Shipping container for rolled goods
AssigneePoly-America, L.P.
InventorBrandon J. Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a shipping container for rolled goods, particularly relatively heavy and rigid rolled products such as high count rolls of trash bags. In at least one embodiment, the shipping container may be used for shipping a product enclosure containing a pair of rolled trash bags. The shipping container can include a pair of opposing side reinforcing trays to prevent damage to the shipping container when in transit. The invention can conserve the amount of materials used and reduce the shipping weight of the container. The shipping container can further include a flexible overwrap to maintain the reinforcement trays on the opposing side ends of the product enclosure and to provide for additional reinforcement to the shipping container.
Claims20
A shipping container comprising:
- a product enclosure, the product enclosure comprising opposing vertical first and second side panels, opposing vertical front and rear panels, and opposing horizontal top and bottom panels,
- at least a first rolled good within the product enclosure, a top of the first rolled good supporting the top panel and a bottom of the first rolled good resting on the bottom panel,
- a first reinforcing tray, the first reinforcing tray comprising:
- opposing horizontal top and bottom walls,
- opposing vertical front and rear walls,
- a vertical outer wall extending between first ends of the top, bottom, front, and rear walls, and
- an opening extending between opposing second ends of the top, bottom, front, and rear walls, and
- the first reinforcing tray receiving a first side end of the product enclosure, wherein the first side end comprises the first side panel and a first partial width of the top and bottom panels of the product enclosure.
A shipping container comprising:
- a product enclosure, the product enclosure comprising opposing vertical first and second side panels, opposing vertical front and rear panels, and opposing horizontal top and bottom panels,
- at least a pair of rolled goods with corresponding outer walls proximate to each other within the product enclosure, the rolled goods oriented about first and second vertical axes, each rolled good having top and bottom surfaces,
- the top surfaces of the pair of rolled goods supporting the top panel and the bottom surfaces of the pair of rolled goods resting on the bottom panel,
- a first reinforcing tray, the first reinforcing tray comprising:
- opposing horizontal top and bottom walls,
- opposing vertical front and rear walls,
- a vertical outer wall extending between first ends of the top, bottom, front, and rear walls, and
- an opening extending between opposing second ends of the top, bottom, front, and rear walls,
- the first reinforcing tray receiving a first side end of the product enclosure, wherein the first side end comprises the first side panel and a first partial width of the front and rear panels of the product enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.