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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Orbis Corporation, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
William F. McMahon, Hartford, WI (US);
Donald J. Balazs, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Gregory A. Peterson, Rio, WI (US);
ORBIS Corporation, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Abstract
A corrugated plastic box and a method for manufacturing a corrugated plastic box from a blank are provided. The method includes the steps of forming rounded edge seals on the perimeter edges of the blank, pre-sealing portions of the blank—including providing air vents to allow trapped air to escape during the pre-sealing process—to form a plurality of areas in which major and minor flap slots and a glue tab are desired, ultrasonically scoring the blank to form a plurality of flap score lines, and cutting the blank through the plurality of pre-sealed flap slots and glue tab, leaving a sealed edge.