Packaging for a trailer hitch receiver

Packaging for a trailer hitch receiver including a cross beam carrying a receiver box and a pair of opposed side mounting brackets, said packaging comprising;

• an outer carton having four sidewalls and two end walls;
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• an insert received in said carton, said insert including a first set of aligned slots for engaging and holding said side mounting brackets, and a second set of aligned slots for forming a cradle for engaging and holding said cross beam, said insert engaging all four sidewalls of said carton so as to secure said cross beam and side mounting brackets against shifting in said carton;
• said packaging being further characterized by:
• said outer carton including a base section and a lid section;
• said base section including first and second sidewall panels each with opposing, hinged tongues, a third sidewall panel with a pair of locking slots adjacent distal ends thereof and a first pair of opposed doubled-over end wall panels hinged to said third sidewall panel, each of said first pair of end wall panels forming a first pocket for receiving one tongue of each of said first and second sidewall panels;
• and said lid section including a front sidewall panel with opposed hinged tongues, a top sidewall panel connected by a hinge to said second sidewall panel of said base section and a second pair of opposed doubled-over end wall panels hinged to said top sidewall panel each of said second pair of end wall panels forming a second pocket for receiving one tongue of said front sidewall panel.