IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,049,346
Granted Patent B1
US 12,049,346 · App. 17/397,578 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Shipping container with removable display window

Inventors: Robert W. Bley (Long Valley, NJ); Edward A. Hughes (Lake Hopatcong, NJ); Scott Miller (Trenton, OH)
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Patent No.
US 12,049,346
App. No.
17/397,578
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

A corrugated fiberboard blank and container formed therefrom includes an interior portion and an exterior portion that are combined form a doubled-wall construction, in at least some portions of the container. In certain embodiments, the interior portion is hingedly coupled to the exterior portion, and a first front side wall comprises a first removable panel, a second front side wall comprises a second removable panel, and a first top section comprises a third removable panel.

Claims (48)

1. A corrugated fiberboard blank comprising:

an exterior portion comprising a first front side wall, a first rear side wall, a first left side wall, a first right side wall, a first bottom section, and a first top section;

an interior portion comprising a second front side wall, a second rear side wall, a second left side wall, a second right side wall,

wherein the interior portion is hingedly coupled to the exterior portion,

wherein the first front side wall comprises at least one first removable panel and the second front side wall comprises at least one second removable panel,

wherein an outside surface of the interior portion is configured to be adhered to an inside surface of the exterior portion with the first and second removable panels aligned,

wherein the interior portion further comprises a second bottom section that extends from the second front side wall, and

wherein the interior portion is hingedly coupled to the exterior portion by a connecting panel that extends from a front bottom wall of the first bottom section.

2. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 1 , wherein the first top section comprises a third removable panel.

3. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 2 , wherein the at least one first and the third removable panels are connected by a fold line.

4. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 1 , further comprising a fold line at an intersection of the connecting panel and the front bottom wall, the connecting panel being configured to align with the front bottom wall when folded about the fold line.

5. A corrugated fiberboard blank comprising:

an exterior portion comprising a first front side wall, a first rear side wall, a first left side wall, a first right side wall, a first bottom section, and a first top section;

an interior portion comprising a second front side wall, a second rear side wall, a second left side wall, a second right side wall,

wherein the interior portion is hingedly coupled to the exterior portion,

wherein the first front side wall comprises at least one first removable panel and the second front side wall comprises at least one second removable panel,

wherein an outside surface of the interior portion is configured to be adhered to an inside surface of the exterior portion with the first and second removable panels aligned,

wherein the interior portion further comprises a second bottom section that extends from the second front side wall,

wherein the interior portion is hingedly coupled to the exterior portion by one or more connecting portions, and

wherein the one or more connecting portions comprise a plurality of interconnecting legs that include at least one interconnecting leg extending from a first top section of the exterior portion to the interior portion.

6. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 5 , wherein the first top section comprises a third removable panel.

7. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 6 , wherein the at least one first and the third removable panels are connected by a fold line.

8. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 5 , wherein the first top section comprises a first front top wall, and wherein the plurality of interconnecting legs comprises a first interconnecting leg and second interconnecting leg, the first and second interconnecting legs extending from the first front top wall of the exterior portion to the second front side wall of the interior portion.

9. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 5 , wherein the number of the plurality of interconnecting legs is four.

10. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 5 , further comprising a right side top wall coupled to the second right side wall of the interior portion and a left side top wall coupled to the second left side wall of the interior portion.

11. A corrugated fiberboard blank comprising:

an exterior portion comprising a first front side wall, a first rear side wall, a first left side wall, a first right side wall, a first bottom section, and a first top section;

an interior portion comprising a second front side wall, a second rear side wall, a second left side wall, a second right side wall,

wherein the interior portion is hingedly coupled to the exterior portion,

wherein the first front side wall comprises at least one first removable panel and the second front side wall comprises at least one second removable panel,

wherein an outside surface of the interior portion is configured to be adhered to an inside surface of the exterior portion with the first and second removable panels aligned,

wherein the interior portion further comprises a second bottom section that extends from the second front side wall, and

wherein the interior portion comprises at least two separate sections and the at least two separate sections are hingedly coupled to the exterior portion at a respective connecting panel.

12. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 11 , wherein the first top section comprises a third removable panel.

13. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 12 , wherein the at least one first and the third removable panels are connected by a fold line.

14. A corrugated fiberboard blank comprising:

an exterior portion comprising a first front side wall, a first rear side wall, a first left side wall, a first right side wall, a first bottom section, and a first top section;

an interior portion comprising a second front side wall, a second rear side wall, a second left side wall, a second right side wall;

a right side top wall coupled to the second right side wall of the interior portion and a left side top wall coupled to the second left side wall of the interior portion,

wherein the interior portion is hingedly coupled to the exterior portion,

wherein the first front side wall comprises at least one first removable panel and the second front side wall comprises at least one second removable panel,

wherein an outside surface of the interior portion is configured to be adhered to an inside surface of the exterior portion with the first and second removable panels aligned,

wherein the interior portion further comprises a second bottom section that extends from the second front side wall,

wherein the interior portion is hingedly coupled to the exterior portion by one or more connecting portions.

15. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 14 , wherein the first top section comprises a third removable panel.

16. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 15 , wherein the at least one first and the third removable panels are connected by a fold line.

17. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 14 , wherein the first top section comprises a first front top wall, and wherein the one or more connecting portions comprise a first interconnecting leg and second interconnecting leg, the first and second interconnecting legs extending from the first front top wall of the exterior portion to the second front side wall of the interior portion.

18. The corrugated fiberboard blank of claim 14 , wherein the number of the one or more connecting portions is four.

Continuity (1)
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