Patent ID: 7607567
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A container for shipping products, comprising: opposed side walls and opposed end walls, said side and end walls each comprising an outer wall panel and an inner wall panel having top and bottom edges and foldably joined together along a first fold at said top edges thereof, said inner wall panel being substantially coextensive in height and width with an associated said outer wall panel; and a reinforcing panel in an upper portion of at least one of said side walls, said reinforcing panel being folded from the inner wall panel of said at least one side wall and formed by a generally U-shaped cut comprising a first cut extending across a major portion of the width of said inner wall panel parallel to and spaced from said bottom edge thereof and second and third cuts extending from opposite ends of said first cut in generally parallel spaced relation to opposite side edges of said inner wall panel and terminating at opposite ends of a second fold extending across a major portion of the width of said inner wall panel in generally parallel spaced relation to said inner wall panel top edge and perpendicular to said end walls, said reinforcing panel having a free edge opposite said fold and being folded upwardly about the fold and lying between the inner wall panel and an associated outer wall panel with the free edge thereof extending to adjacent a top edge of the outer wall panel to reinforce the said wall, said outer wall panel extending over and covering that area of said inner wall panel from which said reinforcing panel is folded, whereby no through opening is formed in said at least one said side wall by folding said reinforcing panel into operative position between said inner and outer wall panels.