Claims
- 1. A paperboard container and divider comprising:
- a container base having a bottom and four side walls which intersect in upstanding corners each disposed at right angles to the bottom;
- a divider having four divider panels each radiating from a common central axis extending normal to the center of said bottom and each panel having a free side edge that extends upright parallel to said axis within a corner formed by two of said side walls of said base and extends beyond said base;
- a cover for said base operative to close the container and having a top which in closed position lies parallel to said bottom, and the cover having four side walls each at right angles to the top, the cross section of said cover taken normal to said axis being the same as the cross section of said base, and the corners formed by the four side walls of both the base and the cover being everywhere mutually parallel and parallel with said axis;
- locking means located internally of the base and cooperating with catch means on the free side edges of the divider to maintain the divider fixed within the base; and
- each of said upright free side edges of said divider panels extending in a straight line above the side walls of said base to a height equal to the height of the side walls of said cover, whereby the free side edges of the divider fit into the corners of the cover and form a cover guide as the cover is slidingly telescoped over the divider to said closed position wherein the free lower edges of the side walls of the cover abutt the free upper edges of the side walls of the base.
- 2. A paperboard container and divider as claimed in claim 1 wherein said divider is made from a single blank, said blank having two similar interconnected series of four similar panels, the panels having side edges and end edges, the panels of each series being serially arranged and each hinged to its next following panel in series at connecting side edges, the first panel of each series being hinged at connecting end edges to the first panel of the other series, and the fourth panel of each series being hinged at connecting end edges to the fourth panel of the other series; the blank being foldable along the line interconnecting the second and third panels of said two series of panels to cause the second and third panels of each series of panels to lie in juxtaposed relation; the blank being foldable along the line between the ends of the first panels and ends of the fourth panels of each series to cause the first panel and the fourth panel of each series to lie in juxtaposed relation to the first and fourth panels respectively of the other series whereby the blank is formed into said divider of four double ply divider panels radiating from said central axis; the interior side walls of the base having said locking means, the ends of the double ply divider panels having said catch means adapted to engage with said locking means as the divider is inserted into the base to secure the divider into the base; a lifting ribbon secured to said blank to overlie the marginal edges of a line that defines the hinged connections between the first and second panels of each of said series of panels, said ribbon being secured as aforesaid to only one of said four first and second panels, said ribbon being adapted to extend above the free ends of second and third panels of each series in the set up divider whereby to provide a lifting ribbon for the set up divider.
Parent Case Info
This invention relates to a divided container and is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/370,105 filed on Mar. 20, 1982.
The container art is a very well developed art. Prior to this invention there is a vast number of constructions for divided containers each of which probably has advantages over most of its competitors as least for a specific purpose. While the container art is a crowded one, it is also one that is continually improving and expanding. Packaging is one of the most active industries in our society and improvements in packaging are developed on almost a daily basis.
Even with the multitude of containers with dividers that are already in place in the prior art, there are requirements that cannot be fullfilled by the prior art as well as one would like them to be fullfilled.
This particular invention provides a new inexpensive, good looking rigid container for products that require a container of good appearance and high rigidity. One can always obtain a good looking container with the necessary rigidity at a price. Good appearance and rigidity can always be obtained if one is willing to pay any price. It is not too often that one can obtain these qualities at a lesser cost than is customary in the trade.
This invention achieves a good looking container that is structurally rigid at a highly competitive price. It has further the ability to display the product that it packages in an attractive manner for consumption.
The container may well have many uses, but it has been successfully used for packaging chocolate mint stick confectionery and this embodiment will be described. Confectionery containers are usually designed to display the contents immediately the cover is removed. This container achieves this objective in a most attractive manner because it maintains the contents in an upright position through the function of the dividers.
The objects of the invention have been achieved with the combination of a specific design of divider, base and cover that cooperate to achieve the good appearance and rigidity at a competitive price.
A paperboard container and divider according to the present invention comprises a base having a bottom and four side walls each at right angles to the bottom; a divider having four divider panels each radiating from a common central axis and each having a free end that terminates in a corner formed by two of said side walls of said base; a cover for said having base having a top and four side walls each at right angles to the top, the cross section of said cover being the same as the cross section of said base; said divider panels extending to a height above the side walls of said base a distance equal to the height of the side walls of said cover whereby the free ends thereof form a cover guide as the cover is telescoped thereover to cause the side walls of the cover to abutt the side walls of the base. The invention will be clearly understood after reference to the following detailed specification read in conjuction with the drawings.
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Patent Grant
4512511
