US 7,320,406 B2 | ||
Carton insert and packaged carton | ||
Jean-Michel Auclair, Chateauroux (France) | ||
Assigned to MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC, Glen Allen, Va. (US) | ||
Filed on Apr. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/118,055. | ||
Application 11/118055 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US03/34704, filed on Oct. 31, 2003. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 0225355.7 (GB), filed on Oct. 31, 2002. | ||
Prior Publication US 2005/0224390 A1, Oct. 13, 2005 | ||
Int. Cl. B65D 85/30 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 206—588 [206/591; 206/593] | 20 Claims |
1. An insert suitable for placement within a carton, the insert comprising a support panel for supporting an article to be located within the carton, a plurality of article-protecting panels folded to form an enclosure for the article so that external surfaces of the article are spaced away from walls of the carton, and a pair of leg panels extending convergently downwardly from opposing side edges of said support panel into abutment at lower edges of said leg panels. |