Egg carton cushion separator

Claim 1

A SEPARATOR FOR USE IN PACKING FILLED EGG CARTONS IN A RECTANGULAR EGG CASE, WHICH SEPARATOR IS IN THE FORM OF A RECTANGULAR SHEET MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY THE SIZE OF THE COMPARTMENT OF THE EGG CASE, SAID SHEET HAVING AN UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED FLANGE PORTION EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY AND ENTIRIELY AROUND THE FOUR SIDES OF THE SHEET AND TWO UPSTANDING HOLLOW RIB FORMATIONS EXTENDING UNINTERRUPTEDLY BETWEEN TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SHEET AND BEING PARALLEL WITH THE OTHER TWO SIDES AND WITH EACH OTHER, THE ENDS OF SAID RIB FORMATION MERGING INTO THE FLANGE PORTIONS OF THE ADJACENT SIDES OF THE SHEET, SAID RIB FORMATIONS BEING SO SPACED TRANSVERSELY OF THE SHEET AS TO FORM A PLURALITY OF ELONGATE COMPARTMENTS OF EQUAL SIZE, EACH ADAPTED TO SUPPORT AN EGG CARTON AND EACH COMPARTMENT BEING TRANSVERSELY BOWED TO PROVIDE A LOW LONGITUDIAL CENTRAL PORTION AND UPWARDLY SLOPING LONGITUDINAL SIDE PORTIONS, THEREBY IMPARTING TO THE SHEET, TRANSVERSELY CONSIDERED, A GENERAL UNDULATORY SHAPE.