Claims
- 1. A container comprising
- a body including a floor having two sides and two ends, a front side wall appended to the floor along one side of the floor, a rear side wall appended to the floor along a second side of the floor to lie opposite the front side wall, first and second end panel support flaps appended to the front side wall, third and fourth end panel support flaps appended to the rear side wall, right and left end flaps appended to the floor at each end respectively, and first and second tab receiving apertures extending through the floor adjacent the points of appending of the first and second end panel support flaps respectively,
- a left-side end panel separately formed from a material unconnected to the body and positioned to lie at one end of the floor between the front and rear side walls and formed to include a left-side pocket receiving the first and third end panel support flaps therein and having at least one stacking tab insertable into the first tab receiving aperture, and
- a right-side end panel separately formed from a material unconnected to the body and positioned to lie at an opposite end of the floor between the front and rear side walls and formed to include a right-side pocket receiving the second and fourth end panel support flaps therein and having at least one tab insertable into the second aperture.
- 2. The container of claim 1, wherein the left end flap appended to the floor is positioned to lie between the front and rear side walls and, the left-side end panel is coupled to the left end flap.
- 3. The container of claim 2, wherein the left-side end panel includes an outer panel section, an inner panel section, and a top edge section interconnecting the outer and inner panel sections and cooperating with the outer and inner panel sections to define the left-side pocket therebetween, and tie outer panel section is coupled to the outer surface of the left end flap.
- 4. The container of claim 2, wherein right end flap appended to the floor is positioned to lie between the front and rear side walls and opposite the left end flap and the right-side end panel is coupled to the right end flap.
- 5. The container of claim 4, wherein the front and rear side walls cooperate to define an interior region of the body, each of the left and right end flaps include an inner surface facing into the interior region and an outer surface facing away from the interior region, the left-side end panel is coupled to the outer surface of the left end flap, and the right-side end panel is coupled to the outer surface of the right end flap.
- 6. The container of claim 5, wherein each of the left-side and right-side end panels include an outer panel section, an inner panel section, and a top edge section interconnecting the outer and inner panel sections and cooperating with the outer and inner panel sections to define one of the left-side and right-side pockets therebetween, the outer panel section of the left-side end panel is coupled to the outer surface of the left end flap and the outer panel section of the right-side end panel is coupled to the outer surface of the right end flap.
- 7. The container of claim 1, wherein the left-side end panel includes an outer panel section, an inner panel section, and a top edge section interconnecting the outer and inner panel sections and cooperating with the outer and inner panel sections to define the left-side pocket therebetween.
- 8. The container of claim 7, wherein the inner panel section includes an edge frictionally engaging the floor.
- 9. The container of claim 7, wherein the outer panel section includes at least one outer stacking tab extending above the top edge section and away from the floor.
- 10. The container of claim 9, wherein the tab-receiving apertures also extends through the end panel support flaps and at least one of the first and third end panel support flaps includes an inner stacking tab extending through the tab-receiving aperture formed in the left-side end panel and mating with the at least one outer stacking tab included in the outer panel section.
- 11. The container of claim 7, wherein the right-side end panel includes an outer panel section, an inner panel section, and a top edge section interconnecting the outer and inner panel sections and cooperating with the outer and inner panel sections to define the right-side pocket therebetween.
- 12. The container of claim 11, wherein the inner panel section of each of the left-side and right-side end panels includes an edge frictionally engaging the floor.
- 13. The container of claim 11, wherein the outer panel section of each of the left-side and right-side end panels includes at least one outer stacking tab extending away from the floor.
- 14. The container of claim 1, wherein the left-side end panel is formed to include first and second outer stacking tabs and a stacking tab-receiving aperture adjacent to the first and second outer stacking tabs, the first end panel support flap includes an inner stacking tab extending through the stacking tab-receiving aperture and aligning with the first outer stacking tab, and the second end panel support flap includes an inner stacking tab extending through the stacking tab-receiving aperture and aligning with the second outer stacking tab.
- 15. The container of claim 14, wherein each of the inner stacking tabs is formed to include a lid-receiving slot, the body further includes a first lid section appended to the front side wall and a second lid section appended to the rear side wall, a portion of the first lid section fits into the lid-receiving slot formed in one of the inner stacking tabs, and a portion of the second lid section fits into the lid-receiving slot formed in another of the inner stacking tabs.
