Egg carton

• US 3,176,899 A
• Filed: 08/23/1963
• Issued: 04/06/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Michael J. Mcmahon
• Original Assignee: Michael J. Mcmahon
• Inventors: Mcmahon, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US04/304,153
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• US Class Current: 206/521.1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/32 for eggs

Claims

1. AN EGG CARTON COMPRISING:

(A) A BOX-LIKE CLOSURE MEMBER FORMED FROM A BLANK OF SHEET MATERIAL AND COMPRISING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BOTTOM OF WALL-FORMING MEMBER HAVING FRONT, REAR AND OPPOSITE END WALL-FORMING FLAPS SECURED THERETO ALONG MARGINAL FOLD LINES;

(B) SAID FRONT AND REAR WALL-FORMING FLAPS HAVING FOLDABLE TABS PROJECTING LATERALLY TO OVERLAP EACH OTHER EXTERIORLY OF SAID END WALL-FORMING FLAPS WHEN ALL OF SAID WALL-FORMING FLAPS ARE CAUSED TO ASSUME OPERATIVE POSITIONS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID WALL-FORMING MEMBER;

(C) MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID TABS IN SAID OVER-LAPPING RELATIONSHIP;

(D) EGG SUPPORTING AND SEPARATING TRAY MEANS REMOVABLY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CLOSURE MEMBER HAVING EGG RECEIVING CRADLES THEREIN RESTING ON SAID BOTTOM WALL-FORMING MEMBER WITH THE EDGES OF SAID TRAY MEANS ABUTTING SAID FRONT AND REAR WALL-FORMING FLAPS AT APPROXIMATELY THE MIDSECTION THEREOF;

(E) A TOP WALL-FORMING FLAP ON A FOLD LINE EXTENDING TO SAID REAR WALL-FORMING FLAP ON A FOLD LINE EXTENDING ALONG THE MARGINAL UPPER EDGE OF THE LATTER;

(F) FLAP ELEMENTS FOLDABLY SECURED TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID COVER-FORMING MEMBER HAVING A LENGTH SUFFICIENT TO PLACE THE ENDS THEREOF BETWEEN SAID END WALLFORMING FLAPS AND ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID TRAY MEANS WHEN SAID COVER MEMBER IS CLOSED;

(G) A LIP FOLDALBY SECURED TO THE FREE OUTER EDGE OF SAID COVER-FORMING MEMBER SAID LIP LIKEWISE BEING RECEIVED WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE DEFINED BY SAID BOTTOM WALL MEMBER AND SIDE WALL-FORMING FLAMPS AND BUTTING AGAINST THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID TRAY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID FRONT WALL-FORMING FLAP;

AND (H) REUSEABLE MEANS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED PRESSURESENSITIVE AREA ON THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID FRONT WALLFORMING FLAP FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID LIP TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID FRONT WALL-FORMING FLAP.