Patent · US Expired

Container having in-turned flange

US5425498A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 29, 1994
Grant dateJun 20, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 29, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D3/16
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cardboard container of substantially rigid construction comprises a peripheral wall panel defining a hollow body, the wall panel including an in-turned flange formed along a peripheral edge thereof, the flange extending continuously along an entire length of the peripheral edge of the wall panel and being foldably and integrally connected to the wall panel by a continuous score line, the flange further having opposite ends held in abutment with one another within the hollow body such that the flange is held in a state of compression and retained within the hollow body in face-to-face engagement with the wall panel without otherwise being secured to the wall panel; and a transverse member being retained within the hollow body by the flange.

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