Continuously wound reinforced container and method of making the same

A reinforced container assembly comprising:

• a fiberboard container having a lower portion and an upper portion and a sidewall outer surface area;
• and
• a first reinforcement strap wrapped continuously around a periphery of the container a plurality of times, wherein at least a first wrap of the first reinforcement strap occur in a first generally identical vertical location of the container before the wraps form a generally spiraling pattern, the first reinforcement strap being fixedly attached to the container at a first location at a first position of the first reinforcement strap, and the first reinforcement strap further being fixedly attached to the container at a second location at a second position of the first reinforcement strap, the first reinforcement strap providing structural support to the fiberboard container to increase the strength of the container assembly;
• wherein, a distance between each of the plurality of wraps in the generally spiraling pattern of the first reinforcement strap around the periphery of the container is greater than a width of the first reinforcement strap.

A reinforced container assembly comprising:

• a fiberboard container having a lower portion and an upper portion;
• and
• a reinforcement strap wrapped continuously around a periphery of the container a plurality of times in a generally spiraling manner from a starting point of the first reinforcement strap to a terminating point of the reinforcement strap, the reinforcement strap being fixedly attached to the container at a first location, and the reinforcement strap further being fixedly attached to the container at second location, the reinforcement strap providing structural support to the fiberboard container to increase the strength of the container assembly,
• wherein the reinforcement strap is made from a material having an elongation at failure that is less than 5 times the elongation at failure of the material for forming the fiberboard container.