Container content alignment apparatus and system
AssigneeIconex LLC
InventorTimothy Darren Livingston
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Abstract
A container content apparatus comprises two inserts. Each insert comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side flaps. Each top portion comprises a die cut handle. The apparatus is adapted to be inserted into an inside of a container adjacent to interior walls of the container. An area defined by the inserts is adapted to receive a stack of media. When the inserts are removed via the handles, a gap or space exists between the outer edges of the stack and the interior walls of the container providing automatic alignment of the stack centered on the inside of the container and providing proper alignment to feed the stack directly from the container to an infeed of a printer.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- two container inserts;
- each container insert comprises:
- a top portion;
- a bottom portion;
- and
- two side flaps;
- wherein the two container inserts adapted to fit inside a container adjacent to an inside surface of the container defined by front, back, and side walls;
- wherein an area between the two container inserts adapted to receive a stack of labels;
- wherein when the two inserts are removed from the container a gap or space exists between outer edges of the stack of labels and the inside surface defined by the front, the back, and the side walls ensuring that the stack of labels is centered within the container for directly feeding the stack of labels to an infeed of a printer from the container.
A system, comprising:
- a container;
- an apparatus comprise two container inserts;
- each container insert comprises:
- a top portion comprising a die cut handle;
- and
- a bottom portion comprising two side flaps;
- wherein the two container inserts adapted to be inserted into the container and cover inside walls of the container by a thickness of a material used to manufacture the two container inserts;
- wherein an area defined on an inside of two container inserts is adapted to receive a stack of labels;
- wherein when the die cut handles are pulled up on and removed from the container, a gap of the thickness remains between outer edges of the stack of labels and the inside walls of the container ensuring the stack of labels is centered within the container and only contacts the container on a bottom of the container but does not contact or touch the container along the inside walls;
- wherein inside surfaces of the two container inserts and the container comprise a moisture resistant coating.
A method, comprising:
- coating inside surfaces of two container inserts and a container with a moisture resistant coating;
- aligning and inserting the two container inserts into the container to cover an inside surface area of the container along a front surface, rear surface, and side surface of the container;
- loading a label stack of media into the container between and along an inside surface area defined by the two container inserts;
- sealing the container shut and shipping the container to a business;
- receiving the container at the business, opening the container along a top of the container, carrying the container via side handles die cut into the container, and aligning and placing the container on a floor or other flat and hard surface of the business to ensure the container is directly under and centered under an infeed for a printer;
- removing the container inserts using insert handles die cut into each of the two container inserts leaving the label stack centered within the container with a gap between outer edges of the label stack of media and inside side walls of the container;
- orienting any flaps associated with the side handles of the container away from the label stack of media and towards an outside of the container;
- and
- feeding a top portion of the label stack of media into the infeed of the printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.