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Container having sliding corner support

  • US 7,484,654 B2
  • Filed: 04/01/2005
  • Issued: 02/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A container comprising:

  • multiple wall panels forming container sides, said wall panels including first and second wall panels which meet one another at a first corner;

    said container having a knockdown state and an opened state, wherein said knockdown state has a first knockdown wall and a second knockdown wall, said first and second knockdown walls being substantially parallel to one another in said knockdown state, said first knockdown wall including said first and second wall panels disposed in a substantially same plane in said knockdown state, said first and second wall panels being folded relative to one another at said first corner during the assembly of said container from said knockdown state to said opened state;

    a first inner panel attached to said first wall panel, said first inner panel having an end spaced from said first corner; and

    a slidable corner support attached to said end of said first inner panel and extending towards said second wall panel, said corner support overlapping said first corner when said container is in said knockdown state and having a free end slidable relative to said second wall panel when said container is assembled from said knockdown state, and said slidable corner support moving away from said first corner as said container is assembled from said knockdown state.

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