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Container having sliding corner support

  • US 20030071114A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2002
  • Published: 04/17/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A container comprising:

  • multiple wall panels forming container sides, said wall panels including first and a second wall panels which meet one another at a first corner;

    said container being assembleable from a knockdown state to an opened state, wherein said knockdown state has a first and a second knockdown wall, said first knockdown wall including said first and second wall panels substantially parallel to one another in a substantially same plane, said first and second wall panels being folded relative to one another at said first corner during the assembly of said container from said knockdown state;

    a first inner panel attached to said first wall panel, said first inner panel having an end spaced from said first corner; and

    a slidable corner support attached to said end of said first inner panel and extending towards said second wall panel, said support member overlapping said first corner when said container is in said knockdown state and having a free end slidable relative to said second wall panel when said container is assembled from the knockdown state, and said slidable corner support moving away from said first corner as said container is assembled from the knockdown state.

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