Two-piece container with integral internal corner supports
AssigneeYork Container Company
InventorsTroy M. Little, Thomas E. DeCello
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Abstract
A retail-ready container includes internal corner supports. The container is erected from a preassembly formed from a combination including a primary blank and a secondary blank. The primary blank includes a side panel, a bottom panel, and a top panel. The secondary blank is selectively adhered to the side panel of the primary substrate. Each of the side panel and the secondary blank include a plurality of sections connected by respective fold lines. Fold lines of the side panel are laterally offset from fold lines of the secondary blank so that unfolding of the preassembly yields the container with internal corner supports.
Claims20
A combination for a retail ready container, the combination comprising:
- a primary blank comprising a side panel and a bottom panel,
- the side panel comprising:
- a first section;
- a second section connected to the first section along a first fold line;
- a third section connected to the second section along a second fold line parallel to the first fold line;
- a fourth section connected to the third section along a third fold line parallel to the first fold line;
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- a fifth section connected to the fourth section along a fourth fold line parallel to the first fold line;
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- the bottom panel comprising:
- a first section connected to first section of the side panel along a fifth fold line perpendicular to the first fold line;
- a second section connected to second section of the side panel along a sixth fold line collinear with the fifth fold line;
- a third section connected to third section of the side panel along a seventh fold line collinear with the fifth fold line;
- a fourth section connected to the fourth section of the side panel along an eighth fold line collinear with the fifth fold line;
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- a fifth section connected to the fifth section of the side panel along a ninth fold line collinear with the fifth fold line;
- a secondary blank comprising:
- a first section;
- a second section connected to the first section along a tenth fold line;
- a third section connected to the second section along an eleventh fold line parallel to the tenth fold line;
- a fourth section connected to the third section along a twelfth fold line parallel to the tenth fold line;
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- a fifth section connected to the fourth section along an thirteenth fold line parallel to the tenth fold line;
- a sixth section connected to the fifth section along a fourteenth fold line parallel to the tenth fold line;
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- a seventh section connected to the fifth section along a fifteenth fold line parallel to the tenth fold line;
- wherein the fourth section of the secondary blank is adhered to the third section of the primary blank so that:
- the tenth fold line is parallel to and spaced from the first fold line toward the second fold line by a first distance;
- the twelfth fold line is parallel to and spaced from the second fold line toward the third fold line by a second distance;
- the thirteenth fold line is parallel to and spaced from the third fold line toward the second fold line by a third distance;
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- the fifteenth fold line is parallel to and spaced from the fourth fold line toward the third fold line by a fourth distance;
- wherein the combination is configured so that first section of the secondary blank is foldable along the tenth fold line against the second section of the secondary blank and the first section of the side panel of the primary blank is foldable about the first fold line to enable adhesive connection of the first section of the side panel of the primary blank to the first section of the secondary blank, and wherein the combination is configured so that fifth section of the secondary blank is foldable along the thirteenth fold line against the fourth section of the secondary blank and the fourth section of the side panel of the primary blank is foldable about the third fold line to enable adhesive connection of the fifth section of the side panel of the primary blank to the seventh section of the secondary blank, so that the combination may be manipulated between a flat configuration and an erected configuration with the first section of the side panel of the primary blank adhesively connected to the first section of the secondary blank and with the fifth section of the side panel of the primary blank adhesively connected to the seventh section of the secondary blank.
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