US3189249A
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Assignee: Fort James Corp
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Filing: 1963-06-21
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Granted: 1965-06-15
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Expires: 1983-06-21
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Clifford D Fallert
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 18:35
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/02; B65D5/0281; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S229/00; Y10S229/92
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
324 words
A CONTAINER HAVING FOLDABLY CONNECTED WALL PANELS AND CLOSURE FLAPS ON ONE END THEREOF FORMED FROM A FOLDABLE BLANK COMPRISED OF A B ODH SECTION AND A LINER SECTION FOLDED IN MUTUAL FLATWISE CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH BODY AND LINER SECTIONS IN CONTACTING ENGAGEMENT WITH WALL PANELS, CLOSURE FLAPS AND FOLD CONNECTIONS THEREBETWEEN THE DOUBLE PLY THICKNESS, THE CONTAINER HAVING BODY SECTION WALL PANELS FOLDABLY CONNECTED IN RECTANGULAR TUBULAR FORMATION AND CLOSURE FLAPS WITH FOLD CONNECTIONS TO ONE END OF THE SAID WALL PANELS, THE CLOSURE FLAPS COMPRISING AN OPPOSED PAIR OF INNER CLOSURE FLAPS AND AN OPPOSED PAIR OF OUTER CLOSURE FLAPS, THE FOLD CONNECTIONS OF THE INNER CLOSURE FLAPS BEING VERTICALLY OFFSET FROM THE OUTER BOTTOM CLOSURE FOLD CONNECTIONS, THE LINER SECTION HAVING CORRESPONDING FOLDABLY CONNECTION WALL PANELS AND CLOSURE FLAPS DISPOSED INTERIORLY AND IN FLATWISE CONTACTING RELATION TO THE RESPECTIVE PAIRED WALL SECTION PANELS AND FLAPS, THE RESPECTIVE FOLD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE LINER SECTION WALL PANELS AND CLOSURE FLAPS BEING OFFSET FROM THE CORRESPONDING BODY SECTION FOLDS VERTICALLY INWARDLY FROM THE END OF THE CONTAINER TO RELIEVE FOLD TENSION IN INFOLDED RELATIONSHIP, CONNECTING WEBS EACH DETERMINED BY PARALLEL LINES OF SCORING AND FREE SIDE EDGES, SLIT EDGES EXTENDING BETWEEN THE WEBS AND DEFINING FREE END EDGES OF THE FLAPS, THE CONNECTING WEBS EACH BEING IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE BODY SECTION FLAP FOLD CONNECTIONS THAN TO THE LINER SECTION FLAP FOLD CONNECTIONS AND THE LINER SECTION FLAPS BEING OF GREATER LENGTH THAN THE BODY SECTION FLAPS, THE CONNECTING WEBS PROVIDING A SLIDABLE RELATION BETWEEN EACH RESPECTIVE PAIRED WALL SECTION AND LINER SECTION CLOSURE FLAP UPON THE FOLDING MOVEMENT OF SAID FLAPS BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION AND A CLOSURE POSITION IN PERPENDICULAR RELATION TO THE WALL PANELS COMPENSATING FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL IN LENGTH BETWEEN SAID RESPECTIVE FLAPS, WHEREBY THE DOUBLE PLY THICKNESS OF THE FOLD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EACH OF THE WALL PANELS AND FLAPS IS RELIEVED OF STRESS CONSEQUENT TO THE FOLDING THEREOF.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
324 words
A CONTAINER HAVING FOLDABLY CONNECTED WALL PANELS AND CLOSURE FLAPS ON ONE END THEREOF FORMED FROM A FOLDABLE BLANK COMPRISED OF A B ODH SECTION AND A LINER SECTION FOLDED IN MUTUAL FLATWISE CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH BODY AND LINER SECTIONS IN CONTACTING ENGAGEMENT WITH WALL PANELS, CLOSURE FLAPS AND FOLD CONNECTIONS THEREBETWEEN THE DOUBLE PLY THICKNESS, THE CONTAINER HAVING BODY SECTION WALL PANELS FOLDABLY CONNECTED IN RECTANGULAR TUBULAR FORMATION AND CLOSURE FLAPS WITH FOLD CONNECTIONS TO ONE END OF THE SAID WALL PANELS, THE CLOSURE FLAPS COMPRISING AN OPPOSED PAIR OF INNER CLOSURE FLAPS AND AN OPPOSED PAIR OF OUTER CLOSURE FLAPS, THE FOLD CONNECTIONS OF THE INNER CLOSURE FLAPS BEING VERTICALLY OFFSET FROM THE OUTER BOTTOM CLOSURE FOLD CONNECTIONS, THE LINER SECTION HAVING CORRESPONDING FOLDABLY CONNECTION WALL PANELS AND CLOSURE FLAPS DISPOSED INTERIORLY AND IN FLATWISE CONTACTING RELATION TO THE RESPECTIVE PAIRED WALL SECTION PANELS AND FLAPS, THE RESPECTIVE FOLD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE LINER SECTION WALL PANELS AND CLOSURE FLAPS BEING OFFSET FROM THE CORRESPONDING BODY SECTION FOLDS VERTICALLY INWARDLY FROM THE END OF THE CONTAINER TO RELIEVE FOLD TENSION IN INFOLDED RELATIONSHIP, CONNECTING WEBS EACH DETERMINED BY PARALLEL LINES OF SCORING AND FREE SIDE EDGES, SLIT EDGES EXTENDING BETWEEN THE WEBS AND DEFINING FREE END EDGES OF THE FLAPS, THE CONNECTING WEBS EACH BEING IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE BODY SECTION FLAP FOLD CONNECTIONS THAN TO THE LINER SECTION FLAP FOLD CONNECTIONS AND THE LINER SECTION FLAPS BEING OF GREATER LENGTH THAN THE BODY SECTION FLAPS, THE CONNECTING WEBS PROVIDING A SLIDABLE RELATION BETWEEN EACH RESPECTIVE PAIRED WALL SECTION AND LINER SECTION CLOSURE FLAP UPON THE FOLDING MOVEMENT OF SAID FLAPS BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION AND A CLOSURE POSITION IN PERPENDICULAR RELATION TO THE WALL PANELS COMPENSATING FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL IN LENGTH BETWEEN SAID RESPECTIVE FLAPS, WHEREBY THE DOUBLE PLY THICKNESS OF THE FOLD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EACH OF THE WALL PANELS AND FLAPS IS RELIEVED OF STRESS CONSEQUENT TO THE FOLDING THEREOF.
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