Bobbin carton

Claim 1

IN A CARTON FOR CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW TEXTILE BOBBINS IN UPSTANDING MULTILAYERED STACKED FORMATION, A PLURALITY OF TRAYS FOR SUPPORT OF DIVIDUAL LAYERS OF GROUPS OF BOBBINS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID TRAYS COMPRISING: A BASE ELEMENT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PILES OF CARDBOARD, CUT-OUT TAB PORTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TWO UPPERMOST PLIES AND EXTENDING NORMALLY AWAY FROM SAID PLIES, THE TABS OF ONE PLY HAVING SLOTS THEREIN, THE TABS OF ANOTHER PLY BEING ADAPTED FOR INSERTION INTO SAID SLOTS AND TRANSVERSELY THEREWITH IN CRISS-CROSS ARRANGEMENT TO FORM FINGERS PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BASE, AND A THIRD PLY UNDERLYING SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLIES, SAID THIRD PLY HAVING APERTURES THEREIN CORRESPONDINGLY LOCATED IMMEDIATELY BENEATH SAID FINGERS, SAID APERTURES BEING ADAPTED TO FIT OVER THE ENDS OF BOBBINS IN AN UNDERLYING LAYER WHILE THE TRAY AND FINGERS THEREON SUPPORT BOBBINS IN AN OVERLYING LAYER, SAID BOBBINS IN THE STACKED LAYERS BEING THEREBY MAINTAINED IN COLINEAR AXIAL ALIGNMENT IN THE CARTON.