Patent ID: 6550645
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A container for shipping materials, comprising:an inner sleeve comprised of first and second sheets each comprised of five panels, the last panel of said first sheet overlapping the first panel of said second sheet and being heat-welded thereto and the first panel of said first sheet overlapping the last panel of said second sheet and being heat-welded thereto; an outer sleeve comprised of first and second sheets each comprised of five panels, the last panel of said first sheet overlapping the first panel of said second sheet and being heat-welded thereto, and the first panel of said first sheet overlapping the last panel of said second sheet and being heat-welded thereto, said inner and outer sleeves thus being configured as hexagonal sleeves, with the inner sleeve being snapped into place within the interior of the outer sleeve, and being oriented to have four triple wall sections, with the center point of each of the four sections being every 90Â° around the periphery of the inner and outer sleeve combined configuration; an hexagonal-shaped top member sized to fit over the top of the inner and outer sleeve configuration; and an hexagonal-shaped bottom member sized to fit within the bottom of the inner and outer sleeve configuration.