Patent ID: 7487902

Claim:
A triangularly shaped container that may be stored and shipped in a flattened condition and erected at a point of use, said container folded from a single cut and scored blank of foldable material, and comprising: a triangularly shaped bottom panel having an apex end and a base end; a pair of substantially rectangular first side panels connected with the bottom panel along respective first fold lines extending along opposite side edges of the bottom panel, said first side panels extending from the base end to the apex end of the bottom panel and spaced from one another at the apex end to define a narrow slot; a substantially rectangular rear panel foldably connected along a second fold line to the base end of the bottom panel; a triangularly shaped top panel having an apex end and a base end, said top panel being foldably connected at its base end along an edge of the rear panel opposite the bottom panel, said top panel extending in spaced overlying relationship parallel to the bottom panel; a pair of substantially rectangular second side panels connected with the top panel along respective third fold lines extending along opposite side edges of the top panel, said second side panels extending from the base end to the apex end of the top panel; and a pair of tabs foldably connected to respective said second side panels at the apex end of the top panel and foldably connected to each other along a fold to define a web connecting said second side panels at the apex end of the top panel, said tabs being juxtaposed with one another and received in the slot between the first side panels at the apex end of the bottom panel, with the second side panels lying outside respective adjacent said first side panels and adjacent ends of the first side panels engaged between adjacent ends of the second side panels and respective adjacent said tabs to hold the container in its erected condition.