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US 2017/0291731 A1Published application
Straight consistent body scores on plastic corrugated boxes and a process for making same
AssigneeORBIS Corporation
InventorsDonald J. Balazs, William F. McMahon
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Abstract
The invention is directed to straight, consistent body scores on plastic corrugated boxes and a process for making the body scores.
Claims20
A plastic corrugated box comprising:
- a sheet of plastic corrugated material having a first outer layer, a second outer layer and a plurality of flutes extending between the first outer layer and the second outer layer;
- the sheet having a plurality of panels defining side walls of the box and a plurality of fold lines between adjacent panels of the plurality of panels wherein the sheet includes a first plurality of welded portions proximate a top edge of the plurality of panels and a second plurality of welded portions proximate a bottom edge of the plurality of panels and wherein each of the plurality of fold lines includes a first portion in one of the first plurality of welded portions and a second portion in one of the second plurality of welded portions.
A plastic corrugated box comprising:
- a first side wall panel formed from a corrugated plastic having a first outer layer, a second outer layer and a plurality of fluted between the first outer layer and the second outer layer;
- a second side wall panel formed from a corrugated plastic having a first outer layer, a second outer layer and a plurality of fluted between the first outer layer and the second outer layer, the second side wall panel positioned next to the first side wall panel;
- a first welded portion proximate a first edge of a portion of the first side wall panel and a first edge of a portion of the second side wall panel;
- and,
- a first fold line between the first side wall panel and the second side wall panel having a first portion positioned in the first welded portion and a second portion extending from the first welding portion.
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