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US 9,850,020 B2Granted
Injection-molded composite construct
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsBrian R. O'Hagan, Peter W. Blaas, Scott W. Middleton, Kevin J. Hjort, Bruce Barnard
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Abstract
A frame is injection molded onto a group of panels to form a container. The panels extend at least partially around, and at least partially define, a cavity of the container.
Claims12
A blank, comprising:
- a base panel;
- a plurality flaps respectively connected to and extending outwardly from the base panel, wherein
- the plurality of flaps includes a first flap and a second flap that is adjacent to the first flap;
- a gap is defined between the first and second flaps,
- at least an inner portion of the gap becomes wider farther from the base panel,
- the first flap has a feature that has a reducing effect on how width of the gap changes as a function of increased distance outwardly from the base panel, the feature is a protruding portion of the first flap, and
- the second flap has a protruding portion that has a reducing effect on how width of the gap changes as a function of increased distance outwardly from the base panel, the protruding portion of the second flap extends farther into the gap than does the protruding portion of the first flap.
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