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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2019
International Paper Company, Memphis, TN (US);
Mark Anthony Wisecarver, Morristown, TN (US);
James William Sloan, II, Edgefield, SC (US);
Kenneth Calvin Hyatt, Springdale, AR (US);
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A leak proof container and a method of forming the container from a blank. The blank includes a bottom panel, first and second side panels connected to the bottom panel at opposing lateral edges, and first and second end portions located at opposing longitudinal ends of the blank. Each end portion includes an inner end panel connected to the bottom panel, an outer end panel connected to the inner end panel, and first and second corner panels forming gussets connected to a respective one of the first and second side panels and connected to the inner end panel. An adhesive area is located on one side of the blank and comprises at least a portion on each of the outer end panel and the inner end panel. The adhesive area adheres the gussets to the inner end panel and to the outer end panel.