Patent ID: 6988654
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A paperboard nestable container, comprising: a continuous sidewall with inner and outer surfaces defining a sidewall thickness therebetween and upper and lower edges; and a bottom wall formed along said lower edge of the sidewall, said sidewall being downwardly convergent and having a bulge projecting inwardly from said inner surface of the sidewall, said sidewall also having at least one bulge projecting outwardly from the outer surface of said sidewall, said thickness of the sidewall being greater at at least some locations along said bulges than at other locations on said sidewall, said at least one outwardly projecting bulge adapted to cooperate with the inwardly directed bulge of an underlying nested container to encourage aligned stacking of the containers, wherein said container is press-formed from a single substantially flat blank, the blank being substantially comprised of a paperboard material, and said sidewall comprising a plurality of pleats extending up the sidewall created by folds in the blank.