Packaging method and means

Claim 1

A CORRUGATED BOARD PACKAGE ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH AUTOMATIC PACKING MACHINES, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A RECTANGULAR CORRUGATED BOX HAVING OUTSIDE AND INSIDE FLAPS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM THEREOF TO FORM TOP AND BOTTOM CLOSURES FOR THE BOX, SAID OUTSIDE FLAPS EACH HAVING A WIDTH SUFFICIENT TO COVER ONE-HALF THE WIDTH OF THE BOX AND SAID INSIDE FLAPS HAVING EQUAL LENGTHS LESS THAN ONE-HALF THE LENGTH OF SAID BOX; A PLURALITY OF EASILY DAMAGEABLE CONTAINERS OCCUPYING THE INTERIOR OF SAID BOX, SAID CONTAINERS HAVING DOMED TOPS WITH BUILT-IN NOZZLES AND BEING ARRANGED IN ROWS IN THE BOX IN UPRIGHT POSITION WITH THEIR DOMED TOPS ADJACENT THE TOP OF THE BOX; AND AN INDEPENDENT THREE SIDED CHANNEL-SHAPED INSERT MEMBER OF CORRUGATED BOARD HAVING TWO DEPENDING STRAIGHT SIDES EXTENDING VETRICALLY DOWNWARD BETWEEN ADJACENT ROWS OF SAID CONTAINERS TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID BOX AND A TOP SIDE JOINING SAID DEPENDING SIDES ADJACENT AND BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID TOP INSIDE FLAPS, SAID INSERT BEING INSERTED INTO SAID BOX AFTER IT HAS BEEN LOADED WITH SAID CONTAINERS AND ENCLOSING AT LEAST ONE ROW OF CONTAINERS, THE DEPENDING SIDES OF SAID INSERT BEING ENGAGED AT THEIR TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES BY THE ENDS OF SAID INSIDE FLAPS AND PROVIDING INTERMEDIATE UNITARY SUPPORTS FOR THE UPPER OUTSIDE FLAPS OF SAID BOX WHEN THE LATTER ARE FOLDED INTO THEIR BOX CLOSING POSITION.