Stackable archive container
First Claim
1. A stackable archive container folded from a cardboard blank of a predetermined thickness and for being stacked next to and joined to vertical side edges of adjacent containers, the archive container comprising:
- a pair of side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall and a rear wall, wherein rigid reinforcing bars are fitted to vertical side edges of the side walls and/or the rear wall at comers of the archive container, with the reinforcing bars extending the length of the side edges of the archive container and each of the bars having a least one or more U-shaped profiles for snugly embracing the side edges in a push fit, and the one or more U-shaped profiles of the reinforcing bars are configured to reinforce and to join together the vertical side edges of the adjacent containers.
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Abstract
A stackable archive container (10) is formed from a cardboard sheet, and comprises, when in the stacked state, two side walls (14, 16), a top wall (18), a bottom wall (20) and a rear wall (12), with a closure flap (22) being hinged to the top or bottom wall. Reinforcing bars (41; 58; 64) are provided on the vertical side edges of the side walls and/or the back wall. The bars are typically extruded from aluminum, and have a U-shaped profile that extends the length of the side edges of the side and/or back walls, and embraces the side edges in a snug push fit. The reinforcing bars may have a U-, H- and/or W-configuration. The profiles enable the stacking height of the containers to be increased, and also serve to interconnect adjacent containers.
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15 Claims
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1. A stackable archive container folded from a cardboard blank of a predetermined thickness and for being stacked next to and joined to vertical side edges of adjacent containers, the archive container comprising:
a pair of side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall and a rear wall, wherein rigid reinforcing bars are fitted to vertical side edges of the side walls and/or the rear wall at comers of the archive container, with the reinforcing bars extending the length of the side edges of the archive container and each of the bars having a least one or more U-shaped profiles for snugly embracing the side edges in a push fit, and the one or more U-shaped profiles of the reinforcing bars are configured to reinforce and to join together the vertical side edges of the adjacent containers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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14. A method of assembling and arranging multiple stackable archive containers, comprising the steps of:
- forming each of the containers by folding the container from a cardboard blank to provide a pair of side walls, a top wall, a bottom and a rear wall;
fitting rigid reinforcing bars to some of vertical side edges of the side walls and/or the rear walls at comers of the containers, the reinforcing bars extending the length of the side edges and each of the bars having at least one U-shaped profile for snugly embracing the side edges in a push fit; and
joining together the containers along other of their vertical side edges using the one or more U-shaped profiles of the reinforcing bars to embrace the other of the vertical side edges in a push fit, to form a layer of the containers that are adjacent and connected.
- forming each of the containers by folding the container from a cardboard blank to provide a pair of side walls, a top wall, a bottom and a rear wall;
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