Display ready container assembly
A container preassembly which has an inner sleeve in a flat unopened position disposed within an outer sleeve in a flat unopened position. The two sleeves are adapted to form the two ends of the container and are secured together in the aligned relationship of the final open container, thereby allowing the preassembly to be opened into the form of the final container without requiring further adjustment. Once opened, the flaps for forming the container bottom are folded to create a container ready for use. A method of making the container preassembly is also provided.
1. A container knockdown assembly capable of being erected into a container assembly, comprising:
an outer sleeve having panels for forming outer sleeve side walls, and flaps integrally connected to said side walls at one end, said flaps forming one of a bottom end or a top end of said container assembly when said knockdown assembly is erected;
a tab extending from at least one of said flaps of said outer sleeve;
an inner sleeve positioned inside said outer sleeve having panels for forming inner sleeve side walls and flaps integrally connected to said side walls at one end, said flaps forming an other one of said bottom end or said top end of said container assembly when said knockdown assembly is erected, said inner sleeve further comprising at least one adhesive overlay formed in said inner sleeve side walls by a tear line allowing said overlay to be detachable from said inner sleeve along said tear line;
an opening at one end of said at least one adhesive overlay for receiving said tab when said knockdown assembly is erected; and
adhesive disposed between said outer sleeve side wall and said adhesive overlay so as to secure said inner and outer sleeves in an aligned relationship of the erected container assembly, and such that the adhesive overlay remains attached to said outer sleeve when said inner sleeve is detached from said outer sleeve.
2. The container knockdown assembly of claim 1 , wherein said inner sleeve includes two or more adhesive overlays, each of which is independently adhered to said outer sleeve.
3. The container knockdown assembly of claim 2 , wherein at least two of said adhesive overlays are spaced from one another on opposing side walls of said inner sleeve.
4. The container knockdown assembly of claim 1 , wherein said adhesive is a hot melt glue.
5. The container knockdown assembly of claim 1 , wherein said inner and outer sleeves form a substantially flat configuration in a knockdown configuration.
6. The container knockdown assembly of claim 1 , wherein said aligned relationship of said inner and outer sleeves comprises aligning an edge of said inner sleeve side walls with a first fold line between said outer sleeve side walls and outer sleeve flaps and folding said outer sleeve flaps along said first fold line, and optionally a second fold line, back toward said inner sleeve side walls and into a central space of said knockdown assembly.
7. A container assembly erectable from the knockdown state set forth in claim 1 .
8. A container knockdown assembly capable of being erected into a container assembly, comprising:
an outer sleeve having panels for forming outer sleeve side walls, and flaps integrally connected to said side walls at one end for forming a bottom end of the container assembly when said knockdown assembly is erected;
a tab extending from at least one of said flaps of said outer sleeve;
an inner sleeve positioned inside said outer sleeve and having panels for forming inner sleeve side walls and flaps integrally connected to said side walls at one end for forming a top end of the container assembly when said knockdown assembly is erected, said inner sleeve further comprising at least one adhesive overlay formed in said inner sleeve side walls by a tear line allowing said overlay to be detachable from said inner sleeve along said tear line;
an opening at one end of said at least one adhesive overlay for receiving said tab when said knockdown assembly is erected; and
adhesive disposed between said outer sleeve side walls and said adhesive overlay so as to secure said inner and outer sleeves in an aligned relationship and such that the adhesive overlay remains attached to said outer sleeve side wall when detached from said inner sleeve.
9. The container knockdown assembly of claim 8 , wherein said inner sleeve side walls include two or more adhesive overlays, each of which is independently adhered to said outer sleeve.
10. The container knockdown assembly of claim 9 , wherein at least two of said adhesive overlays are spaced from one another on opposing side walls of said inner sleeve.
11. The container knockdown assembly of claim 8 , wherein said opening is formed at a bottom edge of said inner sleeve panel.
12. The container knockdown assembly of claim 8 , wherein said adhesive is a hot melt glue.
13. The container knockdown assembly of claim 8 , wherein said inner and outer sleeves form a substantially flat configuration in a knockdown state.
14. The container knockdown assembly of claim 8 , wherein said aligned relationship of said inner and outer sleeves comprises aligning a bottom edge of said inner sleeve side walls with a first fold line between said outer sleeve side wall and outer sleeve flap and folding said outer sleeve flaps along said first fold line, and optionally a second fold line, back toward said inner sleeve side walls and into a central space of said knockdown assembly.
15. The container knockdown assembly of claim 8 , wherein said outer sleeve flaps are pivotal about a bottom end of said outer sleeve side walls from a position within a central space of said assembly to a position substantially perpendicular to said side walls thereby forming said bottom end of said container assembly, said bottom flaps including a first bottom flap attached to a first outer sleeve side wall and an adjacent bottom flap attached to an adjacent outer sleeve side wall, said adjacent outer sleeve side wall being pivotally attached to said first side wall, said adjacent bottom flap being pivotally attached to said first bottom flap in both said position within said central space and said position substantially perpendicular to said side walls such that said adjacent bottom flap and said first bottom flap, when pivoting into said position substantially perpendicular to said side walls, thereby self-deploys to define a container bottom portion when the knockdown assembly is erected.
16. A container assembly erectable from the knockdown state set forth in claim 8 .
17. A container knockdown assembly capable of being erected into a container assembly, comprising:
an outer sleeve having panels for forming outer sleeve side walls and flaps integrally and pivotally connected to said side walls at a bottom end such that said flaps are pivotable from a position within a central space of said assembly to a position substantially perpendicular to said side walls thereby forming a bottom, said flaps including a first bottom flap attached to a first outer sleeve side wall and an adjacent bottom flap attached to an adjacent outer sleeve side wall, said adjacent outer sleeve side wall being pivotally attached to said first side wall, said adjacent bottom flap being pivotally attached to said first bottom flap in both said position within said central space and said position substantially perpendicular to said side walls such that said adjacent bottom flap and said first bottom flap, when pivoting into said position substantially perpendicular to said side walls, thereby self-deploys to define a bottom end of said container assembly when said knockdown assembly is erected;
a tab extending from at least one of said flaps of said outer sleeve;
an inner sleeve positioned inside said outer sleeve having panels for forming inner sleeve side walls and flaps integrally and pivotally connected to said panels at a top end for forming a top end of the container assembly, said inner sleeve further comprising at least one adhesive overlay formed in said inner sleeve side walls by a tear line allowing said overlay to be detachable from said inner sleeve along said tear line;
an opening at an end of said at least one adhesive overlay that is adjacent to a bottom edge of said inner sleeve side wall for receiving said tab when said knockdown assembly is erected; and
adhesive disposed between said outer sleeve panel and said adhesive overlay so as to secure said inner and outer sleeves in an aligned relationship and such that the adhesive overlay remains attached to said outer container when detached from said inner sleeve.
18. A container assembly erectable from the knockdown state set forth in claim 17 .