Package for fragile objects

Claim 1

Article revealing carton for fragile objects, particularly eggs, comprising a container section with a cover section hinged thereto, said container section having a plurality of article receiving compartments arranged in at least two parallel rows and also upwardly extending projections located between said rows of compartments, said cover section having at least two upwardly projecting gable portions extending parallel with the rows of compartments and a lower cover section located between two neighboring gable portions and interconnecting the lowermost edges of the opposed sides of the neighboring gable portions, a number of apertures being provided corresponding to the compartments in the container section, said apertures being formed in the lower cover section and the sides of the gable portions adjoining thereto, and being arranged so as to coincide with the respective compartments in the container section when the cover section is closed thereon, the upwardly extending projections of the container section having upwardly facing abutment surfaces at the free ends thereof, the lower cover section of the cover section being provided with a number of counter-abutment surfaces corresponding to the abutment surfaces of the upwardly extending projections and being arranged so as to abut against said latter abutment surfaces when the cover section is closed on the container section, the counter-abutment surfaces being parts of the lower cover section and being integral therewith by means of shoulders projecting beyond the counterabutment surfaces at the periphery thereof and with their inner surfaces bordering the counter-abutment surfaces, at least parts of the outer surfaces of the shoulders extending along at least a part of the edges of the apertures in the lower cover section, the shoulders having a channel-like cross section thus defining upwardly open channels in the upper surface of the lower cover section.