Corrugated container
AssigneeFisher Scientific Company
InventorsJohn T. Glaser, Mark Jasko
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Abstract
A corrugated container for shipping containers, such as glass bottles, includes a shipping box, a liner, one or more cross-pieces, a top sheet and a bottom sheet. The liner, cross-pieces, top sheet and bottom sheet may be made of corrugated or hexacomb material to provide shock absorbing protection to the bottles received within the shipping box. The liner and cross-pieces do not extend the full height of the box to allow the corners of the box to crush or crumple in the event the container is dropped on one of its upper corners. A pair of staggered hand holes may be formed in the opposite sides of the box to enable ergonomic lifting of the container.
Claims17
A shipping container, comprising:
- a box having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first pair of opposite side walls and a second pair of opposite side walls defining a cavity for receiving one or more articles placed therein;
- a hand hole formed in each of the first pair of side walls;
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- a liner having a first pair of opposite side walls and a second pair of opposite side walls disposed within the cavity of the box and having a top peripheral edge and a bottom peripheral edge, wherein the first pair of side walls of the liner generally abuts the first pair of side walls of the box and the second pair of side walls of the liner generally abuts the second pair of side walls of the box, and further wherein the liner is disposed within the cavity of the box with the top peripheral edge on each of the first pair of side walls of the liner extending between the second pair of side walls of the liner and being disposed beneath each of the hand holes along the entire length of the top peripheral edge between the second pair of side walls.
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