Container with a reinforcement structure and method of forming the same
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorsKenneth Charles Smith, Jeffrey Scott James, Timothy McCarthy
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Abstract
A blank of sheet material for forming a container is provided. The blank of sheet material includes at least one major bottom panel, two opposing side panels, and two opposing end panels. Each end panel includes a plurality of fold lines that define two opposing side edges, a first minor end panel, a second minor end panel, and at least two reinforcement panels positioned between the two side edges. The at least two reinforcement panels are configured to move inwardly towards an interior cavity of the container forming a reinforcement structure when the container is formed.
Claims27
A blank of sheet material for forming a container, said blank of sheet material comprising:
- at least one major bottom panel;
- two opposing side panels;
- and
- two opposing end panels, wherein each end panel comprises a plurality of fold lines that define two opposing side edges, a first minor end panel, a second minor end panel, and at least two reinforcement panels positioned between the two side edges, wherein the at least two reinforcement panels are configured to move inwardly towards an interior cavity of the container forming a reinforcement structure when the container is formed.
A container formed from a blank of sheet material, said container comprising:
- two side walls;
- two end walls, each end wall comprising a plurality of fold lines that define two opposing side edges, a first minor end panel, a second minor end panel, and at least two reinforcement panels positioned between the two side edges, wherein the two end walls are folded along the plurality of fold lines such that the at least two reinforcement panels move inwardly towards an interior cavity of the container forming a reinforcement structure;
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- a bottom wall.
A method of forming a container from a blank of sheet material, the blank of sheet material including at least one major bottom panel, two side panels, two end panels, and two minor bottom flaps, wherein each end panel includes a plurality of fold lines that define two opposing side edges, a first minor end panel, a second minor end panel, and at least two reinforcement panels positioned between the two side edges, said method comprising:
- folding the two end panels along the plurality of fold lines such that the at least two reinforcement panels move inwardly towards an interior cavity of the container forming a reinforcement structure, and such that at least a portion of each minor bottom flap overlap with each other forming a minor bottom flap assembly;
- rotating inwardly the minor bottom flap assembly until the minor bottom flap assembly is substantially perpendicular to the two end panels;
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- rotating inwardly the at least one major bottom panel to couple the at least one major bottom panel to the minor bottom flap assembly forming a bottom wall of the container, and to couple the bottom wall of the container to the reinforcement structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.