Shipping and storage container with integral divider insert

A one-piece blank erectable into a top-loading combination storage and shipment container without auxiliary fasteners, said blank being made from a stiff, foldable sheet material and comprising, in combination, a container-forming section and a divider insert-forming section, said container-forming section having a bottom wall-forming panel and pair of sidewall-forming panels each joined to said bottom wall-forming panel along spaced apart edges of said bottom wall-forming panels by longitudinal fold lines, and a pair of opposed container section end-forming portions each including panels for forming inner and outer container end flaps, a pad flap and a locking flap, with said end flap-forming panels being attached respectively to said opposed sidewall-forming panels, and with said pad-forming panel being joined along a fold line to one end flap-forming panel and with one of said end flap-forming panels having a locking flap-forming panel joined thereto along a fold line, with said pad flap-forming panel being foldable into overlying relation to said bottom wall-forming panel, with said inner end flap-forming panel being foldable so as to lie inside said outer end flap-forming panel and said locking flap being foldable over said inner end flap and having a free edge adapted to contact said pad flap to secure both of said end flaps and said locking flap against movement when said container ends are formed, said container section also including a cover assembly comprising a top wall-forming panel joined at a fold line along one of its edges to one of said sidewall panels, a closure panel joined at a fold line joined to the other edge of said top wall panel, with said divider insert section including a plurality of vertically and horizontally extending divider panels, with one of said divider panels being a divider sidewall-forming panel secured along a fold line to the other of said container sidewall panels, and being arranged to lie along said other container sidewall-forming panel, and each of the remainder of said divider panels being of reduced length relative to the length of said container sidewalls and being joined to an adjacent divider panel along a fold line, with all said divider insert-forming panels being constructed and arranged so as to be folded in sequence into a position entirely within said container and to divide the interior of said container into separate spaces, said blank being constructed such that when said end flaps are locked, said container section presents an open top, and whereby each of said separate spaces of said container during erection is sequentially accessible throughout its entire length from said open container top.

A multi-compartment combination storage and shipment container made from a single blank of stiff, foldable sheet material, and being adapted to have each of its compartments be loaded with product through its open top during erection, said container comprising, in combination, a container section and a divider insert section, said container section having an exterior bottom wall panel and opposed exterior sidewall panels, with each of said panels being separated from adjacent panels by longitudinal fold lines, and a pair of opposed container section end portions each being formed by flaps attached to at least one of said opposed sidewall and bottom wall panels, with one of said flaps being a locking flap folded into overlying relation with at least one other flap, said container section also including a cover assembly comprising a top wall panel joined at a fold line along one of its edges to one of said sidewall panels, a closure panel joined at a fold line joined to the other edge of said top wall panel, said divider insert portion including a plurality of vertically and horizontally extending divider panels, with one of said divider panels being secured along a fold line to the other of said container sidewall panels, and each of the remainder of said divider panels being joined to an adjacent divider panel along a fold line, with all said insert-forming divider panels being constructed and arranged to lie entirely within said container and with said one divider panel secured to said other sidewall panel, when erected, lying alongside and parallel to said other sidewall panel, and with the remainder of said divider panels being of reduced length relative to the length of said container sidewall panels, said divider panels being arrayed so as to divide said interior of said container into separate spaces, all of which are accessible throughout their entire length from the top of said container during erection of said container.