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Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11033120-B2
Application number	US-201916437366-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2019
Priority date	Jun 14, 2018
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

A container includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space. The panels include a front panel, a first side panel, a back panel and a second side panel. The back panel includes a first back portion and a second back portion. At least one of the first back portion or the second back portion is free from openings. A shelf panel is foldably connected to the front panel. The first back portion is adhered to the shelf panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container comprising:
a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space, including a front panel, a first side panel, a back panel and a second side panel, wherein the back panel includes:
a first back portion; and
a second back portion, wherein the first back portion is connected to the second back portion along a break line; and

a shelf panel foldably connected to the front panel, wherein the first back portion is adhered to the shelf panel;
wherein the first back portion has a first length defined between a top edge of the first back portion and a bottom edge of the first back portion, wherein the second back portion has a second length defined between a top edge of the second back portion and a bottom edge of the second back portion, wherein said first length is less than said second length;
wherein the second back portion has a first width defined between opposing sides of the second back portion, wherein the first side panel has a second width defined between opposing sides of the first side panel, wherein the first width is substantially equal to the second width.

2. The container as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first side panel is connected to the front panel along a respective one of the fold lines, and wherein the second side panel is connected to the front panel along a respective one of the fold lines opposite from the first side panel.

3. The container as recited in claim 1 , further comprising an adhesion flap foldably connected to the second side panel along a fold line.

4. The container as recited in claim 3 , wherein the adhesion flap overlaps the second back portion of the back panel.

5. The container as recited in claim 3 , wherein the adhesion flap is adhered to an exterior surface of the second back portion of the back panel.

6. The container as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second back portion is foldably connected to the first side panel along a fold line.

7. The container as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first back portion has a length in the longitudinal direction of the container and the front panel has a length in the longitudinal direction, wherein the length of the first back portion is less than the length of the front panel.

8. The container as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first back portion is configured to slide between a first position and a second position thereby folding the shelf panel along a fold line between the shelf panel and the front panel.

9. The container as recited in claim 1 , the shelf panel includes a shelf adhesion flap foldably connected to the shelf panel, wherein an interior surface of the shelf adhesion flap is adhered to an interior surface of the first back portion.

10. The container as recited in claim 9 , wherein a top edge of the first back portion is flush with a top edge of the shelf adhesion flap.

11. The container as recited in claim 1 , a plurality of end flaps, each end flap foldably connected to a respective one of the plurality of panels.

12. A blank for a container comprising:
a plurality of panels connected together along respective fold lines configured to be folded at least partially around an interior space, including a front panel, a first side panel, a back panel and a second side panel, wherein the back panel includes:
a first back portion; and
a second back portion, wherein the first back portion is connected to the second back portion along a break line;
wherein the first side panel is connected to the second back portion along a first fold line, wherein the first side panel is connected to the front panel along a second fold line, wherein the first side panel has a first width defined between the first and second fold lines, wherein the second back portion has a second width defined between the break line and the first fold line, wherein the first width is substantially equal to the second width; wherein the first back portion has a first length defined between a top edge of the first back portion and a bottom edge of the first back portion, wherein the second back portion has a second length defined between a top edge of the second back portion and a bottom edge of the second back portion, wherein said first length is less than said second length.

13. The blank as recited in claim 12 , wherein a width of the first back portion is substantially equal to a width of the front panel.

14. The blank as recited in claim 12 , wherein the second side panel is connected to the front panel along a third fold line.

15. The blank as recited in claim 14 , further comprising an adhesion flap connected to the second side panel along a fourth fold line.

16. The blank as recited in claim 12 , further comprising a shelf panel connected to the front panel along a fold line.

17. The blank as recited in claim 12 , wherein the break line is weakened to facilitate breaking the second back portion from the first back portion by at least one of a knife cut and/or perforations.

18. The blank as recited in claim 12 , wherein the break line is a first break line, and wherein the first back portion is connected to the second back portion along the first break line and a second break line, wherein the blank includes a cut portion between the first and second break lines.

19. A method of forming a container comprising:
folding a plurality of panels of a blank connected together at fold lines at least partially around an interior space, wherein the panels include a front panel, a first side panel, a back panel and a second side panel, wherein the back panel includes a first back portion and a second back portion;
adhering the first back portion to a shelf panel; and
separating the first back portion from the second back portion along a break line;
wherein the first side panel is connected to the second back portion along a first fold line, wherein the first side panel is connected to the front panel along a second fold line, wherein the first side panel has a first width defined between the first and second fold lines, wherein the second back portion has a second width defined between the break line and the first fold line, wherein the first width is substantially equal to the second width; wherein the first back portion has a first length defined between a top edge of the first back portion and a bottom edge of the first back portion, wherein the second back portion has a second length defined between a top edge of the second back portion and a bottom edge of the second back portion, wherein said first length is less than said second length.

20. The method as recited in claim 19 , further comprising adhering an interior surface of an adhesion flap to an exterior surface of the second back portion.

21. The method as recited in claim 19 , further comprising sliding the first back portion downward relative to the second back portion and folding the shelf panel along a fold line between the shelf panel and the front panel.

Assignees

• Westrock Shared Services Llc

Inventors

• Frost Jerry R

Classifications

• A47F5/112 Primary

  hand-folded from sheet material · CPC title

• B31B50/624

  Applying glue on blanks · CPC title

• B31B50/78

  Mechanically · CPC title

• B31B2241/00

  Making bags or boxes intended for a specific use · CPC title

• A47F5/116 Primary

  Shelving racks · CPC title