Apparatus for packaging articles
AssigneeStone Container Corporation
InventorJoseph J. Jaglowitz
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Abstract
An apparatus for the packaging of articles, particularly fragile or other articles which must be hand packed. The apparatus includes an first cover member and a second cover member, each of the first and second cover members being formed from identical blanks which are erected and affixed in a partially raised state. Upon filing of one of the cover members with the articles to be packaged, a remaining side of that member is raised and the other cover member is warped onto the filled member, such that sidewalls of the filled cover member are distorted inwardly, while side corresponding sidewalls of the other cover member are distorted outwardly. A remaining unarticulated wall of sidewall of the other cover member is then folded down into place and affixed.
Claims13
A container apparatus for the retained packaging and enclosure of articles, comprising:
- a first cover member;
- and
- a second cover member,
- said first and second cover members being configured from blanks of container material, which blanks, upon preliminary articulation, form partially erected first and second cover members, respectively, having substantially identical internal and external dimensions,
- each of the blanks being formed as a plurality of substantially unbroken, unperforated rectangular regions each continguously emanating from at least one adjacent rectangular region, as part of a single, monolithic sheet,
- each of the partially erected first and second cover members having the same height,
- each of the partially erected first and second cover members having at least one side wall member remaining in an unarticulated state, connected to the remainder of the blank along a single fold without abutting adjacent flaps,
- each unarticulated side wall member having a transverse dimension substantially equal to the height of its respective partially erected cover member,
- at least one of the preliminarily articulated and partially erected first and second cover members being provided with at least one wall member capable of deflection from its partially erected configuration, upon exertion of a deflecting force against at least one wall member,
- each one of the preliminarily articulated and partially erected first and second cover members being capable of forced placement over the other one of preliminarily articulated and partially erected first and second cover members, as a result of said deflection, in a cooperative article-enclosing configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.