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US 8,251,276 B2Granted
Octagon-shaped food-transport container
AssigneeTIN Inc.
InventorMichael B McLeod
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Abstract
A container is adapted to transport food or other articles. The container includes a floor, two side walls, a front end closure coupled to the side walls, and a rear end closure coupled to the side walls.
Claims28
An article-transport container comprising
- a floor having two sides and two ends, and
- a border coupled to the floor and arranged to cooperate with the floor to form an interior region adapted to contain articles, the border including a right side strip coupled to a first side of the floor along a right side fold line and a front end closure coupled to a first end of the floor along a first end fold line and formed to include a narrow-width front end wall coupled to a first end of the floor along the first end fold line and a front anchor strip coupled to the narrow-width front end wall along a first strip fold line and to the right side strip, wherein the right side strip includes a right side wall coupled to the one side of the floor along the right side fold line and a first front end wall anchor flap coupled to the right side wall along a front anchor flap fold line, the front anchor strip includes a front canopy coupled to the narrow-width front end wall along the first strip fold line, a first primary canopy anchor flap coupled to the front canopy along a primary flap fold line, and a first auxiliary canopy anchor flap coupled to the first primary canopy anchor flap along an auxiliary flap fold line, and the first auxiliary canopy anchor flap is mated to the first front end wall anchor flap to link the front anchor strip to the right side strip to establish a first corner of the border,
- wherein the border further includes a rear end closure coupled to a second end of the floor along a second end fold line and formed to include a narrow-width rear end wall coupled to the second end of the floor along the second fold line and a rear anchor strip coupled to the narrow-width rear end wall along a second strip fold line and to the right side wall, the rear anchor strip includes a rear canopy coupled to the narrow-width rear end wall along the second strip fold line, and the front and rear canopies cooperate to form a two-piece lid covering an opening into the interior region of the container, and
- wherein the floor further includes a front right mitered edge interconnecting the first end of the floor and the first side of the floor, the mitered edge is oriented to cooperate with each of the first end and the first side to define an obtuse included angle therebetween, and a portion of the first front end wall anchor flap is arranged to mate with the front right mitered edge.
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An article-transport container comprising
- a floor having two sides and two ends and
- a border coupled to the floor and arranged to cooperate with the floor to form an interior region adapted to contain articles, the border including a right side strip coupled to a first side of the floor along a right side fold line and a front end closure coupled to a first end of the floor along a first end fold line and formed to include a narrow-width front end wall coupled to a first end of the floor along the first end fold line and a front anchor strip coupled to the narrow-width front end wall along a first strip fold line and to the right side strip, wherein the right side strip includes a right side wall coupled to the one side of the floor along the right side fold line and a first front end wall anchor flap coupled to the right side wall along a front anchor flap fold line, the front anchor strip includes a front canopy coupled to the narrow-width front end wall along the first strip fold line, a first primary canopy anchor flap coupled to the front canopy along a primary flap fold line, and a first auxiliary canopy anchor flap coupled to the first primary canopy anchor flap along an auxiliary flap fold line, and the first auxiliary canopy anchor flap is mated to the first front end wall anchor flap to link the front anchor strip to the right side strip, wherein the floor further includes a front right mitered edge interconnecting the first end of the floor and the first side of the floor, the front right mitered edge is oriented to cooperate with each of the first end and the first side to define an obtuse included angle therebetween, the first front end wall anchor flap includes a front tab and a front right corner bridge interconnecting the right side wall and the front tab, the front tab mates with the narrow-width front end wall of the front end closure and lies in perpendicular relation to the right side wall, and the front right corner bridge is arranged to confront the front right mitered edge of the floor to establish a first mitered inside corner of the border.
An article-transport container comprising
- a floor having two sides and two ends and
- a border coupled to the floor and arranged to cooperate with the floor to form an interior region adapted to contain articles, the border including a right side strip coupled to a first side of the floor along a right side fold line and a front end closure coupled to a first end of the floor along a first end fold line and formed to include a narrow-width front end wall coupled to a first end of the floor along the first end fold line and a front anchor strip coupled to the narrow-width front end wall along a first strip fold line and to the right side strip, wherein the right side strip includes a right side wall coupled to the one side of the floor along the right side fold line and a first front end wall anchor flap coupled to the right side wall along a front anchor flap fold line, the front anchor strip includes a front canopy coupled to the narrow-width front end wall along the first strip fold line, a first primary canopy anchor flap coupled to the front canopy along a primary flap fold line, and a first auxiliary canopy anchor flap coupled to the first primary canopy anchor flap along an auxiliary flap fold line, and the first auxiliary canopy anchor flap is mated to the first front end wall anchor flap to link the front anchor strip to the right side strip to establish a first corner of the border, wherein the first primary canopy anchor flap is coupled to the right side wall, the first front end wall anchor flap includes a front tab and a front right corner bridge interconnecting the right side wall and the front tab of the first front end wall anchor flap mates with the narrow-width front end wall of the front end closure, the front right corner bridge is oriented to cooperate with each of the front tab and the right side wall to define an obtuse included angle therebetween to define a mitered interior corner portion of the first corner of the border, and the first auxiliary canopy anchor flap is mated with the front right corner bridge and arranged to cooperate with each of the narrow-width front end wall and the first primary canopy anchor flap to define an obtuse included angle therebetween to define a mitered exterior corner portion of the border.
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