Recyclable container partition

A collapsible partition assembly for dividing the internal space inside a container, the collapsible partition assembly having a longitudinal divider extending in one direction, said longitudinal divider having at least one slot, said slot extending downwardly from the top edge of said longitudinal divider to a point mid-way down said longitudinal divider and a transverse divider extending in a direction intersecting the longitudinal divider, said transverse divider having at least one slot, said slot extending upwardly from the bottom edge of said transverse divider to a point mid-way up said transverse divider, a slot of said longitudinal divider being engaged with a slot of said transverse divider at an intersection, and said longitudinal divider being flexibly and permanently affixed to said transverse divider at said intersection by a securement bead.

A method of assembling a collapsible partition assembly, said assembly having a plurality of longitudinal dividers and a plurality of transverse dividers, each longitudinal divider having a series of spaced slots extending downwardly from the top edge of the longitudinal divider to approximately the middle of the longitudinal divider, each transverse divider having a series of spaced parallel slots extending upwardly from the bottom edge of the transverse divider to approximately the middle of the transverse divider, each slot of a transverse divider being engaged with a slot of a longitudinal divider at an intersection, said intersection defining four angles said method comprising:

• a. arranging a plurality of longitudinal dividers in a spaced, relationship;
• b. engaging the slots of the transverse divider with the slots of the longitudinal dividers;
• c. applying a securement bead to at least one angle of an intersection of each longitudinal divider with a transverse divider.

A method of assembling a collapsible plastic partition assembly, said assembly having at least one plastic longitudinal divider and at least one plastic transverse divider, said longitudinal divider having a slot extending downwardly from the top edge of the longitudinal divider, the transverse divider having a slot extending upwardly from the bottom edge of the transverse divider, said method comprising:

• a. engaging the slot of the transverse divider with the slot of the longitudinal divider to create an intersection of the dividers, said intersection having four included angles;
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• b. applying a securement bead at the intersection along one angle to secure said dividers in an assembled collapsible relationship.