Patent ID: 9731888
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A blank for a container comprising a base including at least a first edge, a second edge spaced apart from the first edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge spaced apart from the third edge, a first side wall coupled to the base along the first edge, a second side wall coupled to the base along the second edge, a front wall coupled to the base along the third edge, and a back wall coupled to the base along the fourth edge, wherein the blank is made from a sheet of insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material, wherein the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material includes a cell forming agent and a base resin having a high melt strength polypropylene, wherein each of the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, and the back wall all have a first thickness and the blank further comprises a flap at an outboard edge of the first side wall, the flap being separated from the first side wall by an area having a second thickness, and the second thickness being less than the first thickness, wherein each area having the second thickness is plastically deformed, and wherein the second wall thickness is plastically deformed without fracturing the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material so that a predetermined insulative characteristic is maintained in the blank.