Carton having article cushioning structure

Claim 2

A carton comprising an outer blank having top, bottom, and spaced sidewalls foldably joined along their edges to form an open ended tubular structure, article-cushioning and holding means disposed within said tubular structure and including an inner wall structure disposed in spaced generally parallel relation to at least one of said sidewalls, said inner wall structure including at least one pocket formed therein for receiving a portion of a side of an article packaged in the carton, a spacer panel foldably joined to the bottom edge of said inner wall structure, and a bottom anchoring panel secured in flat face contacting relation to the inner surface of said bottom wall and foldably joined along one edge thereof to an edge of said spacer panel.

Claim 3

A carton according to claim 1 wherein said cushioning and holding means comprises a top-anchoring panel secured in flat face-contacting relation to the inner surface of said top wall and foldably joined to the top edge of said inner wall structure, said top-anchoring panel having an outward protrusion formed on a side edge thereof and overlying said pocket.

Claim 4

A carton according to claim 2 wherein the outer edge of said protrusion is of a configuration which is complementary to the upper edges of said cushioning flaps.

Claim 5

A carton according to claim 1 wherein said spacer and said bottom-anchoring panels are disposed in parallel face contacting relation to each other.

Claim 6

An inner wall structure blank of generally rectangular configuration and comprising a top-anchoring panel disposed in transverse relation to the blank and forming the central portion thereof, inner wall structure foldably joined to opposite side edges of said top-anchoring panel, spacer panels foldably joined to the bottom edges of said inner wall structures respectively, bottom-anchoring panels foldably joined to said spacer panels respectively along the edges thereof remote from said inner wall structures, and a plurality of pairs of cushioning flaps struck from each of said inner wall structures and foldably joined thereto along fold lines which are generally normal to the top and bottom edges of said inner wall structures respectively, The flaps of each pair of cushioning flaps extending toward each other and their ends being defined by common slits respectively.

Claim 7

An inner wall structure blank of generally rectangular configuration and comprising a top-anchoring panel disposed in transverse relation to the blank and forming the central portion thereof, inner wall structure foldably joined to opposite side edges of said top-anchoring panel, spacer panels foldably joined to the bottom edges of said inner wall structures respectively, bottom-anchoring panels foldably joined to said spacer panels respectively along the edges thereof remote from said inner wall structures, and a plurality of pairs of cushioning flaps struck from each of said inner wall structures and foldably joined thereto along fold lines which are generally normal to the top and bottom edges of said inner wall structures respectively, The flaps of each pair of cushioning flaps extending toward each other and their ends being defined by common slits respectively.

Claim 8

A wraparound carton comprising an outer blank having a top wall, sidewalls foldably joined to said top wall along the side edges thereof, a pair of lap panels foldably joined to the bottom edges of said sidewalls respectively, means for securing said lap panels together to form a composite bottom wall of the carton, an inner blank having a top-anchoring panel secured to the inner surface of said top wall with at least one side edge spaced inwardly from the corresponding side edge of said top wall, an inner wall structure foldably joined to said one side edge of said top anchoring panel, a spacer panel foldably joined to the bottom edge of said inner wall structure, and a bottom-anchoring panel foldably joined to said spacer panel along an edge thereof remote from said bottom edge of said inner wall structure, the fold line between said spacer panel and said anchoring panel being in approximate coincidence with the fold line between the adjacent lap panel and sidewall, and means securing said anchoring panel to said lap panel whereby said outer and said inner blanks are simultaneously wrapped about one or more articles to be packaged.

Claim 9

A wraparound carton comprising an outer blank having a top wall, sidewalls foldably joined to said top wall along the side edges thereof, a pair of lap panels foldably joined to the bottom edges of said sidewalls respectively, means for securing said lap panels together to form a composite bottom wall of the carton, an inner blank having a top-anchoring panel secured to the inner surface of said top wall with at least one side edge spaced inwardly from the corresponding side edge of said top wall, an inner wall structure foldably joined to said one side edge of said top anchoring panel, a spacer panel foldably joined to the bottom edge of said inner wall structure, and a bottom-anchoring panel foldably joined to said spacer panel along an edge thereof remote from said bottom edge of said inner wall structure, the fold line between said spacer panel and said anchoring panel being in approximate coincidence with the fold line between the adjacent lap panel and sidewall, and means securing said anchoring panel to said lap panel whereby said outer and said inner blanks are simultaneously wrapped about one or more articles to be packaged.