US 7,549,542 B2
Shipper container and transfer tool and system and method for use thereof
Wayne P. Gasior, Duluth, Ga. (US); Tracy C. Smith, Stone Mountain, Ga. (US); and Michael J. Huggins, Dillon, S.C. (US)
Assigned to Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/247,386.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/622974, filed on Oct. 28, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0091040 A1, May 04, 2006
Int. Cl. B65D 79/00 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 25/04 (2006.01); B65D 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 206—746  [206/739; 229/120.08; 229/235] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shipping container comprising:
first and second opposing side panels, each side panel including a front edge, a back edge, a top edge and a bottom edge;
a back panel joined along opposite sides to the side panels, the back panel defining a first edge and a second edge, each of the first edge of the back panel and the second edge of the back panel adjoining one of the pair of opposing side panels along a back edge thereof;
a front panel joined along opposite sides to the side panels, the front panel defining a first edge and a second edge, each of the first edge of the front panel and the second edge of the front panel adjoining one of the pair of opposing side panels along a front edge thereof;
first and second top panels adjoining each of the first and second side panels respectively along the top edges thereof;
first and second bottom panels adjoining each of the first and second side panels along the bottom edges thereof;
a divider integral with the shipping container and having a first portion extending from the front panel and a second portion extending from the back panel, the first portion of the divider adjoining the second portion of the divider along a score line extending substantially parallel to the front panel at about a midpoint between the front panel and the back panel;
wherein the first side panel, the first top panel and the first bottom panel define a first substantially continuous perforation and the second side panel, the second top panel and the second bottom panel define a second substantially continuous perforation along which the shipping carton can be split into two portions where at least one portion is adapted to hold in a substantially vertical orientation a plurality of packages each with a top portion and an opening adjacent to the top portion such that the openings are substantially aligned.