US3596830A

US3596830A - Twin tv tube box

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Publication number: US3596830A
Application number: US880285A
Authority: US
Inventors: William W Mcfarland; Harry D Wintringer
Original assignee: International Paper Co
Current assignee: International Paper Co
Priority date: 1969-11-26
Filing date: 1969-11-26
Publication date: 1971-08-03
Anticipated expiration: 1988-08-03
Also published as: CA927343A

Abstract

A paperboard container for shipping and storing fragile articles, more particularly television tubes, which includes an outer container, a first packaging insert spacer extending upwardly from the bottom of said outer container and shaped substantially so as to successively touch consecutive wall panels of the outer container, a first packaging insert having a plurality of apertures and hingedly connected opposed end flaps deposited into the outer container with the flaps disposed downwardly, a second packaging insert substantially identical to the first packaging insert, a second packaging insert spacer substantially identical to the first packaging insert spacer positioned inversely to the first packaging insert spacer and a top substantially identical to the bottom, thereby forming a container having a top and bottom which are substantially mirror images of one another.

Description

United States Patent Inventors William W. McFarland Wooster; Harry D. Wintringer. lll. Shelby. both of. Ohio Appl. No. 880.285 Filed Nov. 26. I969 Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 744.267, June 17. 1968. Pat. No. 3.49-l,534. Patented Aug. 3. 19.71 Assignee International Paper Company New York, .\'.Y.

TWIN TV TUBE BOX 13 Claims, I 1 Drawing Figs.

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F, 46 FR; 229/l4 C References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3.227.357 H1966 Knapp et al 206/46 FR X 3,363,753 l/l968 Taylor 229/14 C X 3,406,8l9. l0/l968 Brander 206/65 Primary Examiner- Robert B. Reeves Assistant Examiner-Larry Martin Attorney-Charles B. Smith ABSTRACT: A paperboard container for shipping and storing fragile articles, more particularly television tubes, which includes an outer container, a first packaging insert spacer extending upwardly from the bottom of said outer container and shaped substantially so as to successively touch consecutive wall panels of the outer container, a first packaging insert having a plurality of apertures and hingedly connected opposed PATENTEU AUG 319m SHEET 2 OF 6 l I l i I I I l F I l i l all.

PATENTED AUG 3 l9?! SHEET 0F 6 PATENTEU ms 3 ISTI SHEET 5 OF 6 TWIN TV TUBE BOX This is a continuation-in-part of U.S.'application, Ser. No. 744,267, filed on June 17,1968 now U.S.Pat.' No. 3,494,539, by W. W. McFarland and H. D.Wintringer, III.

Background of the'lnvention This application relates to containers and-more particularly to paperboard. containers which facilitate rapid loading andallow injury-free storing. andshippingof televisionpicture= tubes and similar fragile. articles. Television picture tubes;

especially thelarger picture tubes, are bulky and fragile arti-' cles. Injury and a great dealof damage can result if these tubes are not handled properlyorif they are broken or be'come damaged during handling, shipping, or storage. v

Color picture tubes have a glass face,-a glass or metal throat and a glass or metal neck. These-tubes are built in a vacuum,-

thus creating a substantial risk that the glass may crack and an implosion results therefrom. Thiswould cause. the glass and metal to fly about thestorage container and would result in considerable injury to other tubes and anyone who might be handling the container at such time; Most television tubes are built on a mass production basisand are then removed fromthe assembly line and shipped to the assembly area where they are mounted into the television sets themselves. It is impera-- tive that these tubes be removed from the assembly line and packaged in as rapid a manner as possible while continuing to protect the handler of the container from injury.

It is unlikely that a tube when first built will be immediately shipped and then be assembled into a finished. television set without some waiting period at either the assembly point or the manufacturing location. It is essential, therefore; to have a containerwhich willprotect the tubes during the storage 1 period from the weight of other containers beingplaced thereon.

