Shipping container and blank therefor

Claim 2

A shipping container for a product being formed from a single blank of foldable sheet materal comprising a first panel forming a first surface portion of a product accommodating compartment when the container is closed, a pair of flap members being folded towards one another and forming a second surface portion of the compartment, when the container is closed, and being in unfolded relation, when the container is opened for loading or unloading the product accommodating compartment, a second panel overlaying said flap members only when the latter are folded towards one another and when the container is closed, a third panel connected to said second panel and folded relative thereto and forming a third surface of the compartment, a pair of fourth panels connected to said third panel and folded relative thereto and forming fourth surface portions of the compartment, said flap members being foldably connected to corresponding fourth panels and extending angularly therefrom, a fifth panel forming a fifth surface portion of the compartment, and a reinforced edge and corner construction for the compartment; said construction including a reinforcing panel foldably connected to and extending angularly from the fifth panel, end flaps foldably connected to and extending angularly from opposite ends of said reinforcing panel, each end flap having a first section foldably connected to an end of said reinforcing panel and engaging the compartment-forming surface portion of one fourth panel, and an angularly extending second section foldably connected to said first section, and tuck flaps foldably connected to corresponding ends of the fourth panels and extending angularly therefrom, said tuck flaps being sandwiched between the fifth panel and the second sections of said end flaps, when the container is either opened or closed.

Claim 3

This shipping container in claim 1 wherein said reinforcing panel is disposed in a plane transverse to the plane of the fifth panel and extends therefrom less their the distance between the fifth panel and the flap members.

Claim 4

A blank of foldable sheet material for use in forming a shipping container having reinforced edge and corner portions; said blank comprising a first panel for disposition adjacent one exterior surface of the product to be accommodated within the container; a second panel having a side thereof foldably connected to said first panel; a third panel for disposition adjacent a second exterior surface of the accommodated product, said third panel having a side thereof foldably connected to the opposite side of said second panel, said first and third panels being of substantially like configuration; fourth panels for disposition adjacent third exterior surfaces of the accommodated product, said fourth panels being foldably connected to opposite sides of said first panel; first flaps foldably connected to corresponding ends of said fourth panels; tuck flaps foldably connected to the opposite ends of said fourth panels, a fifth panel for disposition adjacent a fourth exterior surface of the accommodated product, said fifth panel being foldably connected to said first panel and disposed at a side thereof opposite said second panel, said fifth and second panels being of substantially like configuration; a sixth panel for disposition adjacent the second exterior surface of the accommodated product, said sixth panel being foldably connected to said fifth panel, said sixth panel having a dimension measured transversely of the folding connection less than the corresponding dimension of said third panel; end flaps, each including an elongated first section foldably connected to an end of said sixth panel for disposition adjacent the third exterior surface of the accommodated product, and an elongated second section foldably connected to said first section for disposition adjacent the second exterior surface of the accommodated product, each elongated section having a longitudinally dimension substantially the same as the spacing between said first and sixth panels.

Claim 5

A blank of foldable sheet material for use in forming a shipping container having reinforced edge and corner portions; said blank comprising a first panel for disposition adjacent one exterior surface of the product to be accommodated within the container; a second panel having a side thereof foldably connected to said first panel; a third panel for disposition adjacent a second exterior surface of the accommodated product, said third panel having a side thereof foldably connected to the opposite side of said second panel, said first and third panels being of substantially like configuration; fourth panels for disposition adjacent third exterior surfaces of the accommodated product, said fourth panels being foldably connected to opposite sides of said first panel; first flaps foldably connected to corresponding ends of said fourth panels; tuck flaps foldably connected to the opposite ends of said fourth panels, a fifth panel for disposition adjacent a fourth exterior surface of the accommodated product, said fifth panel being foldably connected to said first panel and disposed at a side thereof opposite said second panel, said fifth and second panels being of substantially like configuration; a sixth panel for disposition adjacent the second exterior surface of the accommodated product, said sixth panel being foldably connected to said fifth panel, said sixth panel having a dimension measured transversely of the folding connection less than the corresponding dimension of said third panel; end flaps, each including an elongated first section foldably connected to an end of said sixth panel for disposition adjacent the third exterior surface of the accommodated product, and an elongated second section foldably connected to said first section for disposition adjacent the second exterior surface of the accommodated product, each elongated section having a longitudinally dimension substantially the same as the spacing between said first and sixth panels.