Containers, methods of making, and blanks therefor
AssigneeK&J Innovations LLC
InventorsKrisha J. Drue, Jeffrey C. Klingseisen
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Abstract
Containers for use as commercial and household (domestic) storage and/or shipping units methods of making the containers, and blanks therefor. The containers include a base panel and sidewall panels formed by folding a single blank to define a cavity within the container and a top edge of the container. The base panel and sidewall panels are formed from the blank such that material of the blank is continuous at edge corners of the container between adjacent panels of the base panel and sidewall panels from lower corners of the container at the base panel to the top edge of the container. The base panel, sidewall panels, and the edge and lower corners of the container are watertight.
Claims20
A container comprising:
- a base panel and sidewall panels formed by folding a single blank to define a cavity within the container and a top edge of the container, the base panel and sidewall panels are formed from the blank such that material of the blank is continuous at edge corners of the container between adjacent panels of the base panel and sidewall panels from lower corners of the container at the base panel to the top edge of the container, the base panel, sidewall panels, and the edge and lower corners of the container being watertight.
A method of folding a blank to produce a container, the method comprising:
- producing score lines on the blank that define a base panel section, four sidewall panel sections each having an edge connected to a respective edge of the base panel section, and corner panel sections each of which is between adjacent pairs of the sidewall panel sections, wherein the corner panel sections are defined by some of the score lines that extend from a perimeter of the blank to an intersection of score lines of the adjacent pairs of the sidewall panel sections;
- folding the blank along the score lines such that edges of the adjacent pairs of the sidewall panel sections and first edges of one of the corner panel sections therebetween fold inward and contact each other so that each of the adjacent pair of sidewall panel sections forms an adjacent pair of sidewall panels of the container, the edges of the adjacent pairs of the sidewall panel sections and the first edges of the corner panel sections therebetween form interiors of edge corners of the container within an interior of the container, and second edges of each of the corner panel sections are folded outwardly to form edges of two folded panels that extend outwardly from the edge corners of the container;
- folding the two folded panels at each of the edge corners away from each other and over an exterior surface of each of the adjacent pair of the sidewall panels;
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- securing the two folded panels to the exterior surfaces of the adjacent pair of the sidewall panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.