It is also important that the protection which is employed in manufacturing the container be'inexpensivesoias not to 'make' the total manufacturing cost prohibitive. -Since-:container weight, size of the container, labor and assembling'of the container and other factors are involved in the .total-rnanufactun ing cost which will be attributable to anyiindividual unit, it is f imperative that these costs be'minimized so as to effectively protect the tube without substantially'increasing'the price.

Brief Summary of the-Invention v The'container includes an outer box or carton which is cut from a sheet of paperboard such-that the top and bottom form rectangular receptacles and are substantially identical with regard to the'relevant scoring, embossing and cutting. Within the bottom half of the box is a lower packaging insert which substantially divides the box into a center portion which is a i I parallelogram, and further arranged such thattheedges of the parallelogram are in contact with -'the adjacent sides "of :the

lower half of the outer container so as to divide the outer box into a series-of four substantially'triangular portions and one centerportion substantially shaped as a parallelogram.

A packaging insert spacer having-upstanding tabs which when placed in the carton engage-the correspondingtabsof the packaginginsert, is placed'into the lower portion of the outer box. The packaging insert spacer also has upstanding tabs which are positioned along the opposite walls-of the inner l portion of the outer box. g

A center spacer which substantially'divides the parallelry gram along one of its major-axis is placed into the lower portion of the outer box, and is'engaged-there by so as to provide a spacing insert between the two centertelevision tubes.

A second packaging insert spacer is then placed on the packaged tubes and a second packaging =insert is placed thereon. The box is covered with atop which is -identical to the bottom. A

Each of the containerparts is made from paperboard sheets such as corrugated paperboard. When the' parts are cut'the to'p' and bottom plates are identical, the packaging insert spacer plates are identical and the-packaginginsertplates are identical.- Such parts'are cut, scored,embossed, and shipped to the manufacturing location where the tube'is tobe built. When a container is required, the appropriate blanks are removed from the storage-area, folded along the prescored lines and fastened with appropriate means so as to form an assembled entity.

The invention is designedsothat when the container is as 'sembled the inner parts are in interlocking contact with one another and are in'contact with the outer box so as to provide a double-walled supporting-structure to prevent injury to the stored tuber An object of this invention'is to providea container, the in dividual parts ofwhich canbe manufactured with a minimum expenditure of time and effort.

A further object of this invention is to provide a container" Brief Description of the Drawings The invention and further objects will be apparent and better understood from the following description of the" preferredembodiment'and'the' accompanying drawings in which:

FIG.. 1 is 'a plane view of the container top and bottom blank. 7

FIG. 2 is a plane view of the packaging insert'spacer blank. Pro. a is a plarievie'w ofthe' packaging insertblank. F IG. 4 is a plane view of the center spacer blank.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of'th bottom of the outer box with the packaging insert spacer; the packaging insert and the center-spacer in position.

FIG-6 is a perspective view of the assembled container with all insert spacers, inserts and the center spacer in position and with'thetop removed therefrom.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of one of the corner tab portions oftheouter container showing the interlocking nature of the-top and-bottom of the outer container:

FIG.8 is a cross-sectional'view taken along'8'8 o'n FIG. 6.

FIG. 9 in cross-sectional view'taken'along 9- 9 of FlG; 6.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along 1-0- 10 of FIG.

F161 1 is a sequential view depictingthe order in which the packaging insert spacersipac'kaging inserts, and center spacer are inserted into the outer carton.

Detailed'Description of the Invention Referring to FIG. '11, the container of the instant invention is made up of an outer carton erected from blanks generally designated "2 and 4, "packaging insert spacers generally designated-6'and 8, packaging inserts generally designated 10 andJ'Z and a center spacer generally designated 14. All of the above elements are-cut and scored or embossed from paper board'material-such as corrugated paperboard and are folded and assembled in the manner hereinafter'described.

