion of one longitudinal edge of said center portion for a minor portion of the length of said first flap, thereby permitting folding of said first flap into a vertical position relative to said center portion, a pair of longitudinally spaced, parallel score lines traversing said first flap, said score lines being spaced apart by a distance equal to the width of the carton, permitting folding of said first flap portion into a U-shaped configuration in a horizontal plane with the arm portions of the "U" respectively abutting the opposite longitudinal walls of the carton and the base of the "U" dividing the interior of the carton;
- and a second flap foldably secured along a minor portion of its length to an end portion of the other longitudinal edge of said center portion in diagonally opposed relation to said first flap, thereby permitting folding of said second flap into a vertical position relative to said center portion, a pair of longitudinally spaced, parallel score lines traversing said second flap portion, said score lines being spaced apart by a distance equal to the width of the carton, permitting folding of said second flap portion into a U-shaped configuration in a horizontal plane with the arms of the "U" respectively abutting the opposite longitudinal walls of the carton and the base of the "U" dividing the interior of the carton.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.