B65D 5/02
Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section: by folding or erecting a
Official title: by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body (specially constructed to allow collapsing and re-erecting without disengagement of side or bottom connections B65D5/36)
B65D5/02 (Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section: by folding or erecting a) appears on 2,273 US grants and 2,099 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 2,273
- Published applications
- 2,099
- Assignees
- 962
- Inventors
- 3,463
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 39 | 0 |
| 1977 | 39 | 0 |
| 1978 | 39 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 36 | 0 |
| 1981 | 29 | 0 |
| 1982 | 35 | 0 |
| 1983 | 26 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 26 | 0 |
| 1986 | 28 | 0 |
| 1987 | 31 | 0 |
| 1988 | 37 | 0 |
| 1989 | 58 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 38 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 33 | 0 |
| 1994 | 37 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 34 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 39 | 0 |
| 1999 | 45 | 0 |
| 2000 | 52 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 19 |
| 2002 | 37 | 29 |
| 2003 | 24 | 52 |
| 2004 | 23 | 47 |
| 2005 | 26 | 54 |
| 2006 | 23 | 67 |
| 2007 | 14 | 68 |
| 2008 | 21 | 60 |
| 2009 | 25 | 36 |
| 2010 | 39 | 69 |
| 2011 | 30 | 74 |
| 2012 | 29 | 46 |
| 2013 | 46 | 73 |
| 2014 | 67 | 82 |
| 2015 | 67 | 111 |
| 2016 | 59 | 115 |
| 2017 | 81 | 143 |
| 2018 | 83 | 140 |
| 2019 | 123 | 145 |
| 2020 | 122 | 118 |
| 2021 | 102 | 104 |
| 2022 | 85 | 106 |
| 2023 | 85 | 99 |
| 2024 | 72 | 89 |
| 2025 | 84 | 95 |
| 2026 | 41 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65D 5/06With end-closing or contents-supporting elements formed by folding inwardly a wall extending548
- B65D 5/0227With end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them448
- B65D 5/10With end closures formed by inward-folding of self-locking flaps hinged to tubular388
- B65D 5/029The tubular body presenting a special shape300
- B65D 5/0254With end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them228
- B65D 5/16The tubular body being formed with an aperture or removable portion arranged148
- B65D 5/0281The tubular body presenting double or multiple walls133
- B65D 5/0209The tubular body having a curved or partially curved cross-section123
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- B65D 5/12With end closures formed separately from tubular body114
- B65D 5/0236With end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them93
- B65D 5/0245With end closures formed by inward folding of flaps, to form a62
- B65D 5/04The tubular body having no end closures61
- B65D 5/0263With end closures formed by inward folding of flaps, three of them32
- B65D 5/08With end closures formed by inward-folding of portions of body32
- B65D 5/0218With end closures having an axially movable end wall22
- B65D 5/0272With end closures formed by applying a web on the edge of13
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