Patent ID: 6520898
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of making an E divider container from a preformed flat E blank and a preformed flat body blank,the E blank comprising a rectangular piece of material having a companion pair of divider panels at one end of the blank and companion pairs of sidewall panels and endwall panels, the sole connection between the companion pairs comprising an intact hinge portion foldably interconnecting the pair of divider panels, the body blank comprising a bottom panel flanked at opposite ends by a pair of integral endwall panels, the method comprising the steps of: maintaining the pair of divider panels within a common plane while turning the companion pairs of sidewall panels and endwall panels through 90 degrees and into a common plane, while maintaining the companion pairs of sidewall panels and endwall panels in the 90 degree position advancing the blank to a centered position above a split mandrel, while maintaining the companion pairs of sidewall panels and endwall panels within their common plane, rotating the divider panels together into mutual abutment and thus rotating the companion pairs of sidewall panels and endwall panels through substantially 90 degrees within their common plane, rotating the endwall panels 90 degrees into contact with opposite ends of the mandrel, and erecting the pair of endwall panels of the body blank into mutual contact with the endwall panels of the erected E blank.