Referring to FIG. I, the outer carton blanks for the top and bottom, Zand 4, are identical. The carton blanks land 4 are embossed with'a pair of parallel lines '22, 23 which extend from oneedge of the blank to the opposite parallel edge of the i 1 blank across the face of the 'blank. A second set of lines, 20, ZL paraIIeI to one another, are scored from line 22to line 23" and are perpendicular to lines 22 and 233Lines 20 and 21 :ter 'minateinxthe pair of

slots

40,42 and 41,43 respectively.

The embossing and slotting results in the formation of

sidewall panels

30 and 31 and

end wall panels

32 and 33. End

wall panels

32 and 33 each have two pairs of slots numbered 46A, 46B and 44A, 4413 respectively. The sidewall panels terminatein side seam flaps 35 which, when the top and bottom are assembled, fold into the slots on the end wall panels, and

then back on themselves.

Sidewall panels

30 and 31 are scored paperboard. A center score line 225,226 is embossed on the packaging insert spacer, and divides said spacer in half lengthwise. Lines parallel to said centerline 225,226 are scored towards either end of the rectangular paperboard blank, specifically scorings 224 and 227. Finally the blank is scored in a lengthwise direction so as to divide the rectangular blank into three sections. A center rectangular section whose boundaries are the

embossings

224, 227, 220-222, and 221-223 is cut in the blank.

Tl-le center packaging spacer is assembled by folding downwardly along embossing 225,226 and thereby achieving a 90 angle between the resultant halves; folding along embossing 224 and 227 upwardly 90 so as to obtain a substantially W-shaped member, and then bending downwardly along line 221-223 and 220-222 thereby forming a central parallelogram with two troughs T and T'each of which will serve as an interlocking support, as will be hereafter described.

Referring next to FIG. 3, there is shown the packaging insert generally labeled and 12. This insert is also cut from a sheet of paperboard. There are four arcuate members, in pairs of two, 350, 352 and 351, 353 which are situated opposite one another, in the plane of the sheet along two opposite edges. The packaging insert has a hole cut therein comprising two central

arcuate portions

354 and 355 with a curvature in the direction opposite to the curvature of the pair of arcuate members on the corresponding side. The central arcuate members are connected by scored

fold lines

326 and 327.

Near the other two edges of the packaging insert blank, are

score lines

320 and 321 running from one outer edge of one at the arcuate member to the corresponding outer edge of the arcuate member opposite the first arcuate member, thereby forming a flap which can be folded downwardly.

Tabs

336 and 337 are located in the central portion of the packaging insert along the scored lines'326 and 327 respectively. THese flaps, when folded in a direction similar to that of the

outer flaps

331 and 330, act as support structures within the box and are in contact with the bottom of the lower section of the carton.

Tabs are also cut and scored near the inner portion of the adjoining pairs of arcuate members.

Score lines

322, 323, 324, and 325 allow

flaps

332, 333, 334, and 335 respectively to be folded downwardly in the same direction as

flaps

330, 331, 336, and 337. The resultant troughs T,, T,', fit over the troughs T resulting from bending along

score lines

220, 221, 222, and 223 on the packaging insert spacer blank. The superposition of trough T,, T,', and T-T results in an interlock and dual support member so as to prevent any shifting in the respective inserts.

Notches

340 and 341 are cut in the packaging insert blank so as to run from the body of the blank into

tabs

336 and 337 respectively. These notches serve as an interlock with the center spacer as will be here below discussed.

Referring next to FIG. 4, center spacer 14 is cut from a paperboard sheet and is scored along a center fold line 420.

Notches are cut in the ends parallel to the score line a short distance in from the edges perpendicular to the score line, these notches being 441, 442, 443, and 444. A plurality of tabs generally designated 431, 432, 433, and 434 are cut and folded along

score lines

421, 422, 423, 424 so as to provide a pair of spacing elements which will prevent the center spacer from descending beyond a certain level and will act as rigid supports for the structure which will be placed upon the prev ously inserted packaging insert spacers and packaging inserts.

