US 12,252,305 B2
Corner configurations for tray containers
Michael McLeod, Romeoville, IL (US)
Assigned to WestRock Shared Services, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by WESTROCK SHARED SERVICES, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/684,784.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278747 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 5/42 (2006.01); B65D 5/00 (2006.01); B65D 5/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/0015 (2013.01) [B65D 5/28 (2013.01); B65D 5/4266 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blank for forming a container comprising:
a base having a first pair of opposed base edges and a second pair of opposed base edges;
two first sidewall structures, each first sidewall structure foldably attached to one of the first base edges; and
two second sidewall structures, each second sidewall structure foldably attached to one of the second base edges by a fold line having a fold line width, wherein each of the second sidewall structures comprises:
a first wall panel foldably attached to one of the second base edges along a first fold line,
a second wall panel foldably attached to the first wall panel configured to be overlapped with the first wall panel to form a side wall, and
a first minor end flap foldably attached to the first wall panel extending in a lateral direction from the first wall panel, and
a second minor end flap foldably attached to the second wall panel extending in the lateral direction from the second wall panel, configured to overlap the first minor end flap and one of the first sidewall structures in forming a corner of a container formed from the blank, wherein the second minor end flap is foldably attached to the second wall panel by a crushed channel having a crushed channel width, wherein the crushed channel width is greater than the fold line width, wherein the crushed channel is devoid of die cut outs, perforations, slits, fold lines, score lines, or lines of weakness beyond the crushed state of the crushed channel itself.