Michael J Ptaschinski

US Patent:

6450342, Sep 17, 2002

Filed:

Apr 1, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/541323

Inventors:

Michael J. Ptaschinski - Beaver Dam WI

Assignee:

International Paper Co. - Stamford CT

International Classification:

B65D 8568

US Classification:

206588, 206335

Abstract:

An improved shipping carton is provided that is formed from a unitary blank comprising a sheet of material such as corrugated paperboard, and which includes an internal strut column/support member that acts as a divider and a support structure. The shipping carton formed from the unitary blank is suitable for packaging articles of irregular shape, such as a partially assembled bicycle. The unitary blank is formed in from a substantially rectangular shape, having multiple walls that are separated by fold lines, including: a first partial back wall portion has an outer vertical edge, and a glue strip located along the outer vertical edge for securing the first partial back wall portion to the surface of a second partial back wall portion; a first end wall; a front wall having a cutout suitable for use as a handhold; a second end wall; the second partial back wall portion having a scored fold line with a proximal glue strip that is to be mated to the glue strip located on the first partial back wall portion, and also having a cutout suitable for use as a second handhold; and a strut column/support member that is angularly pivotable along the fold line of the second partial back wall portion, and which includes a tongue having a glue strip for securing it to the inner surface of the front wall. The strut column/support member also having an elongated channel cutout usable for holding packaged articles in place, and a second tongue on the distal portion of a fold line that is at a right angle to the fold line of the second partial back wall portion, this second tongue having a deformable area that is formed by perforated fold lines, the deformable area also usable for holding packaged articles in place. The shipping carton can be partially erected into a flat preform for shipment from the carton manufacturer to the manufacturer/packager, where the shipping carton will be further erected into a packaging configuration to receive one or more articles within at least two containment volumes, all formed from the unitary blank.

US Patent:

53280334, Jul 12, 1994

Filed:

Aug 19, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/108969

Inventors:

Michael J. Ptaschinski - Beaver Dam WI

Assignee:

International Paper Company - Purchase NY

International Classification:

B65D 8102
B65D 8568

US Classification:

206586

Abstract:

A unitary corrugated board insert for a bicycle shipping container. The insert is fashioned from a generally unitary blank of corrugated paperboard, with panels of the insert defined by vertically extending score or fold lines. One of the panels is provided on one of its surfaces with an adhesive. The insert is formed by folding the several panels about the fold lines so as to yield an insert in the general form of two vertically running channels or enclosures for parts which must be added by the consumer to complete the assembly of the bicycle. These two channels are joined by folding the blank and attaching its free left and right ends to that panel which has been provided with adhesive. The two channels store some of the components of the bicycle which must be added by the consumer to complete bicycle assembly. The channels also sandwich a portion of the rear wheel of the bicycle to thereby provide shock resistance to the wheel and to assist in maintaining the bicycle in its desired position within the shipping container.