US 12,258,202 B2
Method of assembling a wardrobe box assembly
Shifeng Chen, Newport News, VA (US); Greg Sollie, Sharpsburg, GA (US); Hannah Conrad, Memphis, TN (US); and Randy Ball, Peachtree City, GA (US)
Assigned to Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc., Brookhaven, GA (US)
Filed by Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc., Brookhaven, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/540,356.
Application 18/540,356 is a division of application No. 17/548,772, filed on Dec. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,878,857.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,602, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0116696 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 85/18 (2006.01); B31B 50/26 (2017.01); B31B 110/35 (2017.01); B65D 5/02 (2006.01); B65D 5/468 (2006.01); B65D 5/50 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/185 (2013.01) [B31B 50/26 (2017.08); B65D 5/0254 (2013.01); B65D 5/4608 (2013.01); B65D 5/5059 (2013.01); B31B 2110/35 (2017.08)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling a wardrobe box assembly comprising:
providing a wardrobe box and a hanger support member, the wardrobe box defining an interior cavity, a first box mounting slot, and a second box mounting slot, the hanger support member defining a first hanger engagement slot and a second hanger engagement slot;
aligning the first hanger engagement slot with the first box mounting slot and aligning the second hanger engagement slot with the second box mounting slot; and
engaging the first hanger engagement slot with the first box mounting slot and engaging the second hanger engagement slot with the second box mounting slot to mount the hanger support member on the wardrobe box in a use configuration, wherein the hanger support member extends laterally across the interior cavity;
wherein:
the hanger support member comprises a first hanger panel and a second hanger panel hingedly connected to the first hanger panel at a first hanger bend line;
providing the hanger support member comprises folding the first hanger panel relative to the second hanger panel at the first hanger bend line to lie substantially flat against the first hanger panel;
the first hanger engagement slot extends into each of the first hanger panel and the second hanger panel at a bottom hanger end of the hanger support member, proximate to a first side of the hanger support member; and
the second hanger engagement slot extending into each of the first hanger panel and the second hanger panel at the bottom hanger end, proximate to a second side of the hanger support member opposite the first side.