Patent ID: 6311891
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A paperboard container comprising:(a) an E divider formed from a single-piece blank, the E divider including a pair of divider panels joined along a hinge line; each divider panel being hingedly connected in a series to a rear panel, a side panel, and a front panel; each divider panel having a front edge; at least one of the divider panels having a protrusion along its front edge; and(b) an outer portion formed from a single-piece blank, the outer portion including a bottom panel with lateral front and rear panels hingedly connected to opposed edges of the bottom panel, a first outer side panel with upright front and rear panels hingedly connected to opposed edges of the first outer side wall panel, and a second outer side panel with upright front and rear panels hingedly connected to opposed edges of the second outer side panel; the bottom panel being hingedly connected on its remaining opposed edges to the first and second outer side panels; the lateral front panel including an opening; both the front and rear lateral panels having a width smaller than the width of the bottom panel;wherein as assembled, the E divider forms an E shape and the outer portion is adhered to the E divider, as such the outer side panels are adjacent the E divider side panels, the lateral rear panel and the upright rear panels are coplanar to one another and adjacent the E divider rear panels, the E divider front panels are coplanar with the lateral front panel, and the upright front panels surround portions of both the E divider front panel and the lateral front panel; the protrusion in the at least one divider panel front edge extending through the lateral front panel opening.