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US 11,794,945 B2Granted
Container having leak-resistant fold-in tray and blank therefor
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorJohn Valencia
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Abstract
A container formed from a blank of sheet material includes an outer tray having a bottom wall, front and rear walls, and first and second side walls. A fold-in tray is configured to nest within the outer tray. The fold-in tray is hingedly connected along an upper edge of at least one of the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, and the rear wall.
Claims20
A container formed from a blank of sheet material, the container comprising:
- an outer tray comprising a plurality of walls including a bottom wall, front and rear walls disposed opposite one another and extending upwardly from respective front and rear edges of the bottom wall, and first and second side walls disposed opposite one another and extending upwardly from respective first and second side edges of the bottom wall;
- a fold-in tray hingedly connected along at least a portion of an upper edge of at least one connected wall, wherein the at least one connected wall comprises one or more of said first side wall, said second side wall, and said front wall, the fold-in tray configured to nest in a nested position within the outer tray such that, in the nested position, a tray bottom panel opposes the bottom wall of the outer tray and is adjacent to the bottom wall of the outer tray, along substantially an entire area of the tray bottom panel, at least one other tray panel extends upwardly from an edge of the tray bottom, and an additional tray panel extends:
- (i) upwardly from an opposite edge of the tray bottom panel that is opposite the at least one other tray panel and (ii) adjacent to one of the plurality of walls of the outer tray that is opposite the at least one connected wall, wherein the fold-in tray is at least leak resistant via corner gusset structures;
- and a top closure, the top closure comprising a top closure panel hingedly connected along an upper edge of the rear wall and separate from the fold-in tray.
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A blank of sheet material for forming a container, the blank comprising:
- an outer-tray-forming portion configured to form an outer tray in a set-up container, the outer-tray-forming portion comprising a plurality of panels including a front panel configured to form a front wall of the outer tray in the set-up container, a rear panel configured to form a rear wall of the outer tray in the set-up container, a first side panel configured to form a first side wall of the outer tray in the set-up container, a second side panel configured to form a second side wall of the outer tray in the set-up container, and a bottom-forming portion comprising at least one bottom panel, the bottom-forming portion configured to form a bottom wall of the outer tray in the set-up container;
- a fold-in-tray-forming portion configured to form a fold-in tray in the set-up container, the fold-in-tray-forming portion comprising a tray bottom panel and at least one other tray panel, wherein the fold-in-tray-forming portion is hingedly connected along at least a portion of an edge of at least one connected panel, wherein the at least one connected panel comprises one or more of the first side panel, the second side panel, and the front panel, wherein the fold-in tray is configured to nest in a nested position within the outer tray in the set-up container such that, in the nested position, the tray bottom panel opposes the bottom wall of the outer tray and is adjacent to the bottom wall of the outer tray, and the at least one other tray panel is configured to extend upwardly from an edge of the tray bottom panel, and an additional tray panel is configured to extend upwardly from an edge of the tray bottom panel opposite the at least one other tray panel and adjacent to one of the plurality of panels of the outer-tray-forming portion that is opposite the at least one connected panel, wherein the fold-in-tray-forming portion is configured to form the fold-in tray in the set-up container such that the fold-in tray is at least leak resistant via corner gusset structures of the fold-in-tray-forming portion;
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- a top closure, the top closure comprising a top closure panel hingedly connected along an upper edge of the rear wall and separate from the fold-in tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.