BLANK OF SHEET MATERIAL AND METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A CONTAINER FROM THE BLANK

• Main Authors: KENNETH C. SMITH, BENJAMIN D. STRONG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 19.02.2009
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNERANALOGOUS TO PAPER; MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN AMANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUSTO PAPER

A container formed from a blank sheet of material. The container includes a plurality of panels that are coupled together along substantially parallel fold lines and that include a first major panel and a second major panel. The plurality of panels form a plurality of sides of the container and define a cavity with a bottom and a top. An outer bottom flap is coupled to the first major panel and has a plurality of edges, and an inner bottom flap is coupled to the second major panel. The container also includes a plurality of flanges where each flange is coupled to one edge of the outer bottom flap. When the container is assembled, the inner bottom flap is positioned adjacent to the cavity bottom and the outer bottom flap is positioned adjacent to the inner bottom flap in a face-to-face relationship forming a bottom of the container. Each flange is folded and coupled to an outer surface of one side of the container. Un recipiente formado a partir de una plantilla de material de lámina. El recipiente incluye una pluralidad de paneles que se acoplan juntos a lo largo de líneas de despliegue sustancialmente paralelas y que incluyen un primer panel principal y un segundo panel principal. La pluralidad de paneles forma una pluralidad de lados de recipiente y define una cavidad con una parte superior y una parte inferior. Una solapa inferior exterior se acopla al primer panel principal y tiene una pluralidad de bordes, y una solapa inferior interior se acopla al segundo panel principal. El recipiente también incluye una pluralidad de pestañas donde cada pestaña se acopla a un borde de la solapa inferior exterior. Cuando el recipiente se ensambla, la solapa inferior interior se coloca adyacente a la parte inferior de la cavidad y la solapa inferior exterior se coloca adyacente a la solapa inferior interior en una relación cara a cara formando una parte inferior del recipiente. Cada pestaña se dobla y se acopla a una superficie exterior de un lado del recipiente.