Combination container and bag
AssigneeZipbox License, LLC.
InventorsStephen P. Belko, Neil J. Kozarsky, Eliot M. Kozarsky, John A. Caporaso
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Abstract
Bag-on-container assemblies and bag-in-container assemblies are disclosed. The container may include a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a top wall. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, may have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The bag component of each type of assembly may include a closure member for to enable resealing of the bag component.
Claims9
A method of forming a bag-on-container assembly comprising the steps of:
- providing a box blank suitable for forming a container member having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall and wherein said front, rear and side walls have upper ends and lower ends and inside surfaces and outside surfaces;
- providing a bag member having an open end and a closed end wherein the bag member has downwardly extending front and rear walls;
- sealing a lower edge of the front and rear walls of the bag member to an exterior portion of the box blank while said blank is in a flat planar condition, and thereafter,
- expanding said front, rear and side walls of said box blank to form a bag-on-container assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.