- 16. The container of claim 14, wherein the left-side end panel includes a border edge defining the stacking tab-receiving aperture, the inner stacking tab of the first end panel support flap is positioned to lie adjacent to a portion of the border edge, and the inner stacking tab of the third end panel support flap is positioned to lie adjacent to another portion of the border edge.
- 17. The container of claim 16, wherein each inner stacking tab and each of the first and second outer stacking tabs is formed to include a lid-receiving slot and the body further includes a first lid section appended to the front side wall and engaged in the lid-receiving slots of the first outer stacking tab and the inner stacking tab of the first panel support wall and a second lid section appended to the rear side wall and engaged in the lid-receiving slots of the second outer stacking tab and the inner stacking tab of the second panel support wall.
- 18. The container of claim 14, wherein the first tab-receiving aperture is configured to receive stacking tabs included in an underlying container.
- 19. The container of claim 1, wherein each of the first and third end panel support flaps is positioned to lie perpendicular to the front side wall and each of the second and fourth end panel support flaps is positioned to lie perpendicular to the rear side wall.
- 20. The container of claim 19, wherein the first and third end panel support flaps are aligned to lie in coplanar relation.
- 21. The container of claim 20, wherein the second and fourth end panel support flaps are aligned to lie in coplanar relation.
- 22. The container of claim 20, wherein the body further includes a left end flap appended to the floor and coupled to the left-side end panel and the left end flap is positioned to lie in parallel relation to the first and third end panel support flaps.
- 23. The container of claim 22, wherein the left end flap is positioned to lie between the outer-panel section of the left-side end panel and the first and third panel support walls.
- 24. The container of claim 23, wherein the outer panel section of the left-side end panel is coupled to the left end flap.
- 25. The container of claim 1, wherein the left-side end panel includes an outer panel section, an inner panel section, a top edge section interconnecting the outer and inner panel sections and cooperating with the outer and inner panel sections to define the left-side pocket therebetween, and a first pair of tabs appended to the inner panel section, and each tab in the first pair of tabs is coupled to one of the front and rear side walls.
- 26. The container of claim 25, wherein the inner panel section includes opposite ends and each tab in the first pair of tabs includes an edge appended to one of the opposite ends.
- 27. The container of claim 25, wherein the left-side end panel further includes a second pair of tabs appended to the outer panel section and each tab in the second pair of tabs is positioned to lie in a space between the outer panel section and one of the first and third end panel support flaps.
- 28. The container of claim 27, wherein the outer panel section includes opposite ends and each tab in the second pair of tabs includes an edge appended to one of the opposite ends of the outer panel section.
- 29. A container comprising
- a body including opposite front and rear side walls, opposite left and right end flaps, a floor appended to each of the front side wall, rear side wall, left end flap, and right end flap, a first end panel support flap appended to the front side wall and arranged to extend toward the rear side wall alongside the left end flap, a second end panel support flap appended to the front side wall and arranged to extend toward the rear side wall alongside the right end flap, a third end panel support flap appended to the rear side wall and arranged to extend toward the front side wall alongside the left end flap, a fourth end panel support flap appended to the rear side wall and arranged to extend toward the front side wall alongside the right end flap, and tab receiving apertures extending through the floor adjacent the points of appending of the floor and panel support flaps,
- a left-side end panel separately formed from a material unconnected to the body and coupled to the left end flap and positioned to lie between the front and rear side walls, the left-side end panel including an outer panel section and an inner panel section cooperating with the outer panel section of the left-side end panel to trap the first and third end panel support flaps therebetween, the inner panel section having at least one stacking tab insertable into one of the tab receiving apertures, and
- a right-side end panel separately formed from a material unconnected to the body and coupled to the right end flap and positioned to lie between the front and rear side walls, the left-side end panel including an outer panel section and an inner panel section cooperating with the outer panel section of the right-side end panel to trap the second and fourth end panel support flaps therebetween, the inner panel section having at least one stacking tab insertable into one of the tab receiving apertures.
