Container with a reinforcement structure and method of forming the same

A container formed from a body blank and at least two end blanks of sheet material, the container comprising:

• a bottom wall comprising a bottom panel of the body blank;
• two opposing side walls emanating from opposing side edges of the bottom wall;
• two opposing end walls each formed at least in part from a respective one of the two end blanks, each end blank comprising a first inner side panel, a first inner corner panel, a first inner end panel, a first reinforcement panel, a second reinforcement panel, and a second inner end panel coupled together in series, in the order recited, along a plurality of preformed, parallel fold lines;
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• wherein the first inner side panel is coupled to one of the two opposing side walls, and the first inner corner panel forms an inner miter wall that extends obliquely between one of the side walls and one of the end walls, and the first reinforcement extends from the first inner end panel inwardly towards an interior cavity of the container, and the second reinforcement panel extends from the second inner end panel inwardly towards the interior cavity, and the first inner end panel and the second inner end panel each form at least a portion of one of said opposing end walls.

A method of forming a container from a body blank and at least two end blanks of sheet material, each end blank comprising a first inner side panel, a first inner corner panel, a first inner end panel, a first reinforcement panel, a second reinforcement panel, and a second inner end panel coupled together in series, in the order recited, along a plurality of preformed, parallel fold lines, said method comprising:

• rotating a bottom panel and two opposing side panels of the body blank about a plurality of fold lines of the body blank to at least partially form a bottom wall and two opposing side walls;
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• rotating the first inner corner panel and the first and second reinforcement panels of each end blank with respect to the first and second inner end panels of the respective end blank about plurality of preformed, parallel fold lines of the respective end blank;
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• coupling the first and second inner end panels of each end blank to the body blank to form two opposing end walls of the container, such that the first inner side panel is coupled to one of the two opposing side walls, such that the first inner corner panel extends obliquely between one of the side walls and one of the end walls, such that the first reinforcement panel extends from the first inner end panel inwardly towards an interior cavity of the container, such that the second reinforcement panel extends from the second inner end panel towards the interior cavity, and such that the first inner end panel and the second inner end panel each form at least a portion of one of the two opposing end walls.