Package for protecting a generally rectangular parallelpiped article

A four-piece package for protecting a rectangular parallelpiped article having a top and a bottom and four sides comprising:

• an inner liner having upper and lower edge portions, upper and lower flanges disposed along the upper and lower edge portions of said inner liner and engageable with upper and lower edges of said article,
• a pair of separate filler members forming upper and lower reinforcing ribs disposed within and lying against said upper and lower flanges respectively, and adapted to maintain said flanges engaged with said upper and lower edges, and
• an outer carton wrapped about said inner liner and said ribs wherein the inner dimensions of said outer carton correspond to the exterior dimensions of said inner liner,
• whereby said package is adapted to receive a container with said ribs and flanges engaging upper and lower ends of said container and with the inner liner engaging the walls of said container.

In combination with a generally rectangular parallelpiped article having a top including a handle and a spout, a bottom and four sides, a four-piece package comprising:

• an inner liner, said inner liner comprising a generally rectangular piece of corrugated board separated into three inner and two outer rectangular panels and including upper and lower reinforcing flanges wherein the dimensions of said three inner panels correspond to the dimensions of three sides of said parallelpiped article and the combined dimensions of said two outer panels correspond to the dimensions of a fourth side of said parallelpiped article, said inner liner surrounding said rectangular parallelpiped article and said upper and lower reinforcing flanges, respectively, abutting peripheral edges of the top and bottom of said generally parallelpiped article,
• a pair of separate filler members forming an upper and a lower reinforcing rib, said ribs each comprising a two-layer thick section of corrugated board folded at a plurality of vertical fold lines to form a figure-eight configuration, said ribs including a middle leg,
• said upper and lower reinforcing ribs are disposed against the top and bottom of said parellelpiped article with the middle leg of said upper reinforcing rib positioned between said handle and said spout, and maintaining said flanges abutted against said edges, and
• an outer carton adapted to receive said parallelpiped article, when surrounded by said inner liner and contacted by said upper and lower reinforcing ribs wherein the inner dimensions of said outer carton correspond to the exterior dimensions of said inner liner.