A registration system including an insert including a center segment and a rail, the rail extending upwards from the center segment; and a register defining a cutout, the rail sized to fit within the cutout of the register, the cutout receiving the rail, the register configured to slidably move along the rail while maintaining a position parallel to the center segment.

A blank for forming a display ready case includes a front panel, a top panel, a rear panel, a bottom panel, and a bottom end panel arranged in a longitudinal direction and coupled together by a plurality of fold lines extending in a transverse direction. A first front side panel and a second front side panel extend from opposing sides of the front panel in the transverse direction. A front end panel extends from the front panel in the longitudinal direction, and a first front end side panel and a second front end side panel extend from opposing sides of the front end panel in the transverse direction. An access region separates the front panel from the front end panel. A line of weakness separates the first front side panel and the second front side panel from the first front end side panel and the second front end side panel.

Provided herein is a machine for forming a container from a blank including a tray and a lid. The machine has an upstream end where the blank is loaded and a downstream end where the container is discharged and includes a frame, a pre-forming assembly, and a mandrel assembly. The pre-forming assembly is configured to partially form the lid and the tray by folding each of a plurality of side panels of the blank and further form the tray by partially folding a front panel assembly of the blank, the front panel assembly including a front panel and a roll-over panel. The mandrel assembly is mounted to the frame and configured to engage a bottom panel of the tray to form each of a plurality of corners of the tray and fold the roll-over panel to form a front wall of the container.

A box forming machine includes a converter assembly, a fold assembly, and an attachment assembly. The converter assembly converts sheet material into a box template. The fold assembly engages a first end of the box template and moves the first end of the box template to a predetermined position. The attachment assembly engages a second end of the box template and moves the second end of the box template toward and into engagement with the first end of the box template to attach the first and second ends of the box template together.

Methods of erecting boxes include providing box templates having a plurality of panels. Some of the panels have an adhesive disposed thereon. The box template is folded to form a partially folded box template. Some of the panels are attached together with the adhesive on some of the panels to hold the box template in the partially folded state even without user assistance. The box template is further folded to form a completely erected. Some of the panels are attached together with the adhesive on some of the panels to hold the box template in the completely erected state even without user assistance. Additionally, securing elements may be used to more securely maintain the box template in the completely erected state.

A box assembly comprising a box defining an interior, the interior defining a bottom interior wall and a side interior wall connected to the bottom interior, and an insert for the box, the insert comprising a center segment configured to cover the bottom interior wall, and a rail joined to the center segment, the rail configured to cover the side interior wall.

A carton has an automatically erected bottom that securely closes the bottom of the carton. In one embodiment, the carton blank has two major side panels and two minor side panels serially connected. The carton blank has two bottom flaps which form the bottom of the carton. Each bottom flap is connected to one of the major side panels and one of the minor side panels. The carton blank avoids the erecting and forming issues associated with prior art carton blanks which have an automatically erected bottom.

Disclosed is a box assembly including an exterior piece comprising a middle portion, and an upper portion joined to the middle portion; and an interior piece positioned within the exterior piece, the interior piece defining a cavity and comprising a side panel, the side panel comprising a top interior portion, the side panel and the middle portion of the exterior piece defining a space therebetween, the upper portion of the exterior piece covering the space and the top interior portion of the side panel, and a bottom panel joined to the side panel.

A box forming machine includes a converter assembly, a fold assembly, and an attachment assembly. The converter assembly converts sheet material into a box template. The fold assembly engages a first end of the box template and moves the first end of the box template to a predetermined position. The attachment assembly engages a second end of the box template and moves the second end of the box template toward and into engagement with the first end of the box template to attach the first and second ends of the box template together.

A method of assembling a box assembly, comprising: folding an exterior piece from a flat configuration to a three-dimensional configuration defining a cavity, the exterior piece comprising a plurality of middle portions and a plurality of upper portions joined to the middle portions by fold lines; folding an interior piece from a flat configuration to a three-dimensional configuration defining a cavity, the interior piece comprising a bottom panel and a plurality of side panels; inserting the interior piece into the exterior piece to define a space between the middle portions of the exterior piece and the side panels of the interior piece; and folding the upper portions of the exterior piece to cover the space.