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Packaging container

  • US 5,116,290 A
  • Filed: 12/06/1990
  • Issued: 05/26/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A container comprisinga multiplicity of web plates anda cover sheet extending about the peripheries of said web plates to define a substantially tubular enclosure with said web plates extending substantially transversely to a principal axis of said tube,said cover sheet including a base panel, and arranged in opposed spaced relationship, upright side panels, top closure panels and joinder panels interconnecting said bare panel and said side panels, which said joinder panels are angularly disposed relatively to said side panels and formed with transversely extending slots within which said web plates constitute a friction fit,said peripheral corners of said web plates being dimensioned to extend through said slots frictionally to secure said cover sheet to said web plates and to retain said webs substantially transversely to said principal axis of said tube,said container being capable of arrangement in a vertical stacked relationship with a second container of like configuration in that said web plates are relatively rigid, locking projections being formed in each said web plate which extend outwardly from one of said vertically disposed edges thereof,said cover sheet is conformed with said slots which are complementary to said locking projections and positioned to allow said locking projections to extend through said cover sheet slots when said cover sheet is formed about said web plates,said locking projections of said web plates and said cover sheet slots being dimensioned and positioned for complementary interengagement of one or more of said locking projections on said web plates of one container with a corresponding cover sheet slot of an adjacent container, and said web plates in the vicinity of said cover sheet slots being formed with recesses complementary to the said locking projection which said slot is to receive.

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