Crush-tolerant container and blank and method for forming the same
USRE49894E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A blank for constructing a crush-tolerant container includes a first side panel, a bottom panel, a second side panel, and a top panel coupled together in series. At least one cutout and at least one bridge portion are defined along a first fold line between the top panel and the first side panel. The at least one bridge portion and the at least one cutout are configured to maintain the top panel in a plane spaced above a top edge of the first side panel when the container is formed and the top panel is not under a stacking load, and to allow the top panel to move downwardly such that at least a portion of the top panel is substantially co-planar with the top edge of the first side panel when the container is formed and the top panel is under the stacking load.
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