Patent ID: 8827142

Claim:
A blank of sheet material for forming a polygonal container, said blank comprising: a bottom panel that includes at least one bottom panel angled edge; two opposing side panels, each side panel extending from a side edge of the bottom panel; two opposing end panels, each end panel extending from an end edge of the bottom panel, each end panel comprising at least one major stacking extension extending from a top edge thereof; at least one top panel extending from a top edge of one of the two side panels, wherein the at least one top panel includes at least one top panel angled edge, such that upon articulation of the blank, the at least one top panel angled edge substantially aligns with the at least one bottom panel angled edge; and at least an outer reinforcing panel assembly and at least an inner reinforcing panel assembly extending from a first side edge of a first end panel of the two end panels, wherein the outer reinforcing panel assembly includes an outer corner panel and an outer reinforcing side panel, the outer corner panel having a first height, and the inner reinforcing panel assembly includes an inner reinforcing side panel, an inner reinforcing corner panel having a second height that is substantially equal to the first height, and an inner reinforcing end panel, wherein the outer corner panel has a width substantially equal to a width of the inner reinforcing corner panel and the outer reinforcing side panel has a width substantially equal to a width of the inner reinforcing side panel; the outer and inner reinforcing panel assemblies configured such that upon articulation of the blank, the respective outer corner and inner reinforcing corner panels and the respective outer and inner reinforcing side panels are disposed in juxtaposed face-to-face relation to one another, and the inner reinforcing end panel is disposed in juxtaposed face-to-face relation to one of the two opposing end panels, to define, upon articulation, the container having corresponding outer and inner octagonal configurations.