Sonoco Development, Inc.

A container assembly includes a container body having a side wall encircling an axis, and a metal end for attachment to an upper edge of the side wall via heat-sealing. The outer peripheral region is shaped prior to application to the container body such that an annular channel is defined between an inner chuck wall and an outer chuck wall of the metal end. The metal end is pushed straight onto the side wall such that the upper edge of the side wall is received into the channel. The surfaces of the side wall and the opposing surfaces of the chuck walls have heat-sealable material thereon. The metal end is heated to melt and fuse the heat-sealable layers, thereby sealing the metal end onto the side wall. The metal end is shaped such that the free edge of the outer chuck wall is not exposed.

A system for assembling a container and closure comprising an expanding collet which has a plurality of pivoting collet segments, each configured to simultaneously pivot radially outward about a pivot point. The collet comprises a lip that is engagable with the rim of the open end of the container and an angled tip positioned radially inward from the lip and shaped to press a countersink portion of the closure against an interior wall of the container as the collet segments pivot radially outward. As the container and the chuck are brought together, the rim engages with the lips of the collet segments and causes the angled tips of the collet segments to pivot outward toward the interior wall of the container, thereby pushing the countersink portion of the closure against the interior wall of the container.

A washing machine tub lock device is provided that prevents the wash tub from impacting the washing machine cabinet during shipping and handling. The tub lock device is formed by cutting and folding a corrugated blank into an inverted truncated rectangular cone that can be wedged inside the top portion of the washing machine tub. The tub lock device includes hanging tabs which prevent the tub lock device from falling into the wash tub during shipping and handling. The tub lock device also includes elliptical tabs which bend or deform into elliptical cutouts such that the edges of the elliptical cutouts are covered, thus preventing the elliptical cutouts from damaging the washing machine during shipping and handling.

Tubular containers and methods of manufacture are provided herein. The tubular container comprises an inner body ply and an outer body ply wrapped into a tubular shape comprising an outer layer and a barrier layer in face-to-face contact with the outer layer. The outer layer defines a first surface of the inner body ply, and the barrier layer defines a second surface of the inner body ply. The inner body ply further comprises a first edge and a second edge. The second edge is folded such that the second surface of the inner body ply adjacent the second edge contacts the second surface of the inner body ply adjacent the first edge to form an overlap. The first surface is disposed interior of the fold. The inner body ply further defines a seam formed in at least a portion of the overlap. The barrier layer is a voided polymer sealant.

A point-of-purchase (POP) display for hanging packages includes a backboard having a mounting area with a lower slot extending through the backboard. A hanger assembly includes a display rod with mounting and dispensing ends, and a mounting bracket having a horizontal bracket flange that transitions to a vertical bracket flange at a first flange bend A rod aperture is formed through the vertical bracket flange proximate the first flange bend. The horizontal bracket flange is inserted through the lower slot, and the mounting end of the display rod is inserted through the lower slot and into the rod aperture so that the dispensing end is disposed distal to the backboard so the hanging packages hang in front of the backboard. The mounting area may have an upper slot through which the vertical bracket flange may be inserted, and the backboard and the hanger assembly may be fabricated from re-pulpable materials.

A corner post for a plastic film wrapped package include a first corner post leg and a second corner post leg that intersect at a post corner. The outer wall of the first corner post leg includes a plurality of recessed areas extending inward from an outer surface of the outer wall and are longitudinally spaced to define a plurality of ribs along the outer wall. The recessed areas and ribs are spaced so that the ribs of corner posts of adjacent packages mesh to prevent relative vertical movement of the packages. The post corner of the corner post may include longitudinally spaced recessed edge contours extending inward that grab plastic film as it is stretched or heat shrunk around the package to prevent the plastic film from sliding along the corner post.

A lid is disclosed herein. The lid comprises a base comprising a peripheral edge and a skirt extending downward from the peripheral edge. The skirt comprises a pair of release tabs diametrically opposite from one another. Each of the pair of release tabs are defined by a first cut and a second cut within the skirt which separates the release tab from the remainder of the skirt. Each of the release tabs is hingedly connected to the base. Each of the pair of the release tabs extend upwardly from the base, opposite the skirt. Each release tab further comprises a latching protrusion extending radially inward from an inner surface of the release tab towards a central axis of the lid.

The invention comprises an ovenable packaging structure having an integral one-way valve. The laminate structure comprises an outer layer having a cut line which defines a flap that is separable from the outer layer, wherein the outer layer is adhered to an inner layer having a cut line which is offset from the outer cut line and defines a portion that is separable from the inner layer along the inner cut line and defines an opening into the packaging structure. The adhesive between the layers comprises, in an embodiment, a channel of pressure sensitive adhesive which surrounds both the outer cut line and the inner cut line, wherein the channel of pressure sensitive adhesive defines the perimeter of at least one adhesive-free valve chamber within said channel. The valve chamber comprises at least a portion of the outer cut line and the inner cut line.

The present disclosure is directed to an insulative container. The insulative container may include a base and at least one sidewall which extends upwardly from the base and terminates in a rim. The at least one sidewall may include an interior surface and an exterior surface and a plurality of protrusions integrally formed within the interior surface and the exterior surface of the at least one sidewall and extend along the axial length of the at least one sidewall. The plurality of protrusions define a series of thermally insulative gaps formed between each of the plurality of protrusions.

The present disclosure is directed to an industrial reel. The industrial reel may include a spool comprising a cylindrical hub, a first spool flange positioned at a first end of the cylindrical hub and a second spool flange positioned at a second end of the cylindrical hub. The industrial reel may further include at least one first insert removably affixable to the first spool flange. The at least one first insert may include a first cylindrical barrel having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, the second longitudinal end includes at least one or more castellations. The at least one first insert further includes a first insert flange extending from the first longitudinal end of the first cylindrical barrel, the first insert flange is removably affixable on a radially outward edge thereof to a radially outward edge of the first spool flange.