Inland Container Corporation

Jon M Schwaner

Eric E Falk

A packaging assembly includes a pair of opposed channel members joined at their upper end by at least one intermediate cross member. The cross members and channel members are fitted together with a plug and socket arrangement. The channel members and cross members are assembled on an item to be packaged, in preparation for application of a plastic overwrap. The channel members and cross members include lifting flanges at their upper ends for mechanized handling of the package.

Carton and packaging assembly therefor

Disclosed is a carton formed from a unitary paperboard blank and having a collar-like lifting flange at one end thereof for receiving a lifting blade. The carton includes a tubular body having a number of side walls formed by axially-extending fold lines. The blank from which the carton is formed includes two or more transverse extending wall portions extending across two or more side walls of the carton. The wall portions are folded upon one another and upon two or more side walls of the carton so as to continuously overlie two or more side walls of the carton and the axial fold lines joining those side walls. Thus, an unbroken corner of the lifting flange overlies an outside corner of the carton. The invention is particularly useful with lifting blades having an L-shaped cross-section which mate with an outside corner of the carton and overlie two adjacent side walls thereof. The lifting flange forms a continuous blade-receiving pocket extending across at least two laterally adjacent side walls and the fold line connecting those side walls. Accordingly, a unitary portion of the lifting flange is provided at the portion of the pocket located at the outside corner of the carton to provide a lifting flange of improved strength and tear resistance. The blank from which the carton is formed and a method of scoring and folding the blank to form the carton are also disclosed.

Carton with lifting flange

A single die-cut and scored sheet defines a plurality of cells of equal dimensions. The sheet is easily and quickly erected into a partition which, when inserted into an RSC, divides the box into precisely located cells that are adapted for automatic loading. Partitions for packaging 6 items and 3 items are shown.

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Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Jon M Schwaner