Stackable container with reinforced corner
First Claim
1. A reinforced corner for a container formed from a single blank, the corner comprising:
- a rectangular base having a first edge and a second edge perpendicular to the first edge;
a first wall having a first panel, having a lower edge, an upper edge, and a side edge, attached at the lower edge by a fold line to the first edge of the base, a second panel with a lower edge adjacent to the base, an upper edge, and a side edge, and at least one stacking tab having a two-ply thickness and a fold line connecting the upper edge of the first panel and the upper edge of the a second panel;
a second wall having an outer panel with a lower edge attached by a fold line to the second edge of the base, a center flap having an upper edge and a side edge attached by a fold line to the side edge the first panel of the first wall, and an inner flap having an upper edge attached to the upper edge of the center flap by a fold line and a first side edge adjacent to the second panel of the first wall; and
a reinforcement panel having an upper edge, a lower edge adjacent to the base, a terminal edge adjacent to the first side edge of the inner flap, and an attachment edge attached by a fold line to the side edge of the second panel of the first wall.
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Abstract
A stackable container formed from a unitary blank pre-cut and pre-scored with an improved design directed at providing material cost savings while achieving stacking stability and related benefits. The container includes a base with two sets of opposing walls. The first set of walls each include a first panel attached at a lower edge to the base and a second panel attached at an upper edge to the first panel and thereby forming at least one stacking tab having a two-ply thickness. The second set of opposing walls each include an outer panel attached to the base; two center flaps, each attached to the corresponding side edge of the first panel thereby forming a corner; and two inner flaps, each attached the corresponding center flap. The container further includes four reinforcement panels, each attached to the adjacent side edge of the corresponding second panel.
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13 Claims
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1. A reinforced corner for a container formed from a single blank, the corner comprising:
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a rectangular base having a first edge and a second edge perpendicular to the first edge;
a first wall having a first panel, having a lower edge, an upper edge, and a side edge, attached at the lower edge by a fold line to the first edge of the base, a second panel with a lower edge adjacent to the base, an upper edge, and a side edge, and at least one stacking tab having a two-ply thickness and a fold line connecting the upper edge of the first panel and the upper edge of the a second panel;
a second wall having an outer panel with a lower edge attached by a fold line to the second edge of the base, a center flap having an upper edge and a side edge attached by a fold line to the side edge the first panel of the first wall, and an inner flap having an upper edge attached to the upper edge of the center flap by a fold line and a first side edge adjacent to the second panel of the first wall; and
a reinforcement panel having an upper edge, a lower edge adjacent to the base, a terminal edge adjacent to the first side edge of the inner flap, and an attachment edge attached by a fold line to the side edge of the second panel of the first wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A container formed from a unitary blank, the container comprising:
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a rectangular base having a first set of opposing base edges and a second set of opposing base edges;
a first set of opposing walls, each wall having a first panel, having a lower edge, an upper edge, and two opposing side edges, attached at the lower edge by a single fold line to the corresponding edge of the first set of base edges, a second panel with a lower edge adjacent to the base, an upper edge, and two opposing side edges, and at least one stacking tab having a two-ply thickness and a single fold line connecting the upper edge of the first panel and the upper edge of the second panel;
a second set of opposing walls, each wall having an outer panel with a lower edge attached by a single fold line to the corresponding edge of the second set of base edges, two center flaps, each having an upper edge and a side edge attached by a single fold line to the corresponding side edge of the first panel thereby forming a corner, and two inner flaps, each positioned a selected distance (B) from the corresponding corner and each having an upper edge attached by a single fold line to the upper edge of the corresponding center flap and a first side edge adjacent to the corner; and
four reinforcement panels, each having an upper edge, a lower edge adjacent to the base, a terminal edge adjacent to the first side edge of the corresponding inner flap, and an attachment edge located a selected distance (C) from the terminal edge and attached by a single fold line to the adjacent side edge of the second panels of the first set of walls, wherein the side edges of the second panels are positioned a selected distance (A) from the corner. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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