ARTICLE-REVEALING CARTON FOR FRAGILE OBJECTS

• Main Author: HASSING-HANSEN, JENS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.06.1974
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

The present invention relates to an article-revealing carton for fragile objects, particularly eggs, consisting of a container section with a cover section hinged thereto, said container section having a plurality of article-receiving compartments arranged in at least two parallel rows and also upwardly extending projections located between said rows of compartments, and said cover section having at least two upwardly projecting gable portions extending parallel with the rows of compartments and a roof portion recessed between two neighboring gable portions and interconnecting the lowermost edges of the opposed sides of the neighboring gable portions, and moreover there is provided a number of apertures corresponding to the compartments in the container section, said apertures being formed in the recessed roof portion and the sides of the gable portions adjoining thereto, and being arranged so as to coincide with the respective compartments in the container section, when the cover section is closed thereon, and that the recessed roof portion has a downwardly projecting web which extends along the entire length of the roof portion and has a trough-shaped cross section and forms an open-end channel, and that the web and the projections are so formed and arranged in relation to each other that the web rests on the tops of the projections, when the cover section of the carton is closed on the container section.