US 10,647,468 B2Granted

Box container and display

AssigneeVanguard Packaging, Inc.

InventorJerry Ryan Frost

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Abstract

A corrugated box container with a main component including a base section and first and second side sections. The box container additionally includes first and second side support components associated with the first and second side sections for reinforcing the first and second side support sections. The box container further includes a cover component that is capable of engagement with the main component or the first and second side support components, such that the main component and the cover component present a fully enclosed space within the box container. The box container is erected from a knockdown configuration by folding the first and second side sections until the side sections are generally perpendicular with the base section; connecting the first and second side support components with the first and second side sections respectively; and connecting the cover component with the main component or the first and second side support components.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A corrugated box container that is moveable between a shipping configuration and a display configuration, the container comprising:

a main component defining a generally open top and a generally open front so as to accommodate displaying items within an interior area of said main component when the container is in the display configuration;
and
a cover component comprising a top section and a front end section extending generally perpendicularly from said top section,
wherein said cover component is configured to selectively engage with said main component, thereby at least partially concealing the items within said interior area of said main component,
wherein said front opening of said main component is configured to selectively receive said front end section of said cover component when said cover component is engaged with said main component,
wherein said front end section comprises a front panel and opposed flange sections extending generally perpendicularly from opposed sides of said front panel:
wherein said main component further defines a generally open back so as to further accommodate displaying items within the interior area of the main component when the main component is in the display configuration,
wherein said cover component further comprises a rear end section extending generally perpendicularly from said top section, wherein said rear end section comprises a rear panel and opposed flange sections extending generally perpendicularly from opposed sides of said rear panel, and
wherein said main component comprises:
a base section extending between opposed first and second side sections;
and
first and second side support components associated with respective first and second side sections, each of said first and second side support components comprising an inner panel and a central panel extending from respective inner panels towards respective first and second side sections.

9 more elements

A method of making a corrugated box container, the method comprising:

forming a main component, said main component defining a generally open top and a generally open front so as to accommodate displaying items within an interior area of said main component when the main component is in a display configuration;
cutting a periphery of a cover component;
and
forming said cover component, said cover component having a top section and a front end section extending generally perpendicularly from said top section,
wherein said cover component is configured to selectively engage with said main component, thereby at least partially concealing the items within said interior area of said main component,
wherein said front opening of said main component is configured to selectively receive said front end section of said cover component when said cover component is engaged with said main component, and
wherein said front end section comprises a front panel and opposed first and second flange sections extending generally perpendicularly from opposed first and second sides of said front panel,
wherein said main component further defines a generally open back so as to further accommodate displaying items within the interior area of the main component when the main component is in the display configuration, and
wherein said cover component further comprises a rear end section extending generally perpendicularly from said top section, wherein said rear end section comprises a rear panel and opposed flange sections extending generally perpendicularly from opposed sides of said rear panel;
and
wherein said main component comprises:
a base section extending between opposed first and second side sections;
and
first and second side support components associated with respective first and second side sections, each of said first and second side support components comprising an inner panel and a central panel extending from respective inner panels towards respective first and second side sections.

11 more elements

A method of utilizing a cover component of a corrugated box container to at least partially conceal items within an interior area of a main component of the corrugated box container, the method comprising:

providing said main component in a knockdown configuration;
folding said main component from its knockdown configuration to an erected configuration defining a generally open top and a generally open front so as to accommodate displaying items within the interior area of said main component when the main component is in a display configuration;
providing said cover component in a knockdown configuration;
folding said cover component from its knockdown configuration to an erected configuration comprising a top section and a front end section extending generally perpendicularly from said top section;
positioning items within said interior area of said main component;
and
engaging said cover component with said main component so as to enclose the items within said interior area, thereby at least partially concealing the items,
wherein said front opening of said main component is configured to selectively receive said front end section of said cover component when said cover component is engaged with said main component, and
wherein said front end section comprises a front panel and opposed first and second flange sections extending generally perpendicularly from opposed first and second sides of said front panel,
wherein said main component further defines a generally open back so as to further accommodate displaying items within the interior area of the main component when the main component is in a display configuration, and
wherein said cover component further comprises a rear end section extending generally perpendicularly from said top section, wherein said rear end section comprises a rear panel and opposed flange sections extending generally perpendicularly from opposed sides of rear panel.

8 more elements

A corrugated box container that is moveable between a shipping configuration and a display configuration, the container comprising:

a main component defining a generally open top and a generally open front so as to accommodate displaying items within an interior area of said main component when the container is in the display configuration;
and
a cover component comprising a top section and a front end section extending generally perpendicularly from said top section,
wherein said cover component is configured to selectively engage with said main component, thereby at least partially concealing the items within said interior area of said main component,
wherein said front opening of said main component is configured to selectively receive said front end section of said cover component when said cover component is engaged with said main component,
wherein said front end section comprises a front panel and opposed flange sections extending generally perpendicularly from opposed sides of said front panel:
wherein said main component further defines a generally open back so as to further accommodate displaying items within the interior area of the main component when the main component is in the display configuration,
wherein said cover component further comprises a rear end section extending generally perpendicularly from said top section, wherein said rear end section comprises a rear panel and opposed flange sections extending generally perpendicularly from opposed sides of said rear panel, and
wherein said front panel of said front end section remains generally parallel with said rear panel of said rear end section as the container is moved between the shipping configuration and the display configuration.

6 more elements

A corrugated box container that is moveable between a shipping configuration and a display configuration, the container comprising:

a main component defining a generally open top and a generally open front so as to accommodate displaying items within an interior area of said main component when the container is in the display configuration;
and
a cover component comprising a top section and a front end section extending generally perpendicularly from said top section,
wherein said cover component is configured to selectively engage with said main component, thereby at least partially concealing the items within said interior area of said main component,
wherein said front opening of said main component is configured to selectively receive said front end section of said cover component when said cover component is engaged with said main component,
wherein said front end section comprises a front panel and opposed flange sections extending generally perpendicularly from opposed sides of said front panel:
wherein said main component further defines a generally open back so as to further accommodate displaying items within the interior area of the main component when the main component is in the display configuration,
wherein said cover component further comprises a rear end section extending generally perpendicularly from said top section, wherein said rear end section comprises a rear panel and opposed flange sections extending generally perpendicularly from opposed sides of said rear panel, and
wherein said cover component is configured to slide vertically relative to said main component as the container is moved between the shipping configuration and the display configuration.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/596,381Filed 16 May 2017 · continuation
Priority: 31 Jul 2012
Published: US 2017/0247136 A131 Aug 2017
Granted: 12 May 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B65D 5/5023
Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents: integral elements for containers of other type, e.g. formed by folding a blank to U-shape
B65D 5/324
At least one container body part formed by folding a single blank to essentially U-shape with or without extensions which form openable lid…
B65D 5/4266
Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks: folding lines, score lines, crease lines
B65D 5/445
Reinforcements: reinforcements formed separately from the container

Family

Application61/677,979Us provisional application · filed 31 Jul 2012
Application13/955,925Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Jul 2013
Application14/997,685Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Jan 2016
US 9,238,523 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Jan 2016
US 2017/0247136 A1Pre-grant publication · published 31 Aug 2017
US 9,682,795 B1Parent of this continuation
US 10,647,468 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.