ERECTABLE CONTAINER, BLANK AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A box container comprising:
- a bottom wall having outer perimeter edges;
a plurality of upstanding walls extending upwardly from respective edges of the bottom wall;
opposite front and rear walls of the upstanding walls;
opposite side walls of the upstanding walls; and
side projecting portions at either side of each of the front and rear walls that extend beyond the corresponding side walls.
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Abstract
A container blank comprising a bottom portion defined on four sides by a first, second, third, and fourth bottom score, a first side portion partially defined by the first bottom score, a second side portion partially defined by the second bottom score, a front portion partially defined by the third bottom score, a back portion defined by the fourth bottom score, a first back connecting portion connecting the first side portion to the back portion, a second back connecting portion connecting the second side portion to the back portion, a first front connecting portion connecting the first side portion to the front portion, and a second front connecting portion connecting the second side portion to the front portion. Wherein folding of the side portions about their respective bottom scores causes the back and front portions to fold about their respective bottom scores.
8 Citations
26 Claims
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1. A box container comprising:
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a bottom wall having outer perimeter edges; a plurality of upstanding walls extending upwardly from respective edges of the bottom wall; opposite front and rear walls of the upstanding walls; opposite side walls of the upstanding walls; and side projecting portions at either side of each of the front and rear walls that extend beyond the corresponding side walls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A box container comprising:
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a bottom wall having outer perimeter edges; a plurality of upstanding walls extending upwardly from respective edges of the bottom wall; front and rear walls of the upstanding walls; side walls of the upstanding walls; a single blank from which all the walls are formed into the box container by folding of the single blank about fold lines formed in the blank including upstanding wall fold lines between the bottom wall and the upstanding walls; and connecting portions between the front wall and the side walls and the rear wall and the side walls with the walls and connecting portions configured such that folding of one of the side walls about the upstanding wall fold line between the one side wall and the bottom wall causes the front and rear walls to also begin to fold upwardly about the upstanding wall fold lines between the front and rear walls and the bottom wall. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for forming a box container having a bottom portion, opposing upstanding side portions, and opposing upstanding end portions, the method comprising:
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providing a blank including the side portions, the end portions, and the bottom portion with fold lines between the side portions and the bottom portion and the end portions and the bottom portion, the blank including connecting portions between the side portions and the end portions with fold lines therebetween; folding one of the side portions to pivot up about the fold line between the one side portion and the bottom portion; and the folding of the one side portion causing; pivoting of at least the connecting portions adjacent to the one side portion relative to the one side portion about respective fold lines; and pivoting of at least the end portions up about respective fold lines between the end portions and the bottom portion, the pivoting of the connecting portions causing the connecting portions to extend along the end portions when the box container is formed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A blank for forming a container, the blank comprising:
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a first face; a second face; a first side wall portion, the first side portion being at least partially defined by a score wherein material forming the first face is indented towards the second face and a reverse score wherein the material forming the second face is indented towards the first face; and a second side wall portion, the second side portion being at least partially defined by a score wherein material forming the first face is indented towards the second face and a reverse score wherein the material forming the second face is indented towards the first face. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A container blank comprising:
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a bottom portion being defined on four sides thereof by a first, second, third, and fourth bottom score; a first side portion at least partially defined by the first bottom score; a second side portion at least partially defined by the second bottom score; a front portion at least partially defined by the third bottom score; a back portion at least partially defined by the fourth bottom score; a first back connecting portion connecting the first side portion to the back portion, the first back connecting portion being defined by a side score connecting the first back connecting portion from the first side portion and a back score, oblique to the side score, connecting the first back connecting portion from the back portion, the first back connecting portion configured to pull the back portion to fold about the fourth bottom score when the first side portion is folded about the first bottom score; a second back connecting portion connecting the second side portion to the back portion, the second back connecting portion being defined by a side score connecting the second back connecting portion from the first side portion and a back score, oblique to the side score, connecting the second back connecting portion from the back portion, the second back connecting portion configured to pull the back portion to fold about the fourth bottom score when the second side portion is folded about the second bottom score; a first front connecting portion connecting the first side portion to the front portion, the first front connecting portion being defined by a side score connecting the first front connecting portion from the first side portion and a front score, oblique to the side score, connecting the first front connecting portion from the back portion, the first front connecting portion configured to pull the front portion to fold about the third bottom score when the first side portion is folded about the first bottom score; and a second front connecting portion connecting the second side portion to the front portion, the second front connecting portion being defined by a side score connecting the second front connecting portion from the second side portion and a front score, oblique to the side score, connecting the second front connecting portion from the back portion, the second front connecting portion configured to pull the front portion to fold about the third bottom score when the second side portion is folded about the second bottom score. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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Specification