Partitioned stacking crate and blank therefor
AssigneeStone Container Corporation
InventorRonald I. Kent
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Abstract
A composite crate is partitioned into at least two compartments having separate bottom walls, wherein each of the compartments has a pair of opposed double-walled end structures upstanding from its bottom wall, and one of the double-walled ends of each of the compartments is positioned in a back-to-back contact, one with the other, to form a divider structure separating the compartments. Each of the compartments further includes a pair of opposed double-walled sides upstanding from its bottom wall. In the preferred construction, the composite crate can be erected from a single-piece blank of corrugated or solid-fibre paperboard without requiring a conventional manufacturer's joint.
Claims14
A foldable blank of paperboard material having a plurality of hingedly connected panels for erecting a composite crate having at least two compartments, comprising:
- A. A pair of bottom panels spaced from one another, for forming separate bottom walls of said compartments;
- B. a first and a second end panel extending from opposed sides of each of said bottom panels for forming end walls of each of said compartments;
- C. a first and a second side panel extending from opposed sides of each of said bottom panels, for forming side walls of each of said compartments;
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- D. a central divider panel and a pair of lateral panels extending from opposite sides of the central divider panel, positioned between said bottom panels for forming a divider structure separating said compartments in the erected crate such that each of said lateral panels can be folded into substantially back-to-back, enclosing relationship with a respective one of said end panels erected from each of said bottom panels.
A composite crate having at least two compartments, wherein each compartment comprises:
- A. a bottom wall;
- B. a pair of opposed double-walled sides upstanding from said bottom wall;
- C. a pair of opposed double-walled ends upstanding from said bottom wall;
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- wherein one of said double-walled ends of each of said compartments is positioned in back-to-back contact, one with the other, to form a divider structure of two double-walled ends in back-to-back contact separating said compartments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.