摘要 |
<p>In a wire shipping and dispensing package (10) comprising a wire-carrying spool (13) disposed vertically in a generally rectangular carton (11) having side and end walls (15,16,17,18) extending upwardly from a substantially square bottom section (20) to define a substantially square open top, the lower end portion of the carton (11) is adapted to frictionally fit within the upper end portion of a substantially identical carton (11) disposed therebelow. A pad sheet (14) is removably secured in the open top of the carton (11) in engagement with the rim (30) of an upwardly cupped upper end flange (23) of the spool (13) and provides a seating surface for the bottom section (20) of a substantially identical carton (11) disposed thereabove with its lower end portion fitted into the upper end portion of the lower carton (11). The pad sheet (14) has a central opening (38) therein providing access to handle means (32) affixed to the spool (13) and located within the confines of the upper end flange (23) for manual lifting and transport of the spool (13) by the handle means (32) while the carton (11) is retained on the spool (13) by the pad sheet (14).</p> |