Patent ID: 8177117

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a container, the method comprising: cutting a primary blank including a front panel, back panel, two side panels and at least one bottom panel; cutting at least one supplementary blank including at least one central section and at least one auxiliary support extending from the central section; and affixing the at least one central section of the at least one supplementary blank to one of the panels of the primary blank to provide a pre-assembly for the container such that: the at least one auxiliary support extends past a lateral edge of the one panel; when the container is finally assembled, the at least one auxiliary support extends diagonally across a corner of the container formed by the one panel and an adjacent panel of the panels: wherein cutting a supplementary blank further comprises cutting two supplementary blanks each including at least one central section and at least one auxiliary support extending from the central section; and the affixing of the at least one central section of the at least one supplementary blank to one of the panels of the primary blank further comprises affixing the central section of each supplementary blank to a corresponding panel of the primary blank such that: at least one of the auxiliary supports for each supplementary blank extends past a lateral edge of the corresponding panel; when the container is finally assembled, the at least one of the auxiliary supports for each supplementary blank extends diagonally across a corner of the container formed by the corresponding panel and the adjacent panel; and wherein the cutting the primary blank includes forming a strip extending across a border of two of the panels and forming a fold line transverse to and displaced from the border such that, when the container is finally assembled, the strip extends across and is spaced apart from a corner of the container formed by the two panels.