Carton for wound yarn

Claim 1

A RETAINING DEVICE FOR A BODY MOUNTED ON A HOLLOW CORE COMPRISING A CARTON, A BODY MOUNTED ON A HOLLOW CORE IN SAID CARTON, PARALLEL PADS ABUTTING EACH CORE AND NORMAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE SAID CORE, A V-SHAPED APERTURE IN EACH PAD OPPOSITE EACH CORE, THE SAID APERTURE BEING OF SUCH DIMENSION AND SO POSITIONED THAT ALL PARTS OF THE SAID V ARE WITHIN THE INSIDE PERIPHERY OF THE SAID CORE PROJECTION, A LOADING SLOT AT THE EXTREMITY OF EACH ARM ADJACENT TO AND AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE EDGE OF THE SAID V, A RESILIENT FITTING COMPRISING A UNITARY MEMBER RECEIVED IN THE APERTURE TO FORM A V-SHAPED PROTRUSION FROM A SURFACE OF THE SAID PADS, THE SAID PROTRUSION ENGAGING THE INNER PERIPHERY OF THE SAID CORE, THE LENGTH OF THE ARMS OF THE V OF THE SAID FITTING BEING GREATER THAN THE LENGTH OF THE ARMS OF THE V OF THE SAID APERTURE BUT LESS THAN THE SUM OF THE LENGTH OF THE ARMS OF THE APERTURE AND THE EXTENSION THEREOF FORMED BY THE LOADING SLOT, THE SAID FITTING BEING RESILIENTLY HELD AWAY FROM THAT EDGE OF THE SAID V APERTURE TO WHICH THE LOADING SLOT ABUTS, A SLOT IN THE EDGE OF THE SAID FITTING ALONG ITS AREA OF CONTACT WITH THE SAID PAD PROVIDING KEYING OF THE SAID FITTING TO THE SAID PAD, AND AN OUTER WRAPPER PREVENTING RELATIVE MOTION AMONG THE SAID PADS.