Stackable container
AssigneePackaging Corporation of America
InventorKenneth P. DeMott
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Abstract
A stackable container is formed from a unitary continuous corrugated or sold fiberboard blank for storage of shipped goods. The stackable container includes a bottom portion, first and second opposing side panels, a back panel, and a front panel. The side panels and the back panel have corresponding rigid ledges along uppermost edges of the panels which are capable of supporting another similar or identical stackable container on top of this one. The side panels and the back panel are made from a corresponding pair of planar layers. The ledge corresponding to each panel is connected to and bridges between the corresponding pair of planar layers. The front panel has a display opening for viewing and accessing contents of the stackable container. The stackable container also includes a lid used during shipment of the container.
Claims11
A stackable container formed from a unitary continuous corrugated or solid fiberboard blank for display and storage of shipped goods, comprising:
- (a) a bottom portion;
- (b) a first side panel connected to the bottom portion, the first side panel having a ridge ledge along an uppermost edge of the first side panel;
- (c) a second side panel connected to the bottom portion and opposing the first side panel, the second side panel having a second ridge ledge along an uppermost edge of the second side panel;
- (d) a back panel connected to the bottom portion and bridging the first and second side panels, the back panel having an associated pair of planar layers with a third rigid ledge connected to and bridging a top edge of each of the pair of planar layers;
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- (e) a front panel connected to the bottom portion and opposing the back panel and bridging the first and second side panels, the front panel having a display opening for viewing and accessing goods in the container, the display opening formed with first and second side edges, the first and second side edges being substantially adjacent the respective first and second ledges;
- wherein the first, second, and third rigid ledges form a top opening having an area less than an area of the bottom portion so that the first, second and third rigid ledges are constructed and arranged to support another stackable container.
A corrugated or solid fiberboard blank used for forming a stackable container for display and storage of shipped goods, comprising:
- four panels hingedly connected to each other along parallel score lines,
- (i) the first panel having a first top flap connected along an upper transverse edge of the first panel using a first pair of parallel score lines,
- (ii) the second panel having an upper transverse edge with a trough-shaped contour, the contour being constructed and arranged to allow a consumer to reach into an opening formed by the contour to retrieve an item stored in a container formed by the blank when another substantially similar container is stacked thereon, and
- (ii) the third panel having a second top flap connected along an upper transverse edge of the third panel using a second pair of parallel score lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.