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AssigneeCrown Zellerbach Corporation
InventorsRay Harold Stollberg, James Vernon Boling
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AssigneeCrown Zellerbach Corporation
InventorsRay Harold Stollberg, James Vernon Boling
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A container for nursery plants and the like formed of a blank of sheet material comprising a front panel, a back panel and two side panels interconnected along spaced fold lines. A front reinforcement panel is connected to the top of the front panel along a fold line for securing to the inner face of the front panel. A top closure panel is hingedly secured along a hinge line to the terminal end of the front reinforcement panel for extension into the tubular area defined by the front, back and side panels when secured together. Upstanding attachment tabs are attached to opposed sides of the top panel and a side reinforcement panel is connected to the top of each side panel along a fold line for securing to the inner face of its associated side panel. A top shoulder panel is hingedly secured to each of the side reinforcement panels along a hinge line, said shoulder panels adapted to overlie the top closure panel and the attachment tabs adapted for insertion between the side panels and the side reinforcement panels to provide an upper limit to movement of the top closure panel about the hinge line connecting the top closure panel to the terminal end of the front reinforcement panel.
A blank of sheet material for formation into a container adapted to receive nursery plants and the like comprising a front panel, a back panel and two side panels interconnected along spaced fold lines, securing means associated with at least one of said panels adapted to secure said panels into a tubular configuration, at least one bottom panel secured to one of the aforesaid panels, a front reinforcement panel hingedly secured to said front panel, a top closure panel hingedly secured to said front reinforcement panel, a side reinforcement panel hingedly secured to each of said side panels, a top shoulder panel hingedly secured to each of said reinforcement panels along a hinge line, each said hinge line being interrupted by a positioning tab extending from the hinge line.
A container adapted to receive nursery plants and the like comprising a front panel, two side panels and a back panel secured together into a tubular configuration, at least one bottom panel secured to the aforesaid panels to provide a bottom closure, a front reinforcement panel connected to the top of said front panel along a fold line and secured to the inner face of the front panel, a top closure panel hingedly secured along a hinge line to the terminal end of the front reinforcement panel and extending into the tubular area defined by the front, back and side panels, a pair of upstanding attachment tabs attached to opposed sides of said top closure panel, a side reinforcement panel connected to the top of each side panel along a fold line and secured to the inner face of its associated side panel, a top shoulder panel hingedly secured to each of said side reinforcement panels along a hinge line, said shoulder panels adapted to overlie said top closure panel and said attachment tabs adapted for insertion between the side panels and the side reinforcement panels to provide an upper limit to movement of the top closure panel about the hinge line connecting the top closure panel to the terminal end of the front reinforcement panel, and a positioning top extending front the hinge line connecting each said top shoulder panel to its associated side reinforcement panel.
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