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Container with end wall opening for handle access

  • US 5,065,937 A
  • Filed: 01/25/1991
  • Issued: 11/19/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A one-piece container having an internal divider panel, with an integral handle at one end thereof, and having an end wall with an opening affording access to said handle, said container being formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard, and comprising:

  • (a) pairs of opposed side walls foldably interconnected on parallel fold lines to form a tubular structure open at its upper and lower ends;

    (b) an internal divider panel extending between and having opposite side edges foldably joined to the respective side walls of one of said pairs on fold lines that extend parallel to said last mentioned fold lines;

    (c) said divider panel having foldably joined to an upper end edge thereof a handle panel adapted to be folded 180 degrees into overlapping relation with a portion of said divider panel to form therewith a two-ply handle with an upper extremity that does not, at any time, extend above any of said side walls;

    (d) top and bottom end closure flaps foldably joined to upper and lower end edges, respectively, of said side walls and adapted to be folded inwardly 90 degrees and secured to each other in overlapping relation to form end walls for closing, at least partially, the ends of said structure;

    (e) certain of said top closure flaps being U-shaped and being arranged and disposed for cooperation with each other to form, when said top flaps are closed, a central opening large enough to accommodate the entry of a hand to enable one to reach into the container and grasp the handle and lift the container.

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