Inteplast Group Corporation

Interplast Group Ltd.

Gregory A Carman

A bulk bin sleeve pack is repeatably erected to form a bulk bin having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall and collapsed when not in use. The bulk bin sleeve pack includes a base that forms the bottom wall of the bulk bin. First and second wall members form the perimeter wall and are attached to one another and the base. The first and second wall members overlap a portion of the base. Locking tabs are associated with at least one of the base and the first and second wall members. Locking openings are associated with at least one of the base and the first and second wall members. The locking openings oppose the locking tabs when the first and second wall members are attached to the base to form the perimeter wall of the bulk bin. The locking tabs are lockingly inserted into the locking openings to secure the first and second wall members to the base to form the bulk bin.

Bulk bin, bulk bin sleeve pack, and related method

A blank for being repeatably assembled into a box configuration without the use of adhesives. The blank has a bottom panel, a side panel foldably attached to the bottom panel, an end panel foldably attached to the bottom panel, and a locking structure configured to secure the side panel and the end panel in respective orthogonal positions with respect to the bottom panel. The locking structure includes an overlay panel foldably attached to the end panel and foldable toward an overlying position in which it overlies a portion of the side panel. The locking structure also includes a slot in the bottom panel, a flap foldably attached to the bottom panel and extending into the slot, and a tab foldably attached to the overlay panel for being lockingly received in the slot to secure the overlay panel in the overlying position.

Reusable box blank

A sleeve pack for forming a bulk bin includes a base for forming a bottom of the bulk bin and a perimeter wall assembly. The perimeter wall assembly includes two blanks that can be connected to one another at interlocking connections to form a perimeter wall of the bulk bin. Locking tabs are associated with at least one of the wall blanks, and corresponding locking openings are associated with at least one other of the wall blanks. The openings oppose the tabs and the tabs are lockingly inserted into the openings to secure the wall members together to form the perimeter wall of the bulk bin.

Embodiments of foldable containers, such as foldable produce containers, and related sheets and methods. In some embodiments, a sheet may comprise at least two adjacent, parallel, side panels, one of which may comprise a bendable tab, and the other of which may comprise a cutout configured to receive the bendable tab. This may allow for temporarily maintaining the two panels in position during a folding process to facilitate additional folding steps during the process. In some embodiments, a container may comprise one or more strapping flaps configured to facilitate tensioning of strapping material for strapping together multiple containers. These strapping flaps may be configured to engage a strapping material and may allow a single person to more easily tension the strapping material to strap multiple containers together.

Reusable produce containers and related methods

Embodiments of foldable containers, such as foldable produce containers, and related sheets and methods. In some embodiments, a container may comprise a first side panel comprising a first locking tab and a rollover flap. The rollover flap is configured to be folded with respect to the first side panel to expose the first locking tab. The first side panel further comprises a clearance aperture, wherein the first locking tab is positioned within the clearance aperture such that the clearance aperture provides spacing between the first locking tab and the rollover flap. The container may further comprise a first top panel comprising a slot for receiving the first locking tab. The first top panel may further comprise a first locking flap configured to extend adjacent to an exterior surface of the container to secure the first top panel in a closed position to at least partially enclose the container.

Containers for column or cross stacking and related methods. In some embodiments, the top wall of the container may comprise a first plurality of vent openings and the bottom wall may comprise a second plurality of vent openings. One or more of the first plurality of vent openings is configured to be aligned with one or more of a plurality of vent openings formed in a bottom wall of an adjacent container positioned above the container in a column-stacked configuration, and one or more of the first plurality of vent openings is configured to be aligned with one or more of the plurality of vent openings of the adjacent container in a cross-stacked configuration. Various stacking tabs/openings may also be provided, which may be configured to facilitate either cross or column stacking, as desired.

Column and cross stacking containers and related methods

Foldable container

A set of blanks for being repeatedly assembled into a reel configuration. A flange blank has pass through slots angularly spaced apart from one another and interlocking apertures angularly aligned with the pass through slots. Each pass through slot is spaced radially from an interlocking aperture. A core blank has a hub portion that is folded toward a core configuration in which it has an annular shape. Push tabs extend outwardly from the hub portion. Each of the push tabs passes through a pass through slot. Each push tab includes a spine and a pair of wings extending outwardly from the spine. The wings of each push tab bend away from a coplanar position with respect to their spine as the push tab is inserted in an interlocking aperture. The wings lockingly engage the flange blank when each push tab is lockingly received in the interlocking aperture.

Reel assembly

Embodiments of foldable containers, such as foldable produce containers, and related planar sheets and methods. In some embodiments, a substantially planar sheet for folding into a container may comprise a first locking tab positioned on a first panel of the sheet and a second locking tab positioned on a second panel of the sheet. The second locking tab may be configured to be positioned adjacent to the first locking tab after at least one folding step in which the first panel is folded relative to the second panel. The sheet may further comprise a first locking flap positioned on a third panel of the sheet, wherein the third panel is configured to be folded with respect to the first and second panels during the folding process. The first locking flap may comprise a slot configured to receive the first locking tab and the second locking tab.

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Victoria, TX, United States of America

Gregory A Carman