Notches

446, 447, 448, and 449 are cut in a. direction perpendicular to the scored centerline 420. When the center spacer is folded in half along the fold line 420 it will result in a double-strength, double-thickness sheet -with support. and

spacing flanges

431, 432, 433, and 434 hingedly connected to the vertical ends, and notches in the horizontal end so as toengage and securely interlock with

notches

340 and 431 of packaging inserts 10 and 12. v

After they are cut from the sheet paperboard, the various parts of the container are flat and may be shipped to and stored at the place where the containers are to be used. Thus, a minimum of space is needed in shipping and storing the con tainers themselves. This is not to imply that the containers cannot be shipped in an assembled fashion to the point where the containers are to be used.-

Referring now to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 to erect the container, the

outer carbon blanks

2 and 4 are folded upwardly along

fold lines

20, 21, 22, and 23. This will result in the formation of two

sidewall panels

30, 31 and two

end wall panels

32, 33. Side seam flaps 35 are then inserted into the corresponding

notches

44A, 44B and 46A, 468. It will be noticed that there is a double inner scoring on each one of the side seam flaps. This is to allow a bending back of the side seam flap so that squared end A of each side seam flap 35 can be passed through the

respective slits

48, 49, 50, and 51 thereby effecting a bendback seal. Each sidewall panel engages and is securely interlocked with a corresponding end wall panel.

Next, packaging insert spacers generally labeled 6 and 8 are bent as hereinbefore discussed. When assembled, packaging insert spacer 6 is inserted into the bottom section of the outer carton. The troughs are adjacent to the end wall panels and the fold lines 225 and 266 each are adjacent to one of the end wall panels. The resultant configuration will be a series of four triangles around the periphery of the lower portion of the container with a parallelogram inscribed in the center thereof as can best be seen in FIG. 5.

Packaging insert 10 is then assembled by folding downwardly along

score lines

320 and 321 and then by folding downwardly along

score lines

326 and 327 and finally folding downwardly along

lines

322, 323, 324', and 325. This will result in a structure having two

end flaps

330 and 331 which will each be contiguous with an end wall panel and two center supports 336 and 337 which will act as support and engaging means for the center spacer. The troughs T,, T, created by the folding downwardly of

flaps

332 and 334, and 333 and 335 will be superimposed upon and engaged the troughs T-T, formed by bending along

lines

220 and 221, and 222 and 223 of the packaging insert spacer.

Center spacer 14 is assembled by folding along score line 420 such that the resultant halves are brought parallel and in contact with one another.

Notches

441 and 442 are aligned with one another and 444 and 445 are aligned with one another.

Tabs

431, 432, 433, and 434 are then folded along

score lines

421, 422, 423, and 424 respectively in an outward direction such that the tab 431 isfolded in the direction opposite to tab 432, and tab 433 is folded in a direction op osite to tab 434. This will result in the formation of two support flanges, one on either end of the center spacer. The center spacer 14 is then inserted into the lower portion of the outer carton such that the notch formed by aligning 441, 442 is inserted into either notch 340 or 341 and the notch created by

notches

444 and 445 is inserted into the other corresponding notch (either 341 or 340). When properly assembled the two support flanges will rest on the top surface of the lower packaging insert 10 and will prevent the center'spacer from descending beyond a predetermined depth. They will also serve to separate the upper packaging insert spacer from the lower packaging insert spacer as is hereinbelow discussed.

The upper packaging insert spacer is identical to the lower packaging insert spacer, therefore the 'assemblyprocedure for the upper sections is identical to that for the lower sections.

Packaging insert 12 is positioned so that

notches

341 and 340 engage the upper notches formed in the center spacer by 448, 449 and 446, 447. The troughs formed by

bendingalong lines

322, 324 and 323, 325 on the upper packaging inserts will be positioned directly over the troughs formed by the scoring and bending along the same lines of the lower packaging inserts. However, wherein the first packaging insert had its troughs facing downwardly, the second packaging insert will have its troughs facing upwardly.

