Patent ID: 6116498
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
An open-top container formed from a single integral sheet of material comprising:a bottom, two spaced end walls, two spaced side walls, and two hollow internal shoulders positioned in adjacent supporting relation to each of said end walls, wherein said end walls and said side walls are tapered outwardly relative to said bottom, thereby allowing for the nesting of a plurality of said containers one on top of another supported by said two hollow internal shoulders; wherein each of said end walls includes an exterior panel and an interior panel that are joined to one another along a first fold, said exterior panel being further joined to said bottom along a second fold and including two laterally extending wings that are joined, one each, to the side edges of said exterior panel along a third fold; and, wherein said interior panel includes three spaced-apart folds that divide said interior panel into four strips.