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US 10,301,097 B2Granted
Shipping container for packaging frangible products
AssigneeInternational Paper Company
InventorsTrevor James Groff, Waylande Juan Sanchez
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Abstract
The purpose of the claimed invention is to have a protective internal structure using multiple corrugated paperboard inserts that will fit into a RSC (regular slotted container) case. These inserts and the internal structure that it creates, enable a user to ship their product via common or contract carrier without damage to the user's product.
Claims15
A shipping container system for packaging frangible products comprising:
- a container having a bottom wall, a top wall and side walls;
- a protective air cell for a product formed within the container by a space defined between a first insert and a second insert and the side walls of the container, each of said first and second inserts including a bottom wall and respective first and second sidewall panels foldably joined to the bottom walls;
- said protective air cell further defined by a pair of third inserts, a first one of said third inserts placed within said container between the bottom wall of said container and the bottom wall of said inserts, and a second one of said third inserts placed between an upper part of the first and second inserts and the top wall of said container;
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- a pair of angled slots formed in each of the sidewall panels of the first and second inserts, wherein the angled slots formed in the sidewall panels of the second insert engage with the angled slots formed in the sidewall panels of the first insert.
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A shipping container system comprising:
- a container having a bottom wall, a top wall, and side walls;
- a first insert formed from a first blank including a first sidewall panel, a bottom wall, and a second sidewall panel connected in series at respective parallel fold lines extending in a lateral direction of the first blank, the first insert comprising the first and second sidewall panels extending upward from the bottom wall of the first insert and adjacent to opposing side walls of the container;
- a second insert formed from a blank including a first sidewall panel, a bottom wall, and a second sidewall panel connected in series at respective parallel fold lines extending in a lateral direction of the second blank, the second insert comprising the first and second sidewall panels extending upward from the bottom wall of the second insert and adjacent to opposing side walls of the container;
- a pair of angled slots formed in each of the sidewall panels of the first and second inserts, wherein the angled slots formed in the sidewall panels of the second insert engage with the angled slots formed in the sidewall panels of the first insert;
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- wherein the bottom wall of the second insert is positioned adjacent a downwardly facing side of the first insert, and the lateral direction of the second insert is located transverse to the lateral direction of the first insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.