Packing for ampoules or the like

Claim 1

A PACKAGE FOR ARTICLES FORMED FROM A FOLDABLE BLANK OF SEMI-RIGID, SHEET-LIKE MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY FOR PACKAGING OF AMPOULES OR THE LIKE; COMPRISING A REAR PANEL HAVING UPPER AND LOWER EDGES AND OPPOSED SIDE EDGES; A TOP PANEL HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID UPPER EDGE OF SAID REAR PANEL; A SIDE PANEL HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO EACH SIDE EDGE OF SAID REAR PANEL; A BOTTOM PANEL HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID LOWER EDGE OF SAID REAR PANEL; SAID BOTTOM AND TOP PANELS BEING PROVIDED WITH ALIGNED EMBOSSMENTS DEFINING SHOCK ABSORBING SURFACES FOR ARTICLES; SAID BOTTOM PANEL HAVING A FORWARD EDGE; A FRONT PANEL HAVING UPPER AND LOWER EDGES WITH SAID LOWER EDGE THEREOF HINGED TO SAID FORWARD EDGE OF SAID BOTTOM PANEL, SAID FRONT PANEL EXTENDING IN SPACED AND PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID REAR PANEL; A FIRST INTERMEDIATE ARTICLE RECEIVING PANEL HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID UPPER EDGE OF SAID FRONT PANEL, A SECOND INTERMEDIATE ARTICLE RECEIVING PANEL, AND A CONNECTING PANEL HINGEDLY ARRANGED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND INTERMEDIATE PANELS FOR INTERCONNECTING SAID TWO LASTMENTIONED PANELS; SAID FIRST AND SECOND INTERMEDIATE PANELS BEING DISPOSED IN AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SPACED RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO SAID TOP AND BOTTOM PANELS WITH SAID CONNECTING PANEL DISPOSED AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID REAR PANEL; SAID SECOND INTERMEDIATE PANEL LYING BETWEEN SAID FIRST INTERMEDIATE PANEL AND SAID BOTTOM PANEL, SAID RESPECTIVE INTERMEDIATE ARTICLE RECEIVING PANELS BEING PROVIDED WITH ALIGNED ARTICLE RECEIVING APERTURES, SAID ARTICLE RECEIVING APERTURES BEING ALSO ALIGNED WITH SAID EMBOSSMENTS ON SAID TOP AND BOTTOM PANELS; EACH OF SAID SIDE PANELS BEING PROVIDED WITH HINGEDLY CONNECTED FRONT FLAPS, SAID FRONT FLAPS BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST INTERMEDIATE ARTICLE RECEIVING PANEL AND SAID BOTTOM PANEL IN UNDERLYING ADJACENT RELATION TO SAID FRONT PANEL, SAID SIDE PANELS ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH REAR BASE FLAPS, SAID REAR BASE FLAPS BEING HINGED TO SAID REAR WALL AND FOLDED INWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE WALL PANELS UNDER SAID SECOND INTERMEDIATE ARTICLE RECEIVING PANEL TO SUPPORT THE SAME IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID BOTTOM PANEL.