Stackable container and container blank (L corner)

Abstract

A tray-type container includes a bottom wall, longitudinally-extending outer side walls, and laterally-extending end walls, the outer side walls and the end walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall to form an inner cavity. A plurality of tray-type containers may be unitized in several stacked configurations. Typically, the plurality of unitized containers are placed upon a shipping pallet or slip sheet, or placed within a shipping container to facilitate shipping by large carriers.

1 . A blank for a container comprising: 
 a single sheet of foldable material cut and scored to define    a bottom panel, said bottom panel having a side edge and an end edge;    an outer sidewall panel hingedly attached to said bottom panel along said side edge, said sidewall panel having a front edge,    a first corner panel hingedly attached to said bottom panel along said front edge;    a second corner panel hingedly attached to said first corner panel, opposite said outer sidewall panel;    a third corner panel hingedly attached to said second corner panel, opposite said first corner panel,    an end panel hingedly attached to said bottom panel along said end edge;    and end panel flap hingedly attached to said end panel along a spaced apart hinge line, opposite said bottom panel.    
   
   
       2 . The blank of  claim 1  wherein the blank is formed from at least one of a paperboard, containerboard, cardboard, pasteboard, fiberboard, corrugated containerboard, corrugated paperboard, single wall corrugated containerboard, and multiwall corrugated containerboard.  
   
   
       3 . The blank of  claim 1  further comprising an inner sidewall panel hingedly 
 attached to said outer sidewall panel, opposite said bottom panel.    
   
   
       4 . The blank of  claim 1  further comprising first a hinge flap notch formed in an outer edge of said first corner panel.  
   
   
       5 . The blank of  claim 1 , wherein said third corner panel further comprises a locking tab slot.  
   
   
       6 . A container comprising: 
 a bottom panel, 
 an outer side panel extending upwardly from said bottom panel;  
 an end panel extending upwardly from said bottom panel to form, along with said side panel, an inner cavity;  
 a first corner panel positioned parallel to the end panel;  
 a second corner panel adjacent the first corner panel;  
 a third corner panel adjacent the outer wall panel; and,  
 an end panel flap positioned parallel to the end panel.  
   
   
   
       7 . The container of  claim 6  wherein the container is formed from at least one of a paperboard, containerboard, cardboard, pasteboard, fiberboard, corrugated containerboard, corrugated paperboard, single wall corrugated containerboard, and multiwall corrugated containerboard.  
   
   
       8 . The container of  claim 6  further comprising an inner sidewall panel adjacent said outer sidewall panel.  
   
   
       9 . The container of  claim 6 , wherein said third corner panel further comprises a locking tab slot.