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US 7,981,017 B2Granted
Materials for and method for manufacturing retail container and resulting retail container
AssigneeYork Container Company
InventorsTroy Little, Jamie L. Laughman
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Abstract
In accordance with the invention, a method of manufacturing containers such as shipping, display and display ready packaging, for example, and resulting containers and associated preassemblies and blanks are provided, which, when utilized, result in preassemblies that are more easily and quickly assembled into fully assembled containers including a plurality of stacking shoulder provided at opposing ends of the containers.
Claims27
A method of manufacturing a container, the method comprising:
- cutting a primary blank including a plurality of lateral panels and at least one bottom panel configured to provide an exterior of the container;
- cutting a plurality of supplementary blanks each including a plurality of major sections and at least one sub-section;
- and
- affixing one of the major sections of each supplementary blank to the corresponding opposing lateral panel of the primary blank and the at least one sub-section of each supplementary blank to the at least one bottom panel of the primary blank,
- wherein as the container is finally assembled, an exterior of the container is formed by the plurality of lateral panels and the at least bottom panel of the primary blank, and
- wherein a plurality of stacking shoulders are formed automatically by movement of the primary blanks causing movement of the supplementary blanks at opposing lateral panels of an interior of the container, and the plurality of stacking shoulders are formed as part of the final assembly of the primary blank as the exterior of the container.
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A container preassembly comprising:
- a primary blank including a plurality of lateral panels and at least one bottom panel configured to provide an exterior of the container;
- and
- a plurality of supplementary blanks each including a plurality of major sections and at least one sub-section,
- wherein one of the major sections of each supplementary blank is affixed to a corresponding opposed lateral panel of the primary blank and the at least one sub-section of each supplementary blank is affixed to the at least one bottom panel of the primary blank such that, as the container is finally assembled, an exterior of the container is formed by the plurality of lateral panels and the at least one bottom panel of the primary blank, and
- wherein a plurality of stacking shoulders are formed automatically by movement of the primary blanks causing movement of the supplementary blanks at opposing lateral panels of an interior of the container, and the plurality of stacking shoulders are formed as part of the final assembly of the primary blank as the exterior of the container.
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A plurality of blanks for a container preassembly, the plurality of blanks comprising:
- a primary blank including a plurality of lateral panels and at least one bottom panel configured to provide an exterior of the container;
- and
- a plurality of supplementary blanks each including a plurality of major sections and at least one sub-section,
- wherein the primary blank is configured to mate with and be affixed to the supplementary blank so that one of the major sections of each supplementary blank is affixed to the corresponding opposed lateral panel of the primary blank and the at least one sub-section of each supplementary blank is affixed to the at least one bottom panel of the primary blank such that, as the container is finally assembled, an exterior of the container is formed by the plurality of lateral panels and the at least one bottom panel of the primary blank, and
- wherein a plurality of stacking shoulders are formed automatically by movement of the primary blanks causing movement of the supplementary blanks at opposing lateral panels of an interior of the container, and the plurality of stacking shoulders are formed as part of the final assembly of the primary blank as the exterior of the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.