Tear-away top bulk bin container
AssigneeWeyerhaeuser Company
InventorsRonald D. Timbrook, William J. Remaks
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Abstract
A bulk bin container and blank is provided having container walls formed of triple wall paperboard material. At least one tear tape is attached laterally to the inside surface of the triple wall material. The tear tape includes first and second ends, with the tear tape itself defining upper and lower container portions. An opening mechanism is provided at the tear tape first end for starting the tape. During use, an operator grasps the opening mechanism and pulls outward and upward on the tear tape, thereby stepping through the triple wall material and separating the upper container portion from the lower container portion.
Claims16
A bulk bin container comprising:
- (a) container walls formed of triple wall corrugated material, the fluting being oriented in an upright direction as assembled, the container walls including a glue flap configured to join the walls;
- (b) at least one tear tape attached laterally to the inside surface of the triple wall material;
- the tear tape including first and second ends, the tear tape defining upper and lower container portions;
- (c) an opening mechanism provided at the tear tape first end for starting the tape, the opening mechanism being adjacent the glue flap and configured with slits through a portion of the glue flap;
- (d) wherein to use, the operator grasps the opening mechanism and pulls outward and upward on the tear tape, thereby stepping through the triple wall material and separating the upper container portion from the lower container portion.
A blank for a container comprising:
- (a) a single sheet of triple wall corrugated material cut and scored to define container walls having an inside surface, said container walls including a glue flap;
- (b) at least one tear tape attached laterally to the inside surface of the container walls, the at least one tear tape including first and second ends;
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- (c) an opening mechanism provided at the tear tape first end, said opening mechanism being adjacent the glue flap in the formed container and configured with slits through a portion of said glue flap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.