US 11,964,813 B2
Egg carton and formation apparatus and method
Jesse Laflamme, Hanover, NH (US)
Assigned to Consider Provisions, LLC, Monroe, NH (US)
Filed by Consider Provisions, LLC, Monroe, NH (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/472,863.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/077,845, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0081195 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 85/32 (2006.01); B29C 69/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); D21J 1/10 (2006.01); D21J 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/324 (2013.01) [B29C 69/00 (2013.01); D21J 1/10 (2013.01); D21J 3/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7168 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An egg carton comprising:
a main body formed from a sheet of material, the sheet having first and second side edges and first and second end edges, the sheet further having
a center fold line parallel to the first and second side edges,
a first bottom fold line between the center fold line and the first side edge, the main body having a first inner panel between the first bottom fold line and the center fold line,
a second bottom fold line between the center fold line and the second side edge, the main body having a second inner panel between the second bottom fold line and the center fold line, the first and second bottom fold lines being parallel to the center fold line,
a first upper fold line between the first bottom fold line and the first side edge, the main body having a first outer panel between the first upper fold line and the first bottom fold line,
a second upper fold line between the second bottom fold line and the second side edge, the main body having a second outer panel between the second upper fold line and the second bottom fold line, the first and second upper fold lines being parallel to the center fold line,
a plurality of first slots formed in the sheet and extending parallel to the first and second end edges, the plurality of first slots being formed in the first inner and outer panels between the center fold line and the first upper fold line, each of the plurality of first slots extending across the first bottom fold line,
a plurality of second slots formed in the sheet and extending parallel to the first and second end edges, the plurality of second slots being formed in the second inner and outer panels between the center fold line and the second upper fold line, each of the plurality of second slots extending across the second bottom fold line,
a plurality of first openings formed in the first outer panel and located between a corresponding one of the plurality of first slots and the first upper fold line, and
a plurality of second openings formed in the second outer panel and located between a corresponding one of the plurality of second slots and the second upper fold line, and
a plurality of partition walls each formed from a sheet of material and having a bottom, first and second sides, and a top, the first and second sides each having a respective first and second hook, and the top having a groove extending from the top toward the bottom,
wherein the plurality of partition walls and the main body are configured such that with the plurality of partition walls assembled with the main body to form the egg carton, the plurality of partition walls are secured against downward vertical movement relative to the main body only by engagement of the first and second hooks with a corresponding one of the plurality of first or second openings.