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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael B. McLeod, Romeoville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Stone Container Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 5/20 ; B65D 2/1032 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 5/20 ; B65D 2/1032 ;
Abstract
A stackable shipping container for shipping articles such as produce, which is open-topped. The shipping container is preferably provided with stacking indexing tabs configured to be received by corresponding slots in the bottom of a like container stacked atop a first such container. Inwardly inclined diagonal corner gussets are provided for providing support of the bottom of a container stacked above one such container, while increasing available container volume.