US 4,362,264 AGranted

Container construction

AssigneePackaging Corporation of America

InventorJack E. Duncan

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Abstract

A container formed from a blank of foldable sheet material is provided for accommodating a plurality of articles arranged in segregated groups. The container includes a pair of opposed first walls, a pair of opposed sectional second walls, a pair of sectional bottom walls and a sectional partition wall, all of which coact to form a compartmented open top chamber in which the groups of articles are adapted to be disposed. The partition wall is provided with a pair of foldably interconnected panel sections which are disposed in face-to-face relation. The partition wall panel sections are provided with reinforcing flaps which extend angularly therefrom and are arranged in face-to-face relation with corresponding second wall panels. Means are provided for foldably connecting the bottom wall panel sections to the corresponding second wall panels.

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Dependent claims

A container formed from a blank of foldable sheet material for accommodating a plurality of articles arranged in segregated groups, said container comprising a pair of upright non-sectional first walls disposed in opposed space relation;

a pair of upright sectional second walls disposed in opposed spaced relation, each second wall including a pair of first panel sections each having a peripheral portion foldably connected to an adjacent first wall;
a sectional article-supporting bottom wall coacting with said first and second walls to form an open top chamber for accommodating the groups of articles, said bottom wall including a pair of second panel sections arranged in side-by-side relation with said first panel sections and being angularly disposed relative to said first walls;
and a sectional partition wall disposed intermediate and spaced from said first walls and extending between said second walls, said partition wall forming said chamber into contiguous compartments, each compartment accommodating a predetermined number of article groups, said partition wall including a pair of third panel sections disposed in face to face relation and having first peripheral portions thereof foldably interconnected, second peripheral portions being connected to said first panel sections by reinforcing flaps, and third peripheral portions thereof connected to a bottom wall section.

A blank of foldable sheet material for forming a container adapted to accommodate a plurality of articles arranged in segregated groups, the container having a pair of opposed non-sectional first walls, a pair of sectional second walls, a sectional bottom wall, and a sectional partition wall, the walls being adapted to coact to form a compartmented open top chamber in which the groups of articles are disposed;

said blank comprising a partition wall provided with a pair of panel sections disposed in side-by-side relation and having corresponding peripheral first portions interconnected by a common first foldline;
bottom wall panel sections disposed on opposite sides of said partition wall and being foldably connected to corresponding peripheral second portions of said partition wall panel sections;
a pair of first walls disposed on opposite sides of said bottom wall panel sections and being foldably connected thereto;
pairs of second wall panel sections wherein each pair is foldably connected to opposite sides of one of said first walls, the folding connection between said one of said first walls and a pair of second wall panel sections being angularly disposed relative to the folding connection between the said first wall and a bottom wall panel section;
and pairs of reinforcing flaps wherein each pair is foldably connected to opposite sides of a partition wall panel section, the reinforcing flaps disposed on corresponding sides of said partition wall panel sections being separated from one another by a cut, the latter being substantially aligned with the common foldline interconnecting the partition wall panel sections.

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