Plastic corrugated container with ultrasonically formed score lines

US9604750B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9604750-B2
Application numberUS-201414580789-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 23, 2014
Priority dateDec 24, 2013
Publication dateMar 28, 2017
Grant dateMar 28, 2017

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A corrugated plastic box and a method for manufacturing a corrugated plastic box from a blank are provided. The method includes the steps of forming rounded edge seals on the perimeter edges of the blank, pre-sealing portions of the blank to form a plurality of areas in which major and minor flap slots and a glue tab are desired, ultrasonically scoring the blank to form a plurality of flap score lines, and cutting the blank through the plurality of pre-sealed flap slots and glue tab, leaving a sealed edge.

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What is claimed is: 1. A plastic corrugated box comprising: a first side wall panel having a bottom portion and a first bottom flap extending from the bottom portion, the first side wall panel and the first bottom flap formed from a continuous sheet of material having a first outer layer, a second outer layer and a plurality of parallel flutes between the first outer layer and the second outer layer; and, the first bottom flap separated from the bottom portion of the first side…

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What does patent US9604750B2 cover?
A corrugated plastic box and a method for manufacturing a corrugated plastic box from a blank are provided. The method includes the steps of forming rounded edge seals on the perimeter edges of the blank, pre-sealing portions of the blank to form a plurality of areas in which major and minor flap slots and a glue tab are desired, ultrasonically scoring the blank to form a plurality of flap scor…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Orbis Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B65D5/4266. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 28 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).