EGG CARTON

摘要

EGG CARTON A MOLDED EGG CARTON HAVING A WINDOWED COVER AND A CELLULAR TRAY FOR THE RECEPTION OF EGGS IN WHICH THE WINDOWED COVER INCLUDES DOWNPOSTS AND THE TRAY INCLUDES UP POSTS AND IN WHICH THE DOWNPOSTS HAVE AN OFFSET MALE PORTION AND THE UP POSTS ARE FORMED WITH A RECESS IN THEIR UPPERMOST PORTION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE OFFSET LOWERMOST TIP OF THE OFFSET MALE PORTION. THE WINDOWS IN THE COVER ARE ON EACH SIDE OF THE DOWNPOSTS AND ARE SET IN RELATIVELY STEEP WALLS WHICH FORM PARTS OF THE DOWNPOSTS. THE WINDOWS ARE PROVIDED WITH "EYE LID" FORMATIONS EXTENDING THEREAROUND. THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE SIDE WALLS OF THE UP POSTS INCLUDE GENERALLY CONCAVE YIELDABLE AREAS FACING INTO EACH CELL EXTENDING THEREAROUND, THE TIP OF EACH DOWNPOST AND THE BOTTOM OF THE CRATER OF EACH UP POST ASSOCIATED THEREWITH BEING SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER A DISTINCT DISTANCE WHEN THE COVER IS INITIALLY CLOSED WITH THE DISTINCT DISTANCE DISAPPEAR ING WHEN A LOAD OF SUCH MAGNITUDE AS THAT OF A PLURALITY OF LOADED EGG CARTONS IS STACKED THEREON. OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE GENERALLY CONCAVE YIELDABLE AREAS OF THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE SIDE WALLS OF THE UP POSTS ARE GENERALLY CONVEX AND FORM INNER WALLS OF THE CRATER.