| US RE34,557 C1 (7016th) | ||
| WOOD REINFORCED CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD SHIPPING CONTAINER WITH ATTACHING STRIPS | ||
| John M. Grigsby, Marietta, Ga., assignor to North American Container Corporation, Mableton, Ga. | ||
| Reexamination Request No. 90/006,937, Feb. 17, 2004. | ||
| Reexamination Certificate for Reissue Patent Re. 34,557, issued Mar. 8, 1994, Appl. No. 704,345, May 23, 1991. | ||
| Original No. 4,832,256, dated May 23, 1989, Appl. No. 07/241,499, filed on Sep. 7, 1988. Continuation of application No. 06/936,426, filed on Dec. 1, 1986, now abandoned. | ||
| Int. Cl. B65D 5/44 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 229—122.27 |
| AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT: |
| The patentability of claims 1-12, 15 and 17-18 is confirmed. |
| Claims 13, 14 and 16 are cancelled. |
| 1. A wood reinforced corrugated paperboard shipping container comprising: a base frame suitable for supporting an article to be packed, said base frame including at least one wood strip that extends substantially a length of said base frame;
a corrugated paperboard body defining inner wall surfaces and corresponding outer wall surfaces said corrugated paperboard body comprising a wall forming blank of paperboard scored to provide a series of main panels foldably joined together at a plurality of corners and dimensioned for mating engagement with said base frame such that at least one of said main panels extends the length of said at least one wood strip;
at least one substantially vertically aligned reinforcement fixedly secured to one of said inner wall surfaces of said main panels and positioned adjacent one of said corners thereof, but sufficiently distanced from said corners to permit collapsing of said corrugated paperboard body;
at least one substantially horizontal attaching strip fixedly secured to one of said inner wall surfaces of said corrugated paperboard body, said at least one attaching strip being positioned on said respective inner wall surface for alignment with said at least one wood strip of said base frame;
a top frame dimensioned for receipt by said corrugated paperboard body; and
means for attaching said at least one attaching strip to said at least one wood strip
whereby attachment of said corrugated paperboard body to said base frame provides a wood-to-wood connection that ensures against component separation.
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