Lightweight fruit and produce packaging container

摘要

A lightweight fruit and produce packaging container made from a die cut blank of thin, flexible, waterproof, food quality, transparent sheet material and including a plurality of fold lines defining wall portions, top and bottom closure portions, a latching portion and a handle forming portion.

主权项

1. A packaging container made from a blank cut from sheet material and comprising:
an elongated portion of said blank being folded along a plurality of first fold lines to form a plurality of container walls; closure forming portions of said blank extending from said elongated portion and folded about a plurality of second fold lines to cooperate with the container walls to define a predetermined volume of space, said closure forming portions having apertures formed therein for allowing fluid to flow through the container; at least one other portion of said blank being folded about a third fold line to form a flap having securing means for securing at least one of said closure forming portions or said container walls to at least one of said container walls, wherein at least one of said closure forming portions includes a to forming portion of said blank disposed between one of said plurality of second fold lines and said third fold line, and wherein said top forming portion is securable in its container closing position by said flap; and a handle forming portion of said blank cut from a sub-portion of said flap and extending from said third fold line to form a carry handle for the container.