Modular packaging system

Abstract

A packaging system includes a container with a bottom wall, a first end wall connecting to the bottom wall, a second end wall opposed to the first end wall and connecting to the bottom wall, at least a portion of a first side wall connecting between the first and second end walls, at least a portion of a second side wall opposed to the first side wall and connecting between the first and second end walls, and a plurality of corner walls. At least one corner wall connects the first end wall to the portion of a first side wall.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A packaging system comprising:
 a container with a bottom wall, a first end wall connecting to the bottom wall, a second end wall opposed to the first end wall and connecting to the bottom wall, at least a portion of a first side wall connecting between the first and second end walls, at least a portion of a second side wall opposed to the first side wall and connecting between the first and second end walls, and a plurality of corner walls, wherein at least one corner wall connects the first end wall to the portion of a first side wall.   
     
     
         2 . The packaging system as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a top wall opposed to the bottom wall, wherein the top wall and the bottom wall are formed from identical panels. 
     
     
         3 . The packaging system as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the top wall and at least a portion of the first end wall are configured and adapted to be removed from the bottom wall and at least a portion of the second end wall to prepare the container for retail display. 
     
     
         4 . The packaging system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the first and second end walls are formed from end panels. 
     
     
         5 . The packaging system as recited in  claim 4 , wherein each corner wall is formed from a respective corner panel foldably connected to at least one of the end panels. 
     
     
         6 . The packaging system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of each side wall is formed from at least two opposing side flaps, each opposing side flap extending from a respective corner panel forming, at least in part, one of the corner walls. 
     
     
         7 . The packaging system as recited in  claim 5 , wherein each opposing side flap includes an end edge, wherein the end edges of the opposing side flaps are spaced apart from one another. 
     
     
         8 . The packaging system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the end walls include a v-notch portion. 
     
     
         9 . A packaging blank system comprising:
 a first blank having a bottom panel, with a plurality of side flaps and a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to the bottom panel and at least one corner flap foldably connected to at least one of the side or end flaps, wherein the bottom panel, end flaps, side flaps and the at least one corner flap are configured to be formed into a tray; and   a second blank having an end panel, a pair of corner panels each foldably connected to opposite sides of the end panel, and a pair of side flaps, each side flap foldably connected to a respective one of the corner panels, wherein the end panel, the pair of corner panels and the pair of side flaps are configured to form a container insert.   
     
     
         10 . The packaging blank system as recited in  claim 9 , wherein an outer surface of the second blank is configured and adapted to be adhered to an inner surface of the first blank to form a half of a container. 
     
     
         11 . The packaging blank system as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the at least one corner flap includes a plurality of corner flaps, wherein each corner flap includes a respective support flap foldably attached thereto. 
     
     
         12 . The packaging blank system as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the end panel of the second blank includes four portions foldably connected to one another, wherein a first and a second of the portions are foldably connected to respective corner panels, wherein a third and a fourth of the portions are foldably connected between the first and second portions, wherein the third and fourth portions are adjacent to one another and configured to be folded at oblique angles with respect to the first and second portions. 
     
     
         13 . The packaging blank system as recited in  claim 9 , wherein each side flap of the second blank includes a tapered portion. 
     
     
         14 . The packaging blank system as recited in  claim 9 , further comprising a third blank having a top panel, with a plurality of flaps foldably connected to the top panel, wherein the top panel and flaps are configured to be formed into a container lid. 
     
     
         15 . The packaging blank system as recited in  claim 14 , further comprising a fourth blank having an end panel, a pair of corner panels each foldably connected to opposite sides of the end panel, and a pair of side flaps, each side flap foldably connected to a respective one of the corner panels, wherein the end panel, the pair of corner panels and the pair of side flaps are configured to form a second container insert. 
     
     
         16 . The packaging blank system as recited in  claim 15 , wherein an outer surface of the fourth blank is configured and adapted to be adhered to an inner surface of the third blank to form a half of a container. 
     
     
         17 . The packaging blank system as recited in  claim 15 , wherein the end panel of the fourth blank includes four portions foldably connected to one another, wherein a first and a second of the portions are foldably connected to respective corner panels, wherein a third and a fourth of the portions are foldably connected between the first and second portions, wherein the third and fourth portions are adjacent to one another and configured to be folded at oblique angles with respect to the first and second portions. 
     
     
         18 . The packaging blank system as recited in  claim 15 , wherein each side flap of the fourth blank includes a tapered portion.