Multipurpose container
OwnerDonald P. Lalleyinventor
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Abstract
A multipurpose stackable container formed from a rectangular body blank having slots and/or tabs strategically defined therein and foldable to provide a hollow rectangular body having first and second top portions; and first and second header members cooperatively mountable in the respective ends of said body blank to complete said carton, each of said headers having means to secure said blank thereto and to prevent said blank from becoming involuntarily detached therefrom, and means to facilitate the stacking while preventing the lateral or longitudinal slippage of stacked cartons.
Claims9
A multipurpose container comprising a first header member, a second header member disposed in spaced substantially parallel relationship to said first header member, each of said header members comprising a generally rectangular frame having an inner face, an outer face, an upper surface, first and second side surfaces, and a lower surface, said lower surface having a recess defined therein intermediate said first and second side surfaces, said recess having side walls and a back wall portion interconnecting said side walls, said back wall having first and second key members and a snub member attached thereto, said key members being disposed in spaced parallel relationship to each other intermediate said side walls, said snub member being disposed intermediate said key members in elevated relationship thereto;
- a rectangular body blank having uniform edges thereupon and a first top portion, a first side portion, a bottom portion, a second side portion and a second top portion defined therein, said contiguous portions having seam lines interposed therebetween, said blank being foldable to form a hollow rectangular body having a first and second open end;
- said body blank having a foldable tab defined in each of said uniform edges in registry with said recess in said adjacent header member, each said tab having an upper edge, a seam line in spaced substantially parallel relationship to said upper edge, and first and second openings defined therein, said openings being disposed respectively in registered relationship with said first and said second key member so that when said tab is folded on said seam line into substantially normal relationship to said bottom portion, each of said key members penetrates a different one of said first and second openings and said snub engages said tab adjacent said upper edge to restrain said tab from involuntarily departing from its folded position;
- first means for securing said first header member to said body blank in said first open end;
- and second means for securing said second header member to said body blank in said second open end.
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