EGG CARTON WITH COLLAPSIBLE BUBBLES

A plastic egg carton that enables secure packaging of different size eggs, preferably in both oriented and non-oriented positions, while also allowing for easy filling, closing, handling and packing in shipping containers. The egg carton has a base tray and a lid hingedly connected to the tray for pivoting between open and closed positions. Each cell of the base tray has a plurality of collapsible bubbles formed in the cell sidewall, the bubbles extending radially inwardly in a relaxed state (when no egg or an egg up to a predetermined size (diameter) is present in the cell) and configured to move (compress) outwardly when eggs of increasing size (diameter) above the predetermined size are placed in the cell, thereby accommodating a range of different size variations, and holding each received egg in a vertically aligned position in its cell. The lid post also has a plurality of collapsible bubbles. The bubbles in the cell sidewalls and lid posts collectively hold each egg, within a predefined range of egg sizes, vertically upright in the cell pocket, resisting movement in the horizontal (lateral) direction, and cushioning the egg at its point of maximum girth (maximum width) from compressive forces (lateral impacts).