Multicompartment paperboard tray
AssigneeHuhtamaki, Inc.
InventorGeorge Zeiler
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Abstract
A blank is provided to form a tray with multiple compartments separated by partitions. The blank may be cut or formed to include end panels on opposite ends of a bottom construct. The blank may also include side panels on opposite sides of the bottom construct such that the side panels and end panels may form a perimeter wall when the tray is formed. The perimeter wall may be formed by folding the side panels and end panels upwards relative to the bottom construct. The bottom construct may include divider panels between bottom panels such that the divider panels can be folded together to form partitions between adjacent compartments in the formed tray.
Claims20
A container comprising:
- a first partition separating a first compartment from a second compartment, the first partition including a first divider panel foldably connected to a second divider panel;
- a first bottom panel defining a bottom of the first compartment, the first bottom panel foldably connected to the first divider panel of the first partition;
- a second bottom panel defining a bottom of the second compartment, the second bottom panel foldably connected to the second divider panel of the first partition;
- a first end panel foldably connected to a first end of the first bottom panel;
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- a first side panel foldably connected to either the first bottom panel or the second bottom panel.
A blank for forming a container with multiple compartments, the blank comprising:
- first and second bottom panels;
- first and second divider panels;
- a first end panel connected to the first bottom panel at a first end;
- and
- a first side panel connected to either the first bottom panel or the second bottom panel;
- wherein the first divider panel is foldably connected to both the first bottom panel and the second divider panel;
- wherein the second divider panel is foldably connected to both the second bottom panel and the first divider panel.
A blank for forming a container with multiple compartments, the blank comprising:
- a first bottom panel;
- a second bottom panel;
- a first end panel connected to the first bottom panel at a first end;
- a first side panel connected to either the first bottom panel or the second bottom panel;
- a first divider panel connected to the first bottom panel;
- and
- a second divider panel connected to both the second bottom panel and the first divider panel;
- wherein the first bottom panel, the second bottom panel, the first end panel, the first side panel, the first divider panel, and the second divider panel are all in a common plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.