Title: Merchandise container

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1. A merchandise container, comprising:

(a) a box-like base formed of a single piece of paperboard, the top wall of said base having an opening,

(b) a box-like insert, formed of a single piece of paperboard, within the opening in said base top wall, said insert projecting above said base top wall and having dimensions in a horizontal plane smaller than the corresponding dimensions of said base, so that said base and insert together have a stepped configuration, and said insert having an opening in its top wall for accommodating an article of merchandise,

(c) a double walled shell formed of a single piece of paperboard, at least one end of said shell being open, and

(d) a liner, formed of a single piece of paperboard, within said shell, said liner projecting downwardly beneath the bottom edge of said shell and sized and shaped to fit snugly around the portion of said insert projecting above said base.

2. A merchandise container as defined in claim 1 including a core, formed of a single piece of paperboard, between all the double walls of said shell.

3. A merchandise container as defined in claim 2 wherein said core is bent along parallel lines to define separate sections of the core which meet at corners, each section being between one of the double walls of said shell, and at least one tab cut from each section and extending to a corner between that section and an adjacent section, each tab being not folded so that it projects beyond its respective section in the plane of the adjacent section and serves to space apart the two walls of the double shell wall between which its respective section is located.

4. A merchandise container as defined in claim 1 including a platform within said insert parallel to its top wall for supporting merchandise within the opening in the top wall of the insert, said platform being formed of the same piece of paperboard as the remainder of said insert, and being spaced above the bottom of said insert.

5. A merchandise container as defined in claim 1 including locking means, formed of the same piece of paperboard as the remainder of said insert, at each end of said insert for preventing removal of said insert from said base.

6. A merchandise container as defined in claim 5 wherein each locking means includes a flap meeting the insert top wall at a fold line, and an ear folded upwardly along the lower edge of said flap, the free upper edge of said ear engaging the inner face of the base top wall to prevent removal of said insert from said base.

7. A merchandise container as defined in claim 1 wherein both ends of said shell are open, and said liner has a top wall closing the upper end of said shell, said top wall being formed of the same piece of material as the remainder of said liner.

8. A merchandise container as defined in claim 1 wherein said liner has a cross wall between its ends formed of the same piece of material as the remainder of said liner, said cross wall having an opening for accommodating an article of merchandise seated in the insert for stabilizing the merchandise within the closed container.

Other info:

Inventors: Kornfeld, William F. (Roslyn Heights, NY, US)

Application Number: 964114
Filing Date: 1978-11-27
Publication_date: 1979-12-11
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 206/784 206/486, 206/585, 206/756, 220/8, 229/122.31, 229/122.33
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2240645	May, 1941	Greig	206/45.
2553418	May, 1951	Loth	206/521.
3253703	May, 1966	Ettin	206/45.
3744701	Jul, 1973	Taylor	229/23.
3941305	Mar, 1976	Chipp et al.	229/23.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Lipman, Steven E.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Levine; Alan H.