US 11,878,857 B2
Wardrobe box assembly
Shifeng Chen, Newport News, VA (US); Greg Sollie, Sharpsburg, GA (US); Hannah Conrad, Memphis, TN (US); and Randy Ball, Peachtree, GA (US)
Assigned to Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc., Brookhaven, GA (US)
Filed by Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc., Brookhaven, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,772.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,602, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194689 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 85/18 (2006.01); B65D 5/02 (2006.01); B65D 5/50 (2006.01); B65D 5/468 (2006.01); B31B 110/35 (2017.01)
CPC B65D 85/185 (2013.01) [B65D 5/0254 (2013.01); B65D 5/4608 (2013.01); B65D 5/5059 (2013.01); B31B 2110/35 (2017.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wardrobe box assembly comprising:
a wardrobe box defining an interior cavity, a first box mounting slot, and a second box mounting slot; and
a hanger support member mounted on the wardrobe box and extending laterally across the interior cavity, the hanger support member defining a first hanger engagement slot engaging the first box mounting slot and a second hanger engagement slot engaging the second box mounting slot;
wherein:
the hanger support member comprises a first inner panel and a first outer panel hingedly connected to the first inner panel at a first hanger bend line;
the first outer panel is folded at the first hanger bend line to lie substantially flat against the first inner panel;
the first inner panel is adhered to the first outer panel at a first adhesive region to retain the first outer panel in a folded position against the first inner panel.