MATERIALS FOR AN METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DIVIDED CONTAINER AND RESULTING DIVIDED CONTAINER

• US 20110011922A1
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GYRE Innovations, LLC
• Original Assignee: York Container Company
• Inventors: Little, Troy
• Application Number:
  US12/834,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20110011922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 229/120.02
• CPC Class Codes: B31D 5/0013 the inserts having interengaged slotted panels
• CPC Class Codes: B31D 5/0026 involving collapsing or stacking the inserts
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/48048 Single partition formed by folding one or more blanks and provided with flaps fixed to or maintained by parts of the container body B65D5/4804 takes precedence

Abstract

A method of manufacturing containers and resulting containers and associated preassemblies and blanks are provided, which, when utilized, result in containers having an interior formed by a primary blank serving as an exterior of the container. The interior includes a cross support formed from a supplementary blank that is configured and adhered to opposed panels of the primary blank so as to function also as a divider of the interior of the container. The cross support is formed as part of the set up or final assembly of exterior of the container.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a container, the method comprising:

cutting a primary blank including a plurality of panels configured to provide an exterior of the container having first and second pairs of opposing panels;

cutting a first supplementary blank having a plurality of sections including a major section and first and second minor sections; and

affixing the first and second minor sections each to an intermediate portion of a respective panel of the first pair of opposing panel of the primary blank and affixing first and second panels of the primary blank together such that, as the primary blank panels are manipulated to form the exterior of the container of the finally assembled container a cross support is formed by the major section of the first supplementary blank intermediate the second pair of opposing panels of the primary blank and dividing the an interior of the finally assembled container into two volumes.

2. The method of claim 1, including cutting a second supplementary blank and wherein the first minor section of the first supplementary blank is affixed to the second supplementary blank, and the second supplementary blank is affixed to one of the first pairs of opposing panels.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the secondary supplementary blank and the panel to which the secondary supplementary blank is affixed have substantially equal widths so as to form a double wall of the container.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second minor section of the first supplementary blank is affixed to a first portion of the first panel of the primary blank, which is one of the first pair of opposing panels, and the second panel of the primary blank is affixed to a second portion of the first panel.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a sum of a width of the second minor section of the first supplementary blank and a width of the second panel of the primary substantially equal a width of the first panel of the primary so as to form a double wall of the container.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second minor section of the first supplementary blank is affixed to a first portion of the first panel of the primary blank, which is one of the first pair of opposing panels, and the second panel of the primary blank is affixed to a second portion of the first panel.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a sum of a width of the second minor section of the first supplementary blank and a width of the second panel of the primary substantially equal a width of the first panel of the primary so as to form a double wall of the container.

8. A container preassembly comprising:

a primary blank including a plurality of panels configured to provide an exterior of the container having first and second pairs of opposing panels; and

a first supplementary blank having a plurality of sections including a major section and first and second minor sections;

wherein the first and second minor sections each being affixed to an intermediate portion of a respective panel of the first pair of opposing panel of the primary blank and first and second panels of the primary blank being affixed together such that, as the primary blank panels are manipulated to form the exterior of the container of the finally assembled container a cross support is formed by the major section of the first supplementary blank intermediate the second pair of opposing panels of the primary blank and dividing the an interior of the finally assembled container into two volumes.

9. The container preassembly of claim 8, including a second supplementary blank and wherein the first minor section of the first supplementary blank is affixed to the second supplementary blank, and the second supplementary blank is affixed to one of the first pairs of opposing panels.

10. The container preassembly of claim 9, wherein the secondary supplementary blank and the panel to which the secondary supplementary blank is affixed have substantially equal widths so as to form a double wall of the container.

11. The container preassembly of claim 10, wherein the second minor section of the first supplementary blank is affixed to a first portion of the first panel of the primary blank, which is one of the first pair of opposing panels, and the second panel of the primary blank is affixed to a second portion of the first panel.

12. The container preassembly of claim 11, wherein a sum of a width of the second minor section of the first supplementary blank and a width of the second panel of the primary substantially equal a width of the first panel of the primary so as to form a double wall of the container.

13. The container preassembly of claim 8, wherein the second minor section of the first supplementary blank is affixed to a first portion of the first panel of the primary blank, which is one of the first pair of opposing panels, and the second panel of the primary blank is affixed to a second portion of the first panel.

14. The container preassembly of claim 13, wherein a sum of a width of the second minor section of the first supplementary blank and a width of the second panel of the primary substantially equal a width of the first panel of the primary so as to form a double wall of the container.

15. A plurality of blanks for a container preassembly, the plurality of blanks comprising:

a primary blank including a plurality of panels configured to provide an exterior of the container having first and second pairs of opposing panels; and

a first supplementary blank having a plurality of sections including a major section and first and second minor sections;

wherein the first and second minor sections being configured to be affixed to an intermediate portion of a respective panel of the first pair of opposing panel of the primary blank and first and second panels of the primary blank being configured to be affixed together such that, as the primary blank panels are manipulated to form the exterior of the container of the finally assembled container a cross support is formed by the major section of the first supplementary blank intermediate the second pair of opposing panels of the primary blank and dividing the an interior of the finally assembled container into two volumes.

16. The plurality of blanks of claim 15, including a second supplementary blank and wherein the first minor section of the first supplementary blank is be affixed to the second supplementary blank, and the second supplementary blank to be affixed to one of the first pairs of opposing panels.

17. The plurality of blanks of claim 16, wherein the secondary supplementary blank and the panel to which the secondary supplementary blank is to be affixed have substantially equal widths so as to form a double wall of the container when affixed.

18. The plurality of blanks of claim 17, wherein the second minor section of the first supplementary blank is to be affixed to a first portion of the first panel of the primary blank, which is one of the first pair of opposing panels, and the second panel of the primary blank is to be affixed to a second portion of the first panel.

19. The plurality of blanks of claim 18, wherein a sum of a width of the second minor section of the first supplementary blank and a width of the second panel of the primary substantially equal a width of the first panel of the primary so as to form a double wall of the container when affixed.

20. The plurality of blanks of claim 15, wherein the second minor section of the first supplementary blank is to be affixed to a first portion of the first panel of the primary blank, which is one of the first pair of opposing panels, and the second panel of the primary blank is to be affixed to a second portion of the first panel.

21. The plurality of blanks of claim 20, wherein a sum of a width of the second minor section of the first supplementary blank and a width of the second panel of the primary substantially equal a width of the first panel of the primary so as to form a double wall of the container when affixed.