Joseph Lock

US Patent:

40530990, Oct 11, 1977

Filed:

Oct 4, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/729357

Inventors:

Joseph H. Lock - Mableton GA

Assignee:

The Mead Corporation - Dayton OH

International Classification:

B65D 530

US Classification:

229 28R

Abstract:

An article tray comprises a bottom wall, spaced side walls foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the bottom wall, a top wall foldably joined respectively along the side edges thereof to the upper edges of the side walls, spaced end panels foldably joined respectively to the end edges of the bottom wall, a plurality of apertures formed in the top wall, the apertures adjacent the ends of the tray having a locking surface adjacent and parallel to the ends of the tray, a plurality of stabilizing tabs formed on the end panels at each end of the carrier and disposed in abutting engagement with the underside of the top wall, a plurality of locking tabs interspersed between the stabilizing tabs and formed on the end panels at each one end of the carrier and disposed within the apertures, and a pair of shoulders formed on each locking tab and disposed in an overlapping abutting relationship with the topside of the top wall, and the lower edges of the shoulders being disposed in approximately the same horizontal plane as the upper edges of the stabilizing tabs.