H-divider containers

Claim 2

A preformed paperboard blank to be erected into an H-divider configuration, said blank comprising a paperboard sheet consisting of a layer sandwiched between a pair of liners and defining: a pair of divider panels joined together along a hinge line, a pair of end wall panels at the transversely opposite ends of each of said divider panels and foldably joined to the corresponding one of said divider panels, said hinge line comprising a slit score length in which one liner and the corresponding part of said layer are severed, leaving the other liner intact.

Claim 3

A blank as in claim 1 wherein said hinge line comprises a spaced pair of crush score lengths, at opposite ends of said slit score length, in which both liners and said layer are left unsevered.

Claim 4

A blank as in claim 2 wherein said pair of crush score lengths constitute the opposite end portions of said hinge line.

Claim 5

A blank as in claim 2 in which said hinge line comprises a spaced pair of cut score lengths, constituting the opposite end portions of said hinge line, in which both liners and said layer are severed.

Claim 6

A blank as in claim 1 in which said layer of said paperboard sheet is corrugated and said hinge line extends transversely of the flutes of said corrugated layer.

Claim 7

An H-divider comprising an integral sheet of paperboard consisting of a layer sandwiched between a pair of liners and erected to define an H shape, in plan, configuration wherein a pair of divider panels have been reversely folded into abutting registration with one another, having one edge only joined along a hinge line, said hinge line comprising a slit score length in which the outside one of said liners and the corresponding part of said layer are severed, leaving the inside liner intact, each of said divider panels at opposite ends having an integral pair of end wall panels folded at 90° to said divider panels.

Claim 8

An H-divider comprising an integral sheet of paperboard consisting of a layer sandwiched between a pair of liners and erected to define an H shape, in plan, configuration wherein a pair of divider panels have been reversely folded into abutting registration with one another, having one edge only joined along a hinge line, said hinge line comprising a slit score length in which the outside one of said liners and the corresponding part of said layer are severed, leaving the inside liner intact, each of said divider panels at opposite ends having an integral pair of end wall panels folded at 90° to said divider panels.

Claim 9

An H-divider as in claim 6 wherein said hinge line comprises a spaced pair of crush score lengths, at opposite ends of said slit score length, in which both liners and said layer are left unsevered.

Claim 10

An H-divider as in claim 7 wherein said pair of crush score lengths constitute the opposite end portions of said hinge line.

Claim 11

An H-divider as in claim 7 in which said hinge line comprises a spaced pair of cut score lengths, outwardly of said crush score lengths, constituting the opposite end portions of said hinge line, in which both liners and said corrugated layer are severed.

Claim 12

An H-divider as in claim 6 in which said layer of said paperboard sheet is corrugated and said hinge line extends transversely of the flutes of said corrugated layer.

Claim 13

In an H-divider container comprising an erected H-divider defining a pair of opposite end walls of the container, and an erected body wrap comprising an integral sheet defining a bottom panel and a pair of opposite side walls of the container with each of the side walls having opposite marginal flaps secured to vertical edge portions of the end wall panels of said H-divider, the improvement comprising; said H-divider comprising an integral sheet consisting of a layer sandwiched between a pair of liners and erected to define an H-shape in plan configuration with a pair of divider panels in abutting reversely folded registration with one another, said divider panels having lower edges only joined along a hinge line; said hinge line comprising a slit score length in which the outside one of said liners and the corresponding part of said layer are severed leaving the inside liner intact.

Claim 14

In an H-divider container comprising an erected H-divider defining a pair of opposite end walls of the container, and an erected body wrap comprising an integral sheet defining a bottom panel and a pair of opposite side walls of the container with each of the side walls having opposite marginal flaps secured to vertical edge portions of the end wall panels of said H-divider, the improvement comprising; said H-divider comprising an integral sheet consisting of a layer sandwiched between a pair of liners and erected to define an H-shape in plan configuration with a pair of divider panels in abutting reversely folded registration with one another, said divider panels having lower edges only joined along a hinge line; said hinge line comprising a slit score length in which the outside one of said liners and the corresponding part of said layer are severed leaving the inside liner intact.

Claim 15

The improvement of claim 11 wherein said hinge line comprises a spaced pair of crush score lengths, at opposite ends of said slit score length, in which both liners and said layer are left unsevered.

Claim 16

The improvement of claim 12 wherein said pair of crush score lengths constitute the extreme opposite end portions of said hinge line.

Claim 17

The improvement of claim 12 in which said hinge line comprises a spaced pair of cut score lengths, constituting the opposite end portions of said hinge line, in which both liners and said layer are severed.

Claim 18

The improvement of claim 11 in which said H-divider sheet is corrugated paperboard and said hinge line extends transversely of the flutes of the corrugated layer.