Orientation-insensitive shipping carton

A shipping container comprising

• a carton having a plurality of interconnected walls each parallel to common longitudinal axis so as to form a right polygonal prism having a top end and a bottom end,
• means for closing said top end,
• means for closing said bottom end,
• a gimbal assembly contained within said carton and supported only by a first pair of pivot connections to an opposed pair of said walls, said gimbal assembly comprising a normally horizontal ring supported by said pivot connections, a normally vertical cradle pivotally connected at diametrically opposed points defining a horizontal axis to said ring by a second pair of pivot connections, said cradle comprising a product platform below said horizontal axis, intermediate said opposed points, so that the cradle and product platform have a combined center of gravity below said horizontal axis, whereby the cradle tends to remain in a vertical plane regardless of orientation of the carton,
• wherein each of said first pivot connections comprises a lug which extend outward from the ring through a respective hole in one of said walls, and has means for retaining said lug in said hole.