Patent ID: 6419087
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A group of at least two floral shippers packed side-by-side, each shipper having:an outer container having a rectangular base, four sidewalls each extending upwardly from a respective side of the base, and top wall, the top wall including at least two panels, each panel being connected to one of the sidewalls along a fold line, and at least one inner container having a periphery that conforms closely to at least a portion of an inside periphery formed by the vertical sidewalls of the outer container, the at least one inner container having a top rim spaced downward from the top wall of the outer container, the shippers being arranged with one side wall of the outer container of one shipper in face-to-face contact with one side wall of the outer container of the other shipper, and at least an opposed pair of sidewalls of each outer container having first ventilation openings immediately above the top rim of the at least one inner container, and second ventilation openings spanning the fold line between the top and side walls, the first ventilation openings aligning with each other to provide air circulation between containers and the second ventilation openings aligning with each other to provide air circulation between containers, the at least one inner container having a generally rectangular base and walls that extend upward from the base and slope outwardly from the base, the at least one inner container including vertical ribs for engaging the sidewalls of its respective outer container within its respective outer container, and wherein the inner containers are stackable, nesting within each other when not in the outer containers.