Divided container
AssigneeLBP Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorKurt Wolf
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Abstract
A container is provided including a container body having an interior space. The container body has a base portion, a top portion pivotally connected to the base portion, and a divider wall that separates upper and lower portions of the interior space with the top portion closed on the base portion. A slot of the container body is disposed generally between the upper and lower portions of the interior space, and a projection of the divider wall sized to fit into the slot to support the divider wall in an operable position between the upper and lower portions of the interior space with the top portion closed on the base portion.
Claims16
A container comprising:
- a container body having an interior space;
- a base portion and a top portion of the container body that are pivotally connected by a hinge;
- a divider wall of the container body that separates upper and lower portions of the interior space with the top portion closed on the base portion;
- a slot of the container body that extends through the hinge;
- and
- a projection of the divider wall sized to fit into the slot to support the divider wall in position between the upper and lower portions of the interior space with the top portion closed on the base portion.
A container comprising:
- a bottom portion including:
- a bottom panel;
- a rear upstanding wall extending upwardly from a first peripheral edge of the bottom panel;
- a front upstanding wall extending upwardly from a second peripheral edge of the bottom panel, the second peripheral edge being opposite of the first peripheral edge;
- first and second upstanding sidewalls extending from opposite peripheral edges of the bottom panel;
- a top portion including:
- a top panel;
- a rear depending wall extending downwardly from a first peripheral edge of the top panel, the rear depending wall coupled to the rear upstanding wall by a living hinge;
- a front depending wall extending downwardly from a second peripheral edge of the top panel, the second peripheral edge being opposite of the first peripheral edge;
- first and second depending sidewalls extending from opposite peripheral edges of the top panel;
- a generally flat divider coupled to one of the rear upstanding wall, front upstanding wall, first and second upstanding sidewalls, rear depending wall, front depending wall, and first and second upstanding walls by a living hinge at a first peripheral edge of the divider, the divider including a projection extending from a second peripheral edge of the of the divider, the second peripheral edge being opposite to the first peripheral edge.
A blank for forming a container, the blank comprising:
- a bottom panel;
- a top panel;
- a rear panel extending from a first peripheral edge of the bottom panel to a first peripheral edge of the second panel, the rear panel including a score generally parallel to the first peripheral edge of the bottom panel positioned between the bottom panel and top panel;
- an aperture in the rear panel, the aperture being along the score;
- a top front panel extending from a second peripheral edge of the top panel, the second peripheral edge being opposite the first peripheral edge;
- a bottom front panel extending from a second peripheral edge of the bottom panel, the second peripheral edge being opposite the first peripheral edge;
- a divider panel extending from one of the top front panel and the bottom front panel, the divider panel including a projection sized to be received in the aperture.
A method of forming a container comprising:
- pivoting a divider wall relative to a top portion about a first hinge, the first hinge integrally connecting the divider wall to a first edge of the top portion;
- pivoting the top portion relative to a base portion about a second hinge, the second hinge integrally connecting the base portion second edge, opposite the first edge, of the top portion;
- and
- inserting a projection of the divider wall into an aperture extending through the second hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.