Patent ID: 8690048
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A reinforced container system comprising: a container having a bottom wall, a pair of opposite side walls, a pair of opposite end walls, and opposed pairs of diagonal corner panels interposed between adjacent side and end walls, wherein the bottom wall, the side walls, the end walls and the diagonal corner panels are joined to one another along vertical folds, the bottom wall includes two opposed glue panels each of which are foldably joined to respective longitudinal edges of the bottom wall and each of which are attached to the respective side walls; and a protective sleeve configured to detachably attach to the container, the protective sleeve includes two side walls, two end walls and opposed pairs of diagonal corner walls interposed between adjacent side and end walls, the protective sleeve comprises two retaining plates each of which is attached to a respective inner surface of the side walls of the protective sleeve and wherein the side walls, the end walls and the diagonal corner walls of the protective sleeve are joined to one another along four vertical foldable collapsible features to whereby protect the container against tremendous forces and inertia caused by mixing or shaking machinery and wherein each respective retaining plate has a predetermined height which permits a longitudinal bottom edge of each respective retaining plate to substantially align with a respective top edge of the respective glue panels so that the protective sleeve is lifted up with the container when the container is lifted.