Patent ID: 7981017

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a container, the method comprising: cutting a primary blank including a plurality of lateral panels and at least one bottom panel configured to provide an exterior of the container; cutting a plurality of supplementary blanks each including a plurality of major sections and at least one sub-section; and affixing one of the major sections of each supplementary blank to the corresponding opposing lateral panel of the primary blank and the at least one sub-section of each supplementary blank to the at least one bottom panel of the primary blank, wherein as the container is finally assembled, an exterior of the container is formed by the plurality of lateral panels and the at least bottom panel of the primary blank, and wherein a plurality of stacking shoulders are formed automatically by movement of the primary blanks causing movement of the supplementary blanks at opposing lateral panels of an interior of the container, and the plurality of stacking shoulders are formed as part of the final assembly of the primary blank as the exterior of the container.