Carton for lockset

Claim 1

A UNIVERSAL CARTON FOR A LOCKSET OF ANY OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT SIZES, EACH SUCH LOCKSET TYPICALLY INCLUDING A PAIR OF KNOBS AND ROSE TRIM COMPONENTS, A LATCH BOLT COMPONENT, A STRIKE COMPONENT, AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCESSORIES INCLUDING KEYS AND MOUNTING SCREWS, THE CARTON INCLUDING THE COMBINATION OF: (A) AN OPEN TOP TRAY HAVING BOTTOM, FRONT, REAR AND OPPOSED END WALLS HINGED TOGETHER AT ADJACENT EDGES, AND A TOP WALL HINGED TO THE REAR WALL OF CLOSING THE TRAY; (B) A PARTITION ELEMENT EXTENDED VERTICALLY WITHIN THE TRAY PARALLEL TO THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS, AND INCLUDING ADJACENT FORWARD AND REARWARD PANELS HINGED TOGETHER AT THEIR UPPER EDGES APPROXIMATELY AT THE OPEN TOP OF THE TRAY AND IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE TOP WALL; (C) A PLATFORM ELEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTITION ELEMENT AND FRONT WALL, AND INCLUDING A FRONT WALL INNER PANEL HINGED AT ITS UPPER EDGE TO THE FRONT WALL AND A PLATFORM PANEL HINGED AT ITS FORWARD EDGE TO THE LOWER EDGE OF THE FRONT WALL INNER PANEL AND EXTENDED HORIZONTALLY REARWARD THEREFROM AND HINGED AT ITS REARWARD EDGE TO THE LOWER EDGE OF THE PARTITION ELEMENT FORWARD PANEL; (D) A BASE PANEL HINGED TO THE LOWER EDGE OF THE PARTITION ELEMENT REARWARD PANEL AND EXTENDED REARWARDLY THEREFROM IN SECURED FLUSH RELATION AGAINST THE BOTTOM WALL, AND A SLOPING PANEL HINGED TO THE REARWARD EDGE OF THE BASE PANEL AND SLOPING UPWARDLY THEREFROM; (E) SAID PARTITION ELEMENT AND SLOPING PANEL HAVING OPPOSED SLOTS THEREIN FOR RECEIPT OF THE ROSE TRIMS OF THE SEPARATE KNOB AND ROSE TRIM COMPONENTS; (F) THE PLATFORM ELEMENT PANEL BEING SPACED FROM THE TOP WALL A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT THE LATCH BOLT COMPONENT, AND ONE ENDGE OF SAID PLATFORM PANEL BEING SPACED FROM THE ADJACENT END WALL A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO RECEIVE THEREBETWEEN THE FACE PLATE OF SAID LATCH BOLT COMPONENT; (G) THE OPPOSITE END EDGE OF SAID PLATFORM PANEL AND THE PARTITION ELEMENT BEING SPACED FROM THE ADJACENT END WALL A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO RECEIVE THEREBETWEEN THE STRIKE COMPONENT; (H) A LOCK FLAP HINGED TO THE UPPER END OF ONE END WALL AND FOLDED OVER THE STRIKE COMPONENT, AND HAVING A FREE EDGE THAT SNAPS PAST AND IS HELD FOLDED IN PLACE BY THE KNOB OF THE ADJACENT KNOB AND ROSE TRIM COMPONENT; (I) SPACER FLAPS HINGED TO THE PARTITION ELEMENT FORWARD PANEL ON HORIZONTAL LINES AND REMOVABLY COVERING THE SLOTS FORMED THEREIN TO PREVENT DIRECT CONTACT OF THE ROSE TRIMS DISPOSED IN THE SLOTS AND THE LATCH BOLT COMPONENT; (J) A TUCK FLAP HINGED TO THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE TOP WALL ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED INTO THE TRAY BEHIND THE FRONT WALL, AND OF SUCH LENGTH TO ENGAGE THE PLATFORM PANEL WHEN THE TOP WALL IS HORIZONTAL.