An upper packaging insert spacer is placed in the partially l tainer in the illustrative embodiment is for six picture tubes.

it must be understood that the container can be suitably enlarged to receive a greater number of picture tubes. For-example, by using top and bottom outer sections which are twice as long and inserting therein double-packaging insert spacers and double-packaging inserts as well as double center spacers, twelve tubes can be packaged. I

Referring to FIG. 11, the lower section of the outercontainer is assembled. The lower packaging insert spacer is inserted therein such that each trough is in edge contact with one sidewall panel. Next, the lower packaging insert is placed into the lower portion of the outer carton such that its troughs are in intimate and contiguous contact with the troughs of the packaging insert spacer.

Flaps

330 and 331 will be in close proximity to the

end wall panels

32, 33. Thecenter spacer 14 is positioned into the packaging insert such that the notches formed by 441, 442, and 444, 445 interlock with notches 340' and 341.

The partially assembled container is now ready to be filled color tubes are placed in the four outer arcuate members such that the screen face is pointed outwardly and the electron guns are pointed towards one another and towards the centerline of the box. Two television tubes are placed in the center portion formed by the two arcuate members and divided by the center 40 spacer. The screens of these two television picture tubes are facing one another and are separated by the center spacer. Their electron guns point outwardly and the electron guns are pointed towards one another and towards the centerline of the box. Two television tubes are placed in the center portion formed by the two arcuate members and divided by the center spacer. Their electron guns point outwardly such that they lie in the line formed by the superimposed troughs as can be seen in FIGS. 8, 9, and 10. The overall configuration of the box is such that no television picture screen is at any time touching The tubes are loaded into the lower pallet consisting of the lower portion of the container 2, packaging insert spacer 6, packaging insert 10 and center spacer 14. The upper packaging insert 12 is then placed into position such that

notches

340 and 341 interlock with the notches formed by 448, 449 and 446, 447. The upper packaging insert spacer is then placed on top of the packaging insert so that the troughs'of the packaging insert spacer are situated within the troughs of the packaging insert. The upper portion of the outer container is finally placed on the entire assembled container with the six picture tubes inside. The container is thenbanded'to secure the top'to' the bottom to make the various constituent elements of the assembled container relatively immobile with respect to one another.

Color picture tubes have a two-piece gun assembly which is.

sealed onto the throat of the tube with an epoxy resin. This epoxy resin must cure for approximately three to five days before the tube can be tested to make sure that the seal is'tight' and that-the tube is functioning properly. Golor tubes must be packaged and stored in a way which occupies the minimum hereinabove described, it becomes possible to use the container as a pallet due to' the rigid side members and the rein forced corners and supports formed by the packaging insert spacer, packaging inserts, and center spacer.

Alter the tubes have been placed in the box and stored for a sufficient period to allow the epoxy to cure, the boxes are removed from the storage area and opened. The portion of the outer container as well as the upper packaging insert spacer, the upper packaging insert and the center'spacer are removed and are'inverted so as to form a bottom pallet. The upper portion of the outer carton becomes the lower portion, the upper packaginginsertspacer becomes the lower packaging insert and the center spacer is turned upside down. This allows the operator of the conveyor line to take the six tubes from the container and place them in baskets where they will be shuttled to the various inspection points and while so doing a second'operator can be removing six television tubes which have been tested and place them in the former upper portion of the container. Because the conveyor system is timed so that the same number of tubes will always be on the conveyor line, the six tubes placed on the conveyor inspection system will make up for the six tubes which are removed. By the time one operatorhas finished unloading the original container, the top section of the original container will be filled with six new tubes readyto be shipped to the final assembly area. At this point the lower portion will'be inverted and will be placed over the former upper portion. The carton will be rescaled, marked, and shipped to the assembly plant where the filllShed television set will be assembled.

The terms and expressions which have been employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention in the use of such terms andexpressions of exeluding any equivalents'of the features shown and described with fragile articles, specifically, color picture tubes. Four 35 or portions thereof, but it is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed.

