Patent ID: 6508395
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A stackable shipping container formed from a blank, the blank comprising:a substantially rectangular bottom wall having two perpendicularly arranged pairs of opposed side edge regions; first and second pairs of opposed first sidewalls, emanating from the two perpendicularly arranged pairs of opposed side edge regions; one pair of opposed second sidewalls, emanating from first edge regions of the first pair of opposed first sidewalls; pairs of first minor flaps, emanating from second edge regions of each of the first pair of opposed first sidewalls; pairs of second minor flaps, connected to third edge regions of each of the pair of opposed second sidewalls, nonrectangular gusset panels, disposed substantially between the second minor flaps and the respective adjacent end edge regions of the respective second sidewalls, the first and second pairs of opposed first sidewalls, the pair of opposed second sidewalls, and the pairs of first minor flaps and pairs of second minor flaps being operably configured, upon articulation, so that each of the second sidewalls is folded inwardly, in juxtaposed overlying relation to an inside surface of a respective one of the first pair of first sidewalls, each of the first minor flaps is in juxtaposed overlying relation to an inside surface of a respective adjacent one of the second pair of first sidewalls, and each of the second minor flaps is in juxtaposed overlying relation to an inside surface of a respective one of the first minor flaps; the nonrectangular gusset panels being provided with a top region having a width that is greater than the width at a bottom region thereof, so that upon articulation of the blank, the nonrectangular gusset panels extend diagonally across corner regions of the stackable shipping container, with the top regions of the nonrectangular gusset panels extending farther inwardly into an interior region of the stackable shipping container than the bottom regions of the nonrectangular gusset panels.