Patent ID: 7169346

Claim:
A method of making a container from a container blank comprising positioning said blank on a lower die member configured to receive said blank said lower die member utilizing positioning means including an improved blank stop system comprising at least four rotatably mounted inertial blank stop pins disposed on the forward portion of the lower die member and projecting upwardly therefrom; at least two of said rotatably mounted inertial blank stop pins being outer pins located on said forward portion of said lower die member in opposing relationship to each other at a distance from each other which is less than the maximum transverse dimension of said container blank and which is greater than or equal to the maximum transverse dimension of the formed container, at least two of said rotatably mounted inertial blank stop pins being inner pins located on said forward portion of said lower die member, forwardly and inwardly located with respect to said outer pins, said inner pins being disposed in opposing relationship at a distance which is less than the maximum transverse dimension of the container formed from said container blank.