Corrugated shipping container system
OwnerDavid Goodrichinventor
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Abstract
The disclosure indicates that the compression strength of a corrugated shipping crate can be increased through the use of horizontal panels adhered to the inside surface of the vertically fluted outer walls of the crate. The panels can comprise a layer of horizontally fluted single layer of double wall or triple wall corrugated, and a layer of vertically oriented double or triple wall corrugated. The crates' outer walls can be vertically fluted 1100 weight corrugated or less. The double wall vertically fluted corrugated, can be corrugated board have a weight in the range from 500 to 1100 pounds.
Claims13
1- A substantially rectangular crate having four exterior side panels, said four side panels being formed of a single rectangular length of corrugated material, said material being at least 800 weight triple layer corrugated paper, a plurality of inner panels adhered to the interior surface of said exterior panels, said interior panels being 700 or less corrugated paper.
2- The crate of claim 1, said exterior side panels being triple wall corrugated paper having a weight of at least 1100.
3- The crate of claim 1, wherein the flutes in the outer layer run vertically, and the flutes in the inner panels run horizontally.
4- The crate of claim 1, wherein said four exterior side panels are double wall or triple wall, vertically oriented corrugated, and the inner panel are double wall horizontally oriented corrugated.
5- The crate of claim 1, said exterior side panels being triple wall corrugated paper having a weight of about 1100 pounds.
6- The crate of claim 1, said interior side panels being double wall corrugated paper having a weight of 500 pounds.
7- The crate of claim 5, said exterior side panels being double wall corrugated paper having a weight of 500 pounds.
8- A substantially rectangular crate having four exterior side panels, said four side panels being formed of a single rectangular length of corrugated material, said material exterior side panels having vertical flutes, a plurality of inner panels adhered to the interior surface of said exterior panels, said interior panels having horizontal flutes.
9- The crate of claim 8, said exterior side panels being triple wall corrugated paper having a weight in the range from 900 to 1200.
10- The crate of claim 8, said exterior side panels being triple wall corrugated paper having a weight on the order of about 1100 pounds.
11- The crate of claim 8, said interior side panels being double wall corrugated paper having a weight on the order of about 500 pounds.
12- The crate of claim 10, said exterior side panels being double wall corrugated paper having a weight of 500 pounds.
13- A substantially rectangular crate having four exterior contiguous side panels, said four side panels being formed of a single rectangular length of corrugated material, said material being at least 800 weight triple layer corrugated paper, a plurality of inner panels adhered to the interior surface of said exterior panels, said interior panels being 700 or less corrugated paper.