Method of assembling a wardrobe box assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12258202-B2
Application number	US-202318540356-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2023
Priority date	Dec 18, 2020
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

A method of assembling a wardrobe box assembly includes providing a wardrobe box and a hanger support member, the wardrobe box defining an interior cavity, a first box mounting slot, and a second box mounting slot, the hanger support member defining a first hanger engagement slot and a second hanger engagement slot; aligning the first hanger engagement slot with the first box mounting slot and aligning the second hanger engagement slot with the second box mounting slot; and engaging the first hanger engagement slot with the first box mounting slot and engaging the second hanger engagement slot with the second box mounting slot to mount the hanger support member on the wardrobe box in a use configuration, wherein the hanger support member extends laterally across the interior cavity.

First claim

That which is claimed is:

1. A method of assembling a wardrobe box assembly comprising:
providing a wardrobe box and a hanger support member, the wardrobe box defining an interior cavity, a first box mounting slot, and a second box mounting slot, the hanger support member defining a first hanger engagement slot and a second hanger engagement slot;
aligning the first hanger engagement slot with the first box mounting slot and aligning the second hanger engagement slot with the second box mounting slot; and
engaging the first hanger engagement slot with the first box mounting slot and engaging the second hanger engagement slot with the second box mounting slot to mount the hanger support member on the wardrobe box in a use configuration, wherein the hanger support member extends laterally across the interior cavity;
wherein:
the hanger support member comprises a first hanger panel and a second hanger panel hingedly connected to the first hanger panel at a first hanger bend line;
providing the hanger support member comprises folding the first hanger panel relative to the second hanger panel at the first hanger bend line to lie substantially flat against the first hanger panel;
the first hanger engagement slot extends into each of the first hanger panel and the second hanger panel at a bottom hanger end of the hanger support member, proximate to a first side of the hanger support member; and
the second hanger engagement slot extending into each of the first hanger panel and the second hanger panel at the bottom hanger end, proximate to a second side of the hanger support member opposite the first side.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first hanger panel is adhered to the second hanger panel at a first adhesive regions to retain the second hanger panel in a folded position against the first hanger panel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first hanger engagement slot and the second hanger engagement slot are oriented substantially perpendicular to the first hanger bend line.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:
each of the first hanger engagement slot and the second hanger engagement slot define a first segment formed through the first hanger panel and a second segment formed through the second hanger panel;
the first segment and the second segment of the first hanger engagement slot together define a first longitudinal hanger slot extending across the first hanger bend line; and
the first segment and the second segment of the second hanger engagement slot together define a second longitudinal hanger slot extending across the first hanger bend line.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first hanger panel is a first inner panel, and the second hanger panel is a first outer panel;
the hanger support member further comprises a second inner panel and a second outer panel hingedly connected to the second inner panel at a second hanger bend line;
the method further comprises folding the second inner panel relative to the second outer panel at the second hanger bend line to lie substantially flat against the second outer panel; and
the first hanger engagement slot further extends into each of the second inner panel and the second outer panel at the bottom hanger end, proximate to the first side; and
the second hanger engagement slot further extends into each of the second inner panel and the second outer panel at the bottom hanger end, proximate to the second side.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein:
the first inner panel is hingedly connected to the second inner panel at a third hanger bend line; and
the method further comprises folding the first inner panel relative to the second inner panel at the third hanger bend line to dispose the first and second inner panels between the first and second outer panels.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the third hanger bend line defines a pair of parallel bend lines and an elongated spine between the pair of parallel bend lines; and
folding the first inner panel relative to the second inner panel at the third hanger bend line comprises:
folding the first inner panel relative to the elongated spine at a first bend line of the pair of parallel bend lines; and
folding the second inner panel relative to the elongated spine at a second bend line of the pair of parallel bend lines.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hanger support member defines at least one lateral hanger aperture formed through the first hanger panel and the second hanger panel, the lateral hanger aperture configured to receive a hook end of a hanger therethrough.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the wardrobe box comprises a plurality of side panels;
providing the wardrobe box comprises folding the plurality of side panels to define a sidewall enclosure, the sidewall enclosure at least partially defining the interior cavity;
the plurality of side panels comprises a first side panel and a second side panel opposite the first side panel; and
the first box mounting slot is defined at a top edge of the first side panel and the second box mounting slot is defined at a top edge of second side panel.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein:
the wardrobe box further comprises a plurality of top panels;
the plurality of top panels include a first top panel hingedly connected to the top edge of the first side panel at a first top bend line and a second top panel hingedly connected to the top edge of the second side panel at a second top bend line; and
the first top panel and the second top panel are configured to fold over the interior cavity at a top enclosure end of the sidewall enclosure.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first top panel defines a first opening in communication with the first box mounting slot, and wherein the second top panel defines a second opening in communication with the second box mounting slot.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein:
the first top panel defines a first mounting tab hingedly coupled to the first side panel and defining the first opening;
the second top panel defines a second mounting tab hingedly coupled to the second side panel and defining the second opening; and
the method further comprises folding the first mounting tab to confront the first side panel in a first folded tab configuration and folding the second mounting tab to confront the second side panel in a second folded tab configuration.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein:
the first opening is a first upper slot portion, the first box mounting slot is a first lower slot portion, and the first upper slot portion and the first lower slot portion together define a first box slot;
the second opening is a second upper slot portion, the second box mounting slot is a second lower slot portion, and the second upper slot portion and the second lower slot portion together define a second box slot;
the first upper slot portion is laterally aligned with the first lower slot portion in the first folded tab configuration; and
the second upper slot portion is laterally aligned with the second lower slot portion in the second folded tab configuration.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein:
folding the first mounting tab to confront the first side panel comprises folding the first mounting tab into the interior cavity of the wardrobe box; and
folding the second mounting tab to confront the second side panel comprises folding the second mounting tab into the interior cavity of the wardrobe box.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein:
the plurality of side panels further comprise a third side panel extending between the first and second side panels and a fourth side

Assignees

• Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Chen Shifeng
• Sollie Greg
• Conrad Hannah
• Ball Randy

Classifications

• B31B50/26

  Folding sheets, blanks or webs · CPC title

• B65D5/4608 Primary

  Handgrip holes · CPC title

• B65D5/5059

  Paper panels presenting one or more openings or recesses in wich at least a part of the contents are located (B65D5/5038, B65D5/5052, B65D5/5057 and B65D5/5286 take precedence) · CPC title

• B31B2110/35

  rectangular, e.g. square · CPC title

• B65D5/0254

  with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by means of a tongue integral with one of the flaps · CPC title