Container for spooled materials
AssigneeUnited Plastic Films, Inc.
InventorRichard J. Ryan
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Abstract
A container for spooled materials comprising: an upper half having at least one generally flat, corrugated rest, an upper flange and a label display surface having a rounded upper portion and a substantially flat, substantially vertical, lower portion; a lower half having a generally flat, corrugated base, at least one end flange and a base-widening lower flange having a base-widening edge extending along the length of the lower half substantially parallel to the base; a hinge joining the upper half with the lower half; and a means for maintaining the upper flange in contact with the end flange so as to define a cavity within the container comprising at least one indentation in the upper flange that nests within at least one indentation in the end flange.
Claims21
A container for spooled materials comprising:
- a) an upper half having at least one generally flat, corrugated rest and an upper flange;
- b) a lower half having a generally flat, corrugated base and a lower flange;
- c) a hinge joining the upper half with the lower half;
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- d) a means for maintaining the upper flange in contact with the lower flange so as to define a cavity within the container,
- wherein a portion of the lower flange has a base-widening edge that is substantially parallel with the hinge and in the same plane as the base, said base-widening edge being sized to impart additional stability to the container when the container is sitting on a surface.
A container for spooled materials comprising:
- a) an upper half having at least one generally flat, corrugated rest, an upper flange and a label display surface having an interior and an exterior, a rounded upper portion and a substantially planar lower portion tangential to the rounded upper portion;
- b) a lower half having a generally flat, corrugated base, at least one end flange and a lower flange having a base-widening edge substantially parallel to and in the same plane as the base, said base-widening edge being sized to impart additional stability to the container when the container is sitting on a surface;
- c) a hinge joining the upper half with the lower half;
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- d) a means for maintaining the upper flange in contact with the end flange so as to define a cavity within the container comprising at least one identation in the upper flange that nests within at least one indentation in the end flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.