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A locking paperboard sleeve (11) for retaining at least a pair of spaced articles (12) is disclosed. The sleeve has a top panel (14), opposed side panels (15, 16) hingedly connected to the top panel, and first and second base panels (21, 22) constructed and arranged to interlock with one another and

A locking paperboard sleeve (11) for retaining at least a pair of spaced articles (12) is disclosed. The sleeve has a top panel (14), opposed side panels (15, 16) hingedly connected to the top panel, and first and second base panels (21, 22) constructed and arranged to interlock with one another and being hingedly fastened to one each of the respective side panels. A keel panel (37) is hingedly connected to the second base panel, and is constructed and arranged to be moved out of a common plane of the base panels, when locked together, and to be received between the at least two articles as a locking panel (26) hingedly connected to the first base panel is moved into locking engagement with the second base panel. The keel panel is retained in position between the at least two articles by a hook portion (34) extending from the locking panel which engages a notch (40) defined in the keel panel.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] A paperboard retaining device for holding at least one pair of contoured articles in a side by side relationship with respect to one another in two parallel rows, comprising:a top panel having a first side edge and a spaced and parallel second side edge;a first side panel having a l

[ I claim:] [1.] A paperboard retaining device for holding at least one pair of contoured articles in a side by side relationship with respect to one another in two parallel rows, comprising:a top panel having a first side edge and a spaced and parallel second side edge;a first side panel having a lower edge and being hingedly connected to the top panel along said first side edge;a second side panel having a lower edge and being hingedly connected to the top panel along said second side edge;a first base panel hingedly connected to the lower edge of the first side panel;a second base panel hingedly connected to the lower edge of the second side panel;a locking assembly comprised of a first lock and a second lock for locking said first base panel and said second base panel together to form a base comprised of said first base panel and said second base panel, said first lock formed as a part of said first base panel and comprising a locking panel moveable along a first hinge spaced from and substantially parallel to the lower edge of the first side panel; anda keel panel formed as a part of said second base panel and moveable along a second hinge spaced from and substantially perpendicular to the lower edge of the second side panel,wherein said keel panel is selectively moveable out of a plane generally parallel to said base formed when said first and second base panels are locked together and into a raised position above said plane so as to be positioned between two of the articles, and wherein said locking panel is moveable to a position adjacent said keel panel so that said locking panel and said keel panel interlock to retain the keel panel in said raised position,wherein said second lock includes an edge defined in said second base panel by a cut, and said first lock includes a locking tab defined on the locking panel along a third hinge, said locking tab being formed as a part of a second locking panel defined in said first base panel by said first hinge and said third hinge which is spaced from and parallel to said first hinge, said tab being sized and shaped to be received behind said edge when said first base panel and said second base panel are interlocked with one another, andwherein said keel panel includes a fourth hinge parallel to said second hinge, said fourth hinge dividing said keel panel into an angled part between said second hinge and said fourth hinge, and a free part extending away from said fourth hinge.