Carton

Claim 1

A MULTI-COMPARTMENT CELLULAR CARTON FORMED FROM A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CARTON PANELS, SAID CARTON COMPRISING A FIRST UPPER SIDE WALL PANEL EXTENDING UPWARDLY, A FIRST MAIN SIDE WALL PANEL EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOP EDGE OF THE FIRST UPPER SIDE WALL PANEL AND ADHESIVELY SECURED TO THE FACING SURFACE OF SAID FIRST UPPER SIDE WALL PANEL, A BOTTOM WALL PANEL, A SECOND MAIN SIDE WALL PANEL EXTENDING UPWARDLY, A SECOND UPPER SIDE WALL PANEL EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOP EDGE OF THE SECOND MAIN SIDE WALL PANEL AND ADHESIVELY SECURED TO THE FACING SURFACE OF SAID SECOND MAIN SIDE WALL PANEL, A TOP WALL PANEL SECURED TO THE FIRST MAIN SIDE WALL PANEL, AND END WALL PANELS; THE TOP WALL PANEL BEING FORMED WITH AT LEAST ONE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ROW OF CELLULAR COMPARTMENTS; EACH CELLULAR COMPARTMENT BEING DEFINED BY A PAIR OF SPACED COEXTENSIVE LONGITUDINAL CUT LINES, A LATERAL CUT LINE CONNECTING THE ADJACENT ENDS OF THE SPACED LONGITUDINAL CUT LINES AT ONE END THEREOF, A FIRST LATERAL FOLD LINE CONNECTING THE ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID SPACED LONGITUDINAL CUT LINES AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF AND A SECOND LATERAL FOLD LINE CONNECTING SAID SPACED LONGITUDINAL CUT LINES INTERMEDIATE SAID LATERAL CUT LINE AND SAID FIRST LATERAL FOLD LINE; EACH COMPARTMENT BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF CUSHION ELEMENTS HINGEABLY CONNECTED TO THE TOP WALL PANEL AT THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID COMPARTMENT; SAID PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL CUT LINES, LATERAL CUT LINE AND FIRST AND SECOND LATERAL FOLD LINES ALSO DEFINING A PAIR OF COOPERATING PANEL PORTIONS, THE PANEL PORTIN ADJACENT THE FIRST LATERAL FOLD LINE COMPRISING A VERTICAL DIVIDER PANEL SEPARATING ADJOINING COMPARTMENTS OF THE ERECTED CARTON AND THE PANEL PORTION REMOTE FROM SAID FIRST LATERAL FOLD LINE COMPRISING A GLUE PANEL ADHESIVELY SECURED TO THE BOTTOM WALL PANEL OF THE ERECTED CARTON; THE COMPARTMENTS IN EACH LONGITUDINAL ROW OF COMPARTMENTS BEING SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY NARROW LATERALLY EXTENDING PORTIONS OF THE TOP PANEL, AND THE COMPARTMENTS IN ADJOINING LONGITUDINAL ROWS BEING SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY NARROW LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING PORTIONS OF THE TOP PANEL.