Paperboard container reinforcing method

A method for reinforcing a paperboard container moveable from a flattened condition to an erected condition, the method comprising the steps of:

• conveying the flattened paperboard container for placing a continuously formed strap around an outside surface of the container for providing girth support to the container when in an erected condition, the flattened container having side wall panels and associated flaps held in a flattened condition;
• attaching a continuously formed strap under tension around the outside surface of the flattened container at a first selected location on the panels;
• incrementally advancing the flattened container to second and third selected locations, wherein a separation distance between the second and third selected locations is greater than the separation distance between the first and second selected locations;
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• attaching additionally continuously formed straps at each of the second and third selected locations.

A method for reinforcing a container moveable from a flattened condition to an erected condition, the method comprising the steps of:

• conveying a container in a flattened condition for placing a strap around side walls of the container for providing girth support thereto when the container is in an erected condition;
• placing a first strap continuously formed under tension around an outside surface of the flattened container at a first location;
• advancing the flattened container for placing a second strap;
• and
• placing a second continuously formed strap under tension around the outside surface of the flattened container at a second location, each of the first and second locations being only within a lower one half of the side wall panels of the container when the container is operating in the erected condition, thus providing girth support to the lower one half of the container.

A method for reinforcing a container having a corrugated side walls, the container moveable from a flattened condition to an erected condition, the method comprising the steps of:

• folding the container along corrugations of the container for placing the container in a flattened position;
• conveying the container in the flattened condition for placing a strap around an outside surface of side walls of the container for providing girth support thereto when the container is in an erected condition;
• placing a first strap continuously formed under tension around the outside surface of flattened container at a first location, wherein the first strap is orientated perpendicular to the corrugations;
• advancing the flattened container for placing a second strap;
• and
• placing a second strap under tension around the flattened container at a second location, wherein the second continuously formed strap is orientated perpendicular to the corrugations, each of the first and second locations being only within a lower one half of the side wall panels of the container when the container is operating in the erected condition, thus providing girth support to the lower one half of the container.

A method for fabricating a reinforced container, comprising the steps of:

• providing a corrugated paperboard container having at least four walls with each wall having opposing edges, one edge of all of the walls defining a top side of the container when in an erected condition, all of the container walls having an opposing edge defining the bottom side of the container when in the erected condition;
• disposing the container into a flattened condition;
• placing a first, continuous strap around an outside surface of all of the walls of the container while in the flattened condition, the first strap located a first dimension from the edge of the walls defining the bottom side of the container;
• placing a second, continuous strap around the outside surface of the walls of the flattened container, the second strap spaced from and extending generally parallel with the first strap at a dimension from the bottom edge of the flattened container which is greater than the first dimension represented by the first strap;
• placing a third, continuous strap around the outside surface of the walls of the flattened container, the third strap extending generally parallel with the first and second straps and located a distance from the bottom edge of the flattened container which is greater than the first and second dimensions represented by the first and second straps, respectively;
• placing a fourth, continuous strap around the outside surface of the walls of the flattened container, the fourth strap positioned at a fourth location the dimension of which is further from the bottom edge of the flattened container than the dimensions represented by the first, second and third straps, respectively;
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• placing at least the first, second and third straps along the outside surface of the walls in that portion of the walls represented by the bottom one-half of the container when in the erected condition.