- 30. The container of claim 29, wherein each of the first and third end panel support flaps is positioned to lie perpendicular to the front side wall and each of the second and fourth end panel support flaps is positioned to lie perpendicular to the rear side wall.
- 31. The container of claim 30, wherein the first and third end panel support flaps are aligned to lie in coplanar relation.
- 32. The container of claim 31, wherein the second and fourth end panel support flaps are aligned to lie in coplanar relation.
- 33. The container of claim 30, wherein the left end flap is positioned to lie in spaced-apart parallel relation to the first and third end panel support flaps.
- 34. The container of claim 33, wherein the outer panel section of the left-side end panel is positioned to lie between the left end flap and the first and third end panel support flaps.
- 35. The container of claim 30, wherein the left end flap is positioned to lie in parallel relation to the first and third end panel support flaps and the right end flap is positioned to lie in parallel relation to the second and fourth end panel support flaps.
- 36. The container of claim 35, wherein the outer panel section of the left-side end panel is positioned to lie between the left end flap and the first and third end panel support flaps and the outer panel section of the right-side end panel is positioned to lie between the right end flap and the second and fourth end panel support flaps.
- 37. The container of claim 36, wherein the outer panel section of the left-side end panel is coupled to the left end flap and the outer panel section of the right-side end panel is coupled to the right end flap.
- 38. The container of claim 35, wherein the left end flap is positioned to lie between the outer panel section of the left-side end panel and the first and third panel support walls and the right end flap is positioned to lie between the outer panel section of the right-side end panel and the second and fourth panel support walls.
- 39. The container of claim 38, wherein the outer panel section of the left-side end panel is coupled to the left end flap and the outer panel section of the right-side end panel is coupled to the right end flap.
- 40. The container of claim 29, wherein the left-side end panel further includes a first pair of tabs appended to opposite ends of the inner panel section of the left-side end panel.
- 41. The container of claim 40, wherein each tab in the first pair of tabs is positioned to lie in a space between the inner panel section and one of the first and third end panel support flaps.
- 42. The container of claim 41, wherein the left-side end panel further includes a second pair of tabs appended to the outer panel section and each tab in the second pair of tabs is positioned to lie in a space between the outer panel section and one of the first and third end panel support flaps.
- 43. The container of claim 40, wherein each tab in the first pair of tabs is coupled to one of the front and rear side walls.
- 44. The container of claim 43, wherein the left-side end panel further includes a second pair of tabs appended to the outer panel section and each tab in the second pair of tabs is positioned to lie in a space between the outer panel section and one of the first and third end panel support flaps.
- 45. A container comprising
- a body including a floor, a front side wall appended to the floor, a rear side wall appended to the floor to lie opposite the front side wall, a left end flap appended to the floor a first end panel support flap appended to the front side wall, and a second end panel support flap appended to the rear side wall,
- an end panel separately formed from a material unconnected to the body and positioned to lie at one end of the floor between the front and rear side walls and formed to include a pocket receiving the left end flap and the first and second end panel support flaps therein, and
- wherein the floor includes at least one aperture therein, which aperture receives a tab located on the end panel.
- 46. The container of claim 45, wherein the left end flap is positioned to lie between the front and rear side walls and the end panel is coupled to the end flap.
- 47. The container of claim 46, wherein the front and rear side walls cooperate to define an interior region of the body, the end flap includes an inner surface facing into the interior region and an outer surface facing away from the interior region, and the end panel is coupled to the outer surface of the end flap.
- 48. The container of claim 47, wherein the end panel includes an outer panel section, an inner panel section, and a top edge section interconnecting the outer and inner panel sections and cooperating with the outer and inner panel sections to define the pocket therebetween, and the outer panel section is coupled to the outer surface of the end flap.
- 49. The container of claim 45, wherein the end panel includes an outer panel section, an inner panel section, and a top edge section interconnecting the outer and inner panel sections and cooperating with the outer and inner panel sections to define the pocket therebetween.
- 50. The container of claim 49, wherein the inner panel section includes the tab which has an edge that frictionally engages an edge of the aperture.
- 51. The container of claim 49, wherein the outer panel section includes at least one outer stacking tab extending above the top edge section and away from the floor.
