US 10,551,110 B2Granted

Modular box assembly

AssigneePratt Retail Specialties, LLC

InventorsJamie Waltermire, Paul Ott, Greg Sollie

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Abstract

A modular box assembly includes a box, a box cavity defined within the box, the box defining a top end and a bottom end, the top end defining a box opening to the box cavity, the box includes a side panel extending from the top end to the bottom end; a shoulder attached to the side panel, the shoulder extending inward from the side panel and into the box cavity, the shoulder comprising a first sub-shoulder and a second sub-shoulder, the first sub-shoulder, the second sub-shoulder, and the side panel defining a shoulder channel; and a support bracket comprising a channel tab and a support shelf, the channel tab positioned within the shoulder channel, the channel tab frictionally engaging the first sub-shoulder and the second sub-shoulder to secure the support bracket within the shoulder channel, the support shelf extending into the box cavity.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A modular box assembly comprising:

a box, the box defining a top end and a bottom end disposed opposite from the top end, the box comprising a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, and a fourth side panel, wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel, and the fourth side panel are defined by a first cardboard blank, the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel, and the fourth side panel each extending between the top end and the bottom end, the first side panel positioned adjacent to the second side panel, a first corner defined between the first side panel and the second side panel, wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel, and the fourth side panel at least partially define an inner cavity, the top end of the box being open;
and
an insulation wrap extending around the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel, and the fourth side panel, a first end of the insulation wrap positioned adjacent to a second end of the insulation wrap, the first end of the insulation wrap contacting the first corner, the insulation wrap comprising an insulation batt, the insulation batt extending unbroken from the first end to the second end;
and
a sleeve comprising a fifth side panel, a sixth side panel, a seventh side panel, and an eighth side panel, the sleeve extending around the insulation wrap, the fifth side panel, the sixth side panel, the seventh side panel, and the eighth side panel defined by a second cardboard blank, wherein the fifth side panel is aligned with the first side panel, the sixth side panel is aligned with the second side panel, the seventh side panel is aligned with the third side panel, the eighth side panel is aligned with the fourth side panel, wherein the insulation wrap is positioned between the box and sleeve, the insulation wrap extending between each of the first side panel and the fifth side panel, the second side panel and the sixth side panel, the third side panel and the seventh side panel, and the fourth side panel and the eighth side panel.

2 more elements

A modular box assembly comprising:

a plurality of inner side panels defined by a first cardboard blank, the plurality of inner side panels comprising a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, and a fourth side panel, wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel, and the fourth side panel at least partially define an inner cavity;
a plurality of outer side panels defined by a second cardboard blank, the plurality of outer side panels extending around the plurality of inner side panels, the plurality of outer side panels comprising a fifth side panel, a sixth side panel, a seventh side panel, and an eighth side panel, wherein the fifth side panel is aligned with the first side panel, the sixth side panel is aligned with the second side panel, the seventh side panel is aligned with the third side panel, the eighth side panel is aligned with the fourth side panel;
and
an insulation wrap adhesively coupled to the plurality of inner side panels, the insulation wrap extending between each of the first side panel and the fifth side panel, the second side panel and the sixth side panel, the third side panel and the seventh side panel, and the fourth side panel and the eighth side panel, wherein the insulation wrap defines a first end and a second end, the first end positioned adjacent to the second end, the insulation wrap comprising an insulation batt extending from the first end to the second end.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/663,905Filed 31 Jul 2017
Published: US 2019/0032991 A131 Jan 2019
Granted: 4 Feb 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

F25D 23/06
General constructional features: walls
B31B 50/26
Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons: folding sheets, blanks or webs
B65D 25/28
Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers: handles
B65D 81/3888
With thermal insulation: wrappers or flexible containers, e.g. pouches, bags