Instant set-up bulk box

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1997-11-14

1999-07-13

Elkins, Gary E.

Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes

Paperboard box

Including a polygonal, nonrectangular wall

22911706, 2291081, 2291223, 206600, B65D 500

Patent

active

059214651

ABSTRACT:
An octagonal bulk box well suited for use in pallet storage and transportation of large quantities of flowable solids has a construction allowing the box to be instantly manually erected by the end user. A box precursor which is erectable from a substantially flat condition to form the box is formed of a main blank providing the sidewall panels of the box and a floor blank from which the entire box floor structure is constructed. By forming the entire floor from a floor blank separate from the main blank, it is possible to reduce material expense and waste, since the entire floor blank can be constructed of fiberboard lower in strength and cost than that required for the sidewalls. The floor blank is attached to the main blank by connecting flaps extending about substantially the entire lower perimeter of the box walls, on an outside thereof. This configuration serves to reinforce the lower perimeter of the box sidewalls against the large outward bulge forces generated by flowable loads, particularly in the lower third of the box.

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Georgia-Pacific Technology and Development Center drawings (2) dated Jul. 28, 1997, showing blanks for Inland bulk box described in Background of the Invention.

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