Leak-resistant corrugated paperboard container with exterior hand grips

A container assembled from a single piece of corrugated paperboard blank, comprising:

• a bottom panel with two side panels and two end panels that foldably extend upwardly from scores that define edges of the bottom panel;
• four corner panels, each foldably joined on a first edge to a separate one of the end panels and along a second edge to the adjacent side panel, each corner panel including a hole and a foldable score extending diagonally from an outer corner of the corner panel to the bottom panel to define a pair of triangular sections, the corner panels folding along the respective diagonal scores and then folding towards the respective end panel for aligning the holes in the two corner panels at each end to define hand grips for carrying the container;
• a pair of inside end panels, each attached on a first side of the blank to an outside edge of one of the triangular sections by a pair of spaced apart scores that define a panel for overlapping an upper edge of the folded corner panels;
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• a flap foldably attached to a distal edge of the inside end panel,
• a top panel foldably attached to an edge of the side panel on the second side of the blank for closing the folded container;
• a closing flap foldably attached to an edge of the top panel for inserting inwardly into the folded container adjacent the first side wall and being grippingly engaged by the notches in the inside end panels,
• whereby the container forms by folding the side panels and the end panels upwardly, folding the corner panels on the respective diagonal score and rotating inwardly and overlappingly against the respective end panel, folding the inside end panels inwardly over an upper edge of the folded corner panels and end panels thereby positioning the flap on the inside end panels in firm contact with the bottom panel, and folding the top panel to the second side for engaging the closing flap with the notches for closing the container.

A container for holding a plurality of ice and canned beverages, comprising:

• a corrugated paperboard blank having a first surface covered by a film and a second surface covered by a wax for insulating the container and reducing fluid leakage through the blank,
• the blank foldable along scores to define a bottom panel with two side panels and two end panels extending upwardly therefrom,
• each side panel and adjacent end panel foldably joined along scores at respective outer edges to a corner panel, each corner panel including a hole and a diagonal score extending from an outside corner to the bottom panel to define a first and a second triangular section,
• each of the two corner panels attached to one of the side panels has an inside end panel foldably attached along two spaced apart scores to an edge of the second triangular section and a flap foldably attached to an outside edge of each the inside panel,
• a top panel foldably attached to a second one of the side panels, and
• a flange foldably attached to the outside edge of the top panel, whereby the side panels and end panels fold upwardly and the corner panels fold first along their respective diagonal score into a triangular shape and second along the score with the side panel against the end panel, thereby aligning the holes in the two corner panels at each end to define hand grips for carrying the container.