Patent Application
20080000805
Various embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the following drawings.
The present invention provides a blank and resulting container for holding a variety of goods. By way of overview with reference to
The blank 20 is preferably constructed from a single piece of formable material such as, without limitation, sheets of cellulose-based material formed from cellulose materials such as wood pulp, straw, cotton, bagasse, or the like. Cellulose-based materials used in the present invention come in many forms such as fiberboard, containerboard, corrugated containerboard and paperboard. The blank 20 is cut, scored, perforated or otherwise formed to include a plurality of panels that, when assembled, form display container 50. In all FIGURES, like numbers indicate like parts. In addition, cut lines are shown as solid lines, score lines as dashed lines, and lines of perforation as broken lines.
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Second side panel 24 is attached to the first side panel 22 along fold line 21. The second side panel 24 is bounded by opposed fold lines 21 and 25, as well as a cut line 39 that is interposed between, but not does not extend completely from, fold lines 21 to 25. Second side panel 24 also includes an extension on its upper end that is defined by the intersecting fold lines 25 and 27, as best seen in
Additionally coupled with the second side panel 24 is a third side panel 26, which is connected with the second side panel along a fold line 25. One of the third side panels 26 includes a first divider panel 30 that is connected to the third side panel along a fold line 29. The first divider panel 30 is defined by opposed fold lines 29 and 31 that are essentially parallel to one another and fold line 33 that extends between fold lines 29 and 31. Fold line 31 may be slightly inclined with respect to fold line 29 and 31 as shown in the FIGURES. Conversely, fold line 31 may be substantially perpendicular the fold lines 29 and 31 (not shown). Connected with the first divider panel 30 along fold line 31 is a divider panel flap 34. Further a second divider panel 32 is connected to the first divider panel 30 along fold line 33.
A fourth side panel 28 is connected with the second side panel along a fold line 27. The remaining edges of the fourth side panel 28 remain free.
In order to further illustrate the various aspects of the embodiments,
With specific reference to
Also, the first divider panel 30 may be extended across an opening in the container bottom in a direction substantially perpendicular to the third side panel 26 such that the first divider panel extends from one of the third side panels 26 to the first side panel 22. At this point, the divider panel flap 34 may be laid adjacent to the first side panel 22 and may thereby be attached by any suitable means known in the art, such as an adhesive.
With the respective third side panels 26 joined together and the divider panel flap 34 joined to the first side panel 22, in an embodiment, this is considered the “pre-glued configuration.” The container arrangement may be stored or shipped in this configuration to save space. From this knock-down configuration the container may be easily fully erected.
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The display container 50 as shown is simple to manufacture, easy to assemble and may be a design of considerable usage in any variety of retail or wholesale commercial environments, such as club stores or bulk stores where products are displayed in large quantities on the open floor. However, this design is also useful in any variety of retail or wholesale environments.
While various embodiments of this invention have been illustrated and described, as noted above, many changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is not limited by the disclosure of the various embodiments. Instead, the invention should be determined entirely by references to the claims that follow.