- 52. The container of claim 51, wherein the aperture also extends through the and at least one of the first and second end panel support flaps includes an inner stacking tab extending through the tab-receiving aperture formed in the end panel and mating with the at least one outer stacking tab included in the outer panel section.
- 53. The container of claim 45, wherein the first end panel support flap is positioned to lie perpendicular to the front side wall and the second end panel support flap is positioned to lie perpendicular to the rear side wall.
- 54. The container of claim 53, wherein the first and second end panel support flaps are aligned to lie in coplanar relation.
- 55. A container comprising
- a body including a floor, a front side wall appended to the floor, a rear side wall appended to the floor to lie opposite the front side wall, first and second end panel support flaps appended to the front side wall, and third and fourth end panel support flaps appended to the rear side wall,
- a left-side end panel separately formed from a material unconnected to the body and positioned to lie at one end of the floor between the front and rear side walls, the left-side end panel including an outer panel section, an inner panel section, and a top edge section interconnecting the outer and inner panel sections, the outer and inner panel sections cooperating to define a left-side pocket receiving the first and third end panel support flaps therein, and
- a right-side end panel separately formed from a material unconnected to the body and positioned to lie at an opposite end of the floor between the front and rear side walls, the right-side end panel including an outer panel section, an inner panel section, and a top edge section interconnecting the outer and inner panel sections, the outer and inner panel sections cooperating to define a right-side pocket receiving the second and fourth end panel support flaps therein, and wherein the body further includes at least one aperture at one end thereof and a left end flap appended to the floor at the location of the aperture and positioned to lie between the front and rear side walls and the outer panel section of the left-side end panel is coupled to the left end flap and the inner panel section of the left-side end panel is provided with a tab that extends into the aperture.
- 56. The container of claim 55, wherein each of the first and third end panel support flaps is positioned to lie between the left end flap and the inner panel section of the left-side end panel.
- 57. The container of claim 55, wherein the body further includes a right end flap appended to the floor and positioned to lie between the front and rear side walls and opposite the left end flap and the outer panel section of the right-side end panel is coupled to the right end flap.
- 58. The container of claim 57, wherein each of the second and fourth end panels is positioned to lie between the right end flap and the inner panel section of the right-side end panel.
- 59. The container of claim 58, wherein each of the first and third end panel support flaps is positioned to lie between the left end flap and the inner panel section of the left-side end panel.
- 60. The container of claim 57, wherein the front and rear side walls cooperate to define an interior region of the body, each of the left and right end flaps include an inner surface facing into the interior region and an outer surface facing away from the interior region, the outer panel section of the left-side end panel is coupled to the outer surface of the left end flap, and the outer panel section of the right-side end panel is coupled to the outer surface of the right end flap.
- 61. The container of claim 60, wherein each of the first and third end panel support flaps is positioned to lie between the outer surface of the inner panel section of the left-side end panel and the left end flap and each of the second and fourth end panel support flaps is positioned to lie between the outer surface of the inner panel section of the right-side end panel and the right end flap.
- 62. The container of claim 55, wherein each of the first and third end panel support flaps is positioned to lie perpendicular to the front side wall and between the left end flap and the inner panel section of the left-side end panel and each of the second and fourth end panel support flaps is positioned to lie perpendicular to the rear side wall and between the right end flap and the inner panel section of the right-side end panel.
- 63. The container of claim 62, wherein the first and third end panel support flaps are aligned to lie in coplanar relation and the second and fourth end panel support flaps are aligned to lie in coplanar relation.
- 64. The container of claim 55, wherein the inner panel section of each of the left-side and right-side end panels includes an edge frictionally engaging the floor.
- 65. The container of claim 55, wherein the outer panel section of each of the left-side and right-side end panels includes at least one outer stacking tab extending above the top edge section and away from the floor.
- 66. The container of claim 65, wherein the left-side end panel is formed to include a tab-receiving aperture adjacent to the at least one outer stacking tab and at least one of the first and third end panel support flaps includes an inner stacking tab extending through the tab-receiving aperture formed in the left-side end panel and mating with the at least one outer stacking tab included in the outer panel section of the left-side end panel.
Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional No. 60/058,339 filed Sep. 10, 1997.
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