Hexagonal container
First Claim
1. A hexagonal paperboard container, which comprises:
- (a) a one-piece, upstanding, generally tubular, reinforcing member consisting of six, foldably connected, substantially rectangular, upstanding, reinforcing panels;
(b) a one-piece body member having two sets of three, substantially rectangular, foldably connected, upstanding side wall panels and a bottom wall foldably connected along its opposite sides to the central side wall panel of each set of side wall panels;
(c) the sets of side wall panels being located on opposite sides of the tubular reinforcing member and the side wall panels being bonded to the reinforcing panels;
(d) two of said reinforcing panels which are bonded to the central side wall panels having abutting major flaps foldably connected thereto at the bottom edges thereof;
(e) the four remaining reinforcing panels having minor flaps foldably connected thereto at the bottom edges thereof;
(f) said major and minor flaps extending substantially horizontally and interengaging and fitting together non-overlappingly to form an integral, coplanar, unsecured bottom wall for the reinforcing member which lies above and completely covers the bottom wall of the body member whereby a double-thickness container bottom wall is formed.
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Abstract
A hexagonal paperboard container, which comprises:
(a) a one-piece, upstanding, generally tubular, reinforcing member consisting of six, foldably connected, substantially rectangular, upstanding, reinforcing panels;
(b) a one-piece body member having two sets of three, substantially rectangular, foldably connected, upstanding side wall panels and a bottom wall foldably connected along its opposite sides to the central side wall panel of each set of side wall panels;
(c) the sets of side wall panels being located on opposite sides of the tubular reinforcing member and the side wall panels being bonded to the reinforcing panels;
(d) two of said reinforcing panels which are bonded to the central side wall panels having abutting major flaps foldably connected thereto at the bottom edges thereof;
(e) the four remaining reinforcing panels having minor flaps foldably connected thereto at the bottom edges thereof;
(f) said major and minor flaps extending substantially horizontally and fitting together to form a bottom wall for the reinforcing member which lies above the bottom wall of the body member whereby a double-thickness container bottom wall is formed.
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1. A hexagonal paperboard container, which comprises:
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(a) a one-piece, upstanding, generally tubular, reinforcing member consisting of six, foldably connected, substantially rectangular, upstanding, reinforcing panels; (b) a one-piece body member having two sets of three, substantially rectangular, foldably connected, upstanding side wall panels and a bottom wall foldably connected along its opposite sides to the central side wall panel of each set of side wall panels; (c) the sets of side wall panels being located on opposite sides of the tubular reinforcing member and the side wall panels being bonded to the reinforcing panels; (d) two of said reinforcing panels which are bonded to the central side wall panels having abutting major flaps foldably connected thereto at the bottom edges thereof; (e) the four remaining reinforcing panels having minor flaps foldably connected thereto at the bottom edges thereof; (f) said major and minor flaps extending substantially horizontally and interengaging and fitting together non-overlappingly to form an integral, coplanar, unsecured bottom wall for the reinforcing member which lies above and completely covers the bottom wall of the body member whereby a double-thickness container bottom wall is formed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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