Device for Preventing Breaking of Eggs in Egg Carton

Abstract

A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking has an element surrounding an egg carton with eggs and having an inner chamber for receiving the egg carton with eggs in it, with a size corresponding to an outer size of the egg carton with eggs, and the element has an impact-absorbing property such that when the egg carton with eggs is located in the inner chamber of the element and is subjected to an outside impact, the element absorbs the impact and the eggs in the egg carton do not break.

1 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking, comprising
 an element configured to surround an egg carton with eggs and having an inner chamber for receiving the egg carton with eggs in it,   wherein said inner chamber has a size substantially corresponding to an outer size of the egg carton with eggs, and   wherein said element has an impact-absorbing property such that when the egg carton with eggs is located in the inner chamber of the element and is subjected to an outside impact, the element absorbs the impact and the eggs in the egg carton do not break.   
     
     
         2 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the element has a wall which surrounds the inner chamber and is composed of a material which has the impact-absorbing property. 
     
     
         3 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 2 , wherein the wall has a thickness such that with the impact-absorbing material of the wall of the element and the thickness of the wall of the element, the eggs in the egg carton do not break when the egg carton with the eggs, located in the inner chamber of the element is subjected to the outside impact. 
     
     
         4 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the element has a wall which surrounds the inner chamber and is composed of two layers located over one another as considered in a transverse direction of the wall element. 
     
     
         5 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 6 , wherein one of the layers of the wall of the element is composed of a soft material, while another of the walls of the element is composed of a corrugated material. 
     
     
         6 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 5 , wherein the one layer of the wall element composed of a soft material is an inner layer, while the other layer of the wall element composed of a corrugated material is an outer layer as considered in a direction transverse to a direction of elongation of the element. 
     
     
         7 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg cartoon from breaking as defined in  claim 5 , wherein the layer of corrugated material of the wall of the element is composed of a plurality of corrugated strips which are spaced from one another in a direction of elongation of the element. 
     
     
         8 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the the element has a wall which surrounds the inner chamber and has the impact-absorbing property, and an interior layer provided on an interior surface of the well of the element and facing toward the inner chamber. 
     
     
         9 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 8 , wherein the interior layer has a frictional characteristic which is lower than a frictional characteristic of the wall of the element so as to reduce friction between the wall of the element and the carton with eggs when the carton with eggs moves relative to the wall during its introduction into the inner chamber and withdrawal from the inner chamber. 
     
     
         10 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the element has a wall which surrounds the inner chamber and has an impact-absorbing property, and an exterior layer provided on an exterior surface of the wall facing away from the inner chamber. 
     
     
         11 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the element has a wall which surrounds the inner chamber and has an opening at least at on one side as considered in a longitudinal direction of the element and configured for inserting the egg carton with eggs into the inner chamber and withdrawing the egg carton with eggs from the inner chamber therethrough. 
     
     
         12 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 11 , further comprising means for closing and opening the opening of the wall of the element to allow the inserting of the carton with eggs into the inner chamber and the withdrawing of the carton with eggs from the inner chamber through the opening of the wall of the element when the opening is closed. 
     
     
         13 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 1 , further comprising a handle provided on the element for carrying the device with the egg carton with eggs accommodated in the inner chamber of the element during transportation of the device by a user. 
     
     
         14 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 14 , wherein the element is elongated in an direction of elongation and has two ends spaced from one another in the direction of elongation, and wherein the handle is provided on one of the ends of the element. 
     
     
         15 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the element has a wall which surrounds the inner chamber and is elongated in a longitudinal direction, further comprising reducing means for reducing a size of the inner chamber as considered in a direction which is transverse to the longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         16 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 15 , wherein the reducing means for reducing a size of the inner chamber in the transverse direction include at least one member acting on the wall from outside inwardly toward the inner chamber as considered in the transverse direction. 
     
     
         17 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg cartoon from breaking as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the element has a wall which surrounds the inner chamber and is elongated in a longitudinal direction, further comprising adjusting means for adjusting a length of the wall and thereby a length of the inner chamber to adjust it to a length of the egg carton with eggs. 
     
     
         18 . A device for protecting eggs in an egg carton from breaking as defined in  claim 1 , wherein wherein the wall of the element is substantially bendable so that one longitudinal portion of the wall upon bending can be extended over a remaining longitudinal portion of the wall, and wherein the adjusting means for adjusting include attaching means for attaching the one longitudinal portion of the wall of the element to the remaining portion of the wall of the element upon the bending and extending the former over the latter.