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A molded egg carton having a windowed cover and a cellular tray for the reception of eggs in which the windowed cover includes downposts and the tray includes up posts and in which the downposts have an offset male portion and the up posts are formed with a recess in their uppermost portion adapted

A molded egg carton having a windowed cover and a cellular tray for the reception of eggs in which the windowed cover includes downposts and the tray includes up posts and in which the downposts have an offset male portion and the up posts are formed with a recess in their uppermost portion adapted to receive the offset lowermost tip of the offset male portion. The windows in the cover are on each side of the downposts and are set in relatively steep walls which form parts of the downposts. The windows are provided with “eye lid”formations.

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In an egg carton comprising a tray, a cover and a lock flap hinged thereto on opposite sides thereof and having one or more downposts in the cover and one or more up posts with cells extending therearound in the tray, apertures formed on each side of a downpost, “eye lids”about the aperture formatio

In an egg carton comprising a tray, a cover and a lock flap hinged thereto on opposite sides thereof and having one or more downposts in the cover and one or more up posts with cells extending therearound in the tray, apertures formed on each side of a downpost, “eye lids”about the aperture formations, said “eye lids”extending from relatively steep walls in the cover, said downposts having a stepped in shoulder on a plug-like formation with a tip extending therefrom at its extremity, each tray up post having a recess or crater-like formation at its upper extremity adapted to receive the tip of each downpost with said shoulder seated on the upper extremity of an up post when said cover is closed, the upper portions of the side walls of the up posts including generally concave yieldable areas facing into each cell extending therearound, the tip of each downpost and the bottom of the crater of each up post associated therewith being spaced apart from each other a distinct distance when the cover is initially closed with the distinct distance disappearing when a load of such magnitude as that of a plurality of loaded egg cartons are stacked thereon.