Collapsible bulk bin and methods for constructing the same

摘要

A container configured to be selectively moved between a substantially flat position and a deployed position is provided. The container includes a first blank of sheet material for forming side walls of the container, and a second blank of sheet material for forming a bottom wall of the container. The first blank having an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface, a top edge and a bottom edge. The first blank includes a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, a fourth side panel, a fifth side panel, and a sixth side panel wherein each of the side panels are coupled across a fold line. The first blank also includes end flaps extending from the bottom edge of each of the side panels wherein at least two of the end flaps includes a tab joint. The second blank having a plurality of side edges equal to a number of side panels of the first blank, each side edge having a width substantially equal to a width of the side panels of the first blank. The second blank is foldable and is coupled to at least one end flap of the first blank for forming a bottom wall of the container.

主权项

1. A container configured to be selectively moved between a substantially flat position and a deployed position, said container comprising:
a plurality of side walls formed from a first blank of sheet material having an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface, a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein the first blank comprises a first side panel coupled across a side fold line to a second side panel, a third side panel coupled across a side fold line to the second side panel, a fourth side panel coupled across a side fold line to the third side panel, a fifth side panel coupled across a side fold line to the fourth side panel, and a sixth side panel coupled across a side fold line to the fifth side panel, the sixth side panel having a glue tab extending from an edge opposed to the fifth side panel, wherein the first blank further comprises end flaps extending from the bottom edge of each of the side panels, at least two of the end flaps each include a minor flap at least partially defined by a cut line, the cut line extends from an intersection of the bottom edge and a side fold line that at least partially defines the side panel from which the respective end flap extends, wherein the cut line extends obliquely relative to the at least partially defining side fold line; at least two tab joints, each tab joint comprises one of the at least two minor flaps coupled across a joint fold line to a respective adjacent end flap and adhered to the respective adjacent end flap in an at least partially overlapping manner; and a bottom wall formed from a second blank of sheet material having an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface, the second blank of sheet material having a plurality of free side edges equal to a number of side panels of the first blank, each free side edge having a width substantially equal to a width of the side panels of the first blank, wherein the second blank is foldable along a bottom fold line and is coupled to a first end flap and an opposing fourth end flap of the first blank such that the container is selectively movable between the deployed position and the substantially flat position, wherein the second blank is in communication with a second end flap, a third end flap, a fifth end flap, and a sixth end flap of the first blank when the container is in the deployed position, and wherein, in the substantially flat position, the second blank is configured to fold along the bottom fold line in a position between the plurality of side walls, and the first blank is configured to fold along the at least two joint fold lines and the side fold lines proximate to the at least two joint fold lines.