What we claim is:

l. in combination: Pl an outer carton having a bottom, opposed sidewall panels hingedly connected to said bottom along lines parallel to the corresponding opposed'edges of the sidewall panels, Pl opposed end wall panels hingedly connected to said bottom alonglines parallel to one another, perpendicular to said sidewall panel line forming a rectangular receptacle, Pl'a first spacing means extending upwardly from the bottom of said rectangular receptacle, shaped substantially so as to successively touch consecutive wall panels, P1 a first packaging insert having hingedly connected opposed end flaps, said first packaging insert being deposited into said receptacle with the end flaps disposed downwardly, the first packaging insert resting upon the first spacing means, Pl a second packaging insert substantially identical to the first' packaging insertand resting above the first packaging insert, Pl a second spacing means substantially identical to said first spacing means, positioned inversely to the first spacing means and situated above the second packaging insert, and P1 a top substantially identical to the bottom.

2. A combination according to claim 1 further comprising a spacer inserted substantially in the center of the outer carton extending upwardly from the bottom of said rectangular receptacle.

3. A combination according to claim 2 in which the firstand second spacing means are shaped substantially as parallelograms are in two opposing vortices of the parallelograms such thateach of closeproximity to each of two opposing panels of the rectangular receptacle.

4. A combination according to claim 1 in which each spac- 'ing means has two troughs each at opposite vortices of the parallelogram, each of said troughs being in close proximity to each of the other opposing panels of the rectangular receptacle.

5. A combination according to claim 2 in which each spacing means has two troughs,.one trough at each of the vortices opposite the'sidewall panel and each one of the two other \'orticesin close proximity to the center of a respective one ol the amount of protection. By placingsix tubes in the'container as end wall panels of the container.

packaging inserts has two opposed troughs situated substantially parallel to and midway between the end flaps, each capa ble of engaging one of the troughs located at each of the opposed vortices of the spacing means.

9. A combination according to claim 1 in which said outer container, said first and second spacer means and said first and second packaging inserts and said center spacer are paperboard.

10. A combination according to claim 9 in which said paperboard is corrugated and the strength lines along the end wall panels and sidewall panels of the rectangular receptacle run perpendicular to the top and bottom planes.

11. A combination according to claim 1 in which each end wall panel has an aperture, a distance X from the opposed free edges of the end wall panels and each sidewall panel has a tongue of length more than 2X, said tongue being capable of en gaging the aperture in the end wall panel and further being capable of being doubled back on itself to form an edge inter lock.

12. A combination according to claim 2 and which flanges are hingedly connected to the center spacer, in a substantially perpendicular orientation with respect to the plane of the center spacer to support and separate the upper half of the container structure, and so situated as to prevent any article from coming into contact with any portion of the outer carton.

13. In combinationzPl an outer carton having a bottom, P1 opposed sidewall panels hingedly connected to saidbottom along lines parallel to the corresponding opposed edges of the sidewall panel, Pl opposed end wall panels hingedly connected to said bottom along lines'parallel to one another and perpendicular to said sidewall panel lines forming a rectangular receptacle, Pl a first packaging insert spacer substantially shaped as a parallelogram extending upwardly from the bottom of said rectangular receptacle so that each of the two opposing vortices of the parallelogram is in close proximity to the center of one of the end wall panels of the container, Pl a first packaging insert having a plane portion, opposed end flaps hingedly connected along score lines of said plane portion, a plurality ofapertures along two opposed edges of the plane portion, said first packaging insert being inserted into said receptacle and resting upon said first packaging insert spacer. P] a second packaging insert substantially identical to said first packaging insert positioned inversely to the first packaging insert, P] a second packaging insert spacer substantially identical to said first packaging insert spacer positioned inversely to the first packaging insert spacer and engaging said first packaging insert, and P1 a top substantially identical to said bottom.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No- 3,596,830 Dated Au ust 3. 1971 It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Col. 1, line 68, "there by" should read thereby col. 3, line 10, change semi-colon to comma;

I line 59, "T should read T-T col. 4, line 20, "carbon" should read carton line 36, "266" should read 226 col. 6,

lines

38, 41, 44, 46, 50, 53, 55, delete "Pl";

lines 61-65, claim 3 should read as follows:

- 3. A combination according to claim 2 in which the first and second spacing means are shaped substantially as parallelograms such that each of two opposing vortexes of the parallelograms are in close proximity to each of two opposing panels of the rectangular receptacle.

col. 7, line 28, "and" should read in col. 8, lines 5, 8, ll, 15, 21, 23, 26, delete "Pl".

