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US 8,511,538 B2Granted
Container
AssigneeDow AgroSciences LLC
InventorPaul G. Ouillette
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Abstract
A container is disclosed. The container may include a fillable bladder in an interior of an enclosure of the container. The container may be used for packaging a pourable product into a fillable bladder while the fillable bladder is positioned inside the container. The container may include an enclosure having a blind depth recess bottom handle. The container may include an enclosure having a bottom flap having a flap perimeter which generally matches a lower perimeter of a plurality of sides of the enclosure.
Claims14
A container, comprising:
- an enclosure formed from a single piece of corrugated material having an unfolded state and a folded state including a bottom portion, a top portion, and a plurality of sides which bound an interior of the enclosure, the plurality of sides having a lower perimeter and the bottom portion being formed from a plurality of bottom flaps extending from one or more of the plurality of sides, and
- a fillable bladder positioned within the enclosure, an interior of the fillable bladder being accessible through an opening in the enclosure, wherein a first bottom flap of the plurality of bottom flaps is positioned adjacent the fillable bladder and has a flap perimeter which substantially matches the lower perimeter of the plurality of sides;
- wherein the corrugated material includes
- a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side which form the plurality of sides;
- a first top flap extending form the first side, a second top flap extending from the second side, a third top flap extending from the third side, and a fourth top flap extending from the fourth side which form the top portion;
- the first bottom flap extending from the first side, a second bottom flap extending from the second side, a third bottom flap extending form the third side, and a fourth bottom flap extending from the fourth side which form the bottom portion;
- and
- a side flap extending from the first side opposite the second side, wherein the side flap overlaps and is secured to a portion of the fourth side when the corrugated material is in the folded state, wherein the third side and the third top flap include edges which define an exterior edge of the opening of the enclosure;
- the first top flap, the second top flap, and the fourth top flap each include
- a first recess which correspond to the opening of the enclosure;
- a handle in the top portion is formed by a handle opening in each of the first top flap and the third top flap and a second recess in each of the second top flap and the fourth top flap;
- a first side handle is formed by an opening in the second side;
- and a second side handle is formed by an opening in the fourth side.
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