(19)
(11) EP 0 734 956 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.02.1997 Bulletin 1997/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.10.1996 Bulletin 1996/40

(21) Application number: 96301930.2

(22) Date of filing: 21.03.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6B65D 3/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE DK FR GB IE IT NL

(30) Priority: 30.03.1995 GB 9506527

(71) Applicant: FIELD GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Old Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0DD (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Shilcock, John
    Thatcham Berkshire RG18 3EX (GB)

(74) Representative: Leale, Robin George 
Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


(54) Container made from a blank of lightweight foldable sheet material


(57) A blank made of cardboard, paperboard or similar lightweight foldable sheet material, for making a container, the blank comprising a panel (1) for forming a floor of the container, and two wall panels (4,5) hingedly connected to the said floor panel for forming wall parts of the container when erected relative to the floor panel, the said floor panel being formed with suitable fold lines (9) to enable two outward parts (12) thereof, hingedly connected to the respective wall panels as aforesaid, to be folded away between an intermediate part (10) thereof and the end regions of the wall panels, whereby, upon their said erection, the wall panels may be wrapped around the said intermediate part of the floor panel and interconnected to form adjacent wall parts of the container.







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