Foldable container
AssigneePackaging Corporation of America
InventorsLarry R. Hildebrand, Siegfried K. Pausinger
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Abstract
A foldable container is provided for accommodating a product having a hanger loop associated therewith. The container includes end panels, side panels and a bottom section which cooperate with one another to define an open top compartment in which the product is placed. At least one end panel is provided with an interior wall panel foldably connected thereto and having a slotted section which is disposed inwardly of the end panel and assumes a spaced face to face relation therewith. The slot is adapted to accommodate the product hanger loop. A top section is adapted to overlie and close the compartment open top subsequent to the product being placed within the compartment.
Claims12
A foldable container formed from a single blank of sheet material for accommodating a product having a hanger loop associated therewith, said container comprising a bottom for subtending the accommodated product;
- a pair of opposed side walls extending angularly from said bottom;
- a pair of opposed end walls extending angularly from said bottom and disposed intermediate said side walls, adjacent walls being integral with one another and separted from one another by a foldline, said walls and bottom cooperating to form an open top product-receiving compartment;
- and a top section foldably connected to at least one side wall for overlying and closing the compartment open top;
- one end wall including an outer panel and an inner panel connected thereto by a second foldline, the inner panel defining a surface portion of said compartment and being provided with an elongated hanger loop-receiving slot angularly disposed relative to said bottom and having an end portion thereof intersecting said second foldline, said inner panel being disposed in spaced, face to face relation with said outer panel and being foldably connected thereto.
A blank of foldable sheet material for use in forming a container for accommodating a product having a hanger loop associated therewith, said blank comprising a pair of side wall panels;
- a pair of end wall panels disposed in alternate, aligned relation with the side wall panels, adjacent wall panels being separated from one another by a first foldline;
- at least one bottom closure panel foldably connected to a first peripheral segment of one side wall panel whereby said side wall panels, end wall panels and bottom closure panel cooperate to define an open top product-receiving compartment when said blank is set up to form a container;
- an inner wall panel connected by a second foldline to at least one end wall panel, said second foldline being angularly disposed relative to said first foldline, said inner wall panel including a first section provided with an elongated hanger loop-accommodating slot and being adapted to assume a spaced face to face relation with the end wall panel to which it is connected when said blank is set up to form a container, and a second section having one peripheral segment connected by a third foldline to said first section and a second peripheral segment connected to the adjacent end wall panel by said second foldline, said third foldline being intersected by one end of the elongated slot.
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