Signed and sealed this 15th day of February 1972.

(SEAL) Attest EDWARD M.FLETCHER, JR. ROBERT GOTTSCHALK Attestins; Officer Commissioner of Patents USCOMM-DC 60376-P69 e u s GOVERNMENY PRINTING OFFICE was 0-355-334

Claims

1. In combination: P1 an outer carton having a bottom, opposed sidewall panels hingedly connected to said bottom along lines parallel to the corresponding opposed edges of the sidewall panels, P1 opposed end wall panels hingedly connected to said bottom along lines parallel to one another, perpendicular to said sidewall panel line forming a rectangular receptacle, P1 a first spacing means extending upwardly from the bottom of said rectangular receptacle, shaped substantially so as to successively touch consecutive wall panels, P1 a first packaging insert having hingedly connected opposed end flaps, said first packaging insert being deposited into said receptacle with the end flaps disposed downwardly, the first packaging insert resting upon the first spacing means, P1 a second packaging insert substantially identical to the first packaging insert and resting above the first packaging insert, P1 a second spacing means substantially identical to said first spacing means, positioned inversely to the first spacing means and situated above the second packaging insert, and P1 a top substantially identical to the bottom.

3. A combination according to claim 2 in which the first and second spacing means are shaped substantially as parallelograms are in two opposing vortices of the parallelograms such that each of close proximity to each of two opposing panels of the rectangular receptacle.

4. A combination according to claim 1 in which each spacing means has two troughs each at opposite vortices of the parallelogram, each of said troughs being in close proximity to each of the other opposing panels of the rectangular receptacle.

5. A combination according to claim 2 in which each spacing means has two troughs, one trough at each of the vortices opposite the sidewall panel and each one of the two other vortices in close proximity to the center of a respective one of the end wall panels of the container.

6. A combination according to claim 4 in which each of the packaging inserts is a rectangle having a plurality of apertures along the edges thereof.

7. A combination according to claim 6 in which each of the packaging inserts has an aperture substantially in the center thereof.

8. A combination according to claim 7 in which each of the packaging inserts has two opposed troughs situated substantially parallel to and midway between the end flaps, each capable of engaging one of the troughs located at each of the opposed vortices of the spacing means.

11. A combination according to claim 1 in which each end wall panel has an aperture, a distance X from the opposed free edges of the end wall panels and each sidewall panel has a tongue of length more than 2X, said tongue being capable of engaging the aperture in the end wall panel and further being capable of being doubled back on itself to form an edge interlock.

13. In combination: P1 an outer carton having a bottom, P1 opposed sidewall panels hingedly connected to said bottom along lines parallel to the corresponding opposed edges of the sidewall panel, P1 opposed end wall panels hingedly connected to said bottom along lines parallel to one another and perpendicular to said sidewall panel lines forming a rectangular receptacle, P1 a first packaging insert spacer substantially shaped as a parallelogram extending upwardly from the bottom of said rectangular receptacle so that each of the two opposing vortices of the parallelogram is in close proximity to the center of one of the end wall panels of the container, P1 a first packaging insert having a plane portion, opposed end flaps hingedly connected along score lines of said plane portion, a plurality of apertures along two opposed edges of the plane portion, said first packaging insert being inserted into said receptacle and resting upon said first packaging insert spacer, P1 a second packaging insert substantially identical to said first packaging insert positioned inversely to the first packaging insert, P1 a second packaging insert spacer substantially identical to said first packaging insert spacer positioned inversely to the first packaging insert spacer and engaging said first packaging insert, and P1 a top substantially identical to said bottom.