Orientation-insensitive shipping carton

Special receptacle or package – Shock protection type – With sling or suspension means

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47 67, 119 522, 248182, 248184, B65D 8102

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052879690

ABSTRACT:
A shipping container includes a hexagonal carton having six walls extending between top and bottom ends of the carton, and a gimbal assembly contained within the carton and supported only by pivot connections to an opposed pair of the walls. The gimbal assembly comprises a normally horizontal ring supported by the pivot connections to the side walls, a normally vertical cradle pivotally connected at diametrically opposed points to the ring, and a product platform connected to the cradle below its pivot axis. Since the cradle and product platform have a combined center of gravity below the pivot axis, the cradle tends to remain in a vertical plane regardless of how the carton is turned. The top and bottom ends are preferably formed by six triangular flaps each slightly oversize, so that the flaps toggle to a locked, non-coplanar position upon closure.

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