(19)
(11) EP 0 133 242 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.02.1986 Bulletin 1986/08

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.02.1985 Bulletin 1985/08

(21) Application number: 84108521

(22) Date of filing: 19.07.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 22.07.1983 US 516024

(71) Applicant: GTE Products Corporation
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(72) Inventors:
  • Caldwell, David H.
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  • Hurley, Robert M.
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  • Picini, Dan E.
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(54) Lamp package with internally projecting tab member


(57) A paperboard container for a pair of electric incandescent lamps which is in the form of a parallelepiped and includes as part.thereof or secured thereto a tab member which projects within the container to engage and effectively separate the lamps contained therein. The tab member in one embodiment is cut from one of the container's side walls and simply depressed prior to insertion of the lamps within opposing open ends of the container. The ends are then closed, providing a finished package which is both relatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture.






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