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US 10,202,231 B1Granted
One-piece foldable corrugated cooler with improved locking system
AssigneeThatbox Design, LLC
InventorDonn J. Costanzo, Jr.
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Abstract
A one-piece, foldable corrugated cooler includes a storage portion having a bottom panel, two side panels, two end panels, and four corner panels; two handle panels forming a lid and a handle; and at least one locking panel. The at least one locking panel is adapted to secure the lid in a closed orientation, and the at least one locking panel is integral with at least one corner panel and at least one handle panel.
Claims20
A one-piece blank for making a cooler, the blank comprising:
- (a) a bottom panel section configured to define a bottom panel of the cooler when the blank is folded into a use configuration;
- (b) two side panel sections each configured to define a side panel of the cooler when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
- (c) two end panel sections each configured to define an end panel of the cooler when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
- (d) four corner panel sections each configured to define a corner panel of the cooler when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
- (e) a handle panel section configured to define a handle panel comprising a lid segment and a handle segment when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
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- (f) a locking panel section configured to define a locking panel adapted for locking engagement with the handle segment when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
- (g) wherein a score line extends between and divides the locking panel and one of the four corner panels when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
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- (h) wherein the locking panel and the handle segment collectively comprise a locking tab and an elongate slot that is adapted to receive the locking tab there through when the blank is folded into the use configuration.
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A single sheet of corrugated material having fold lines defining a blank for making a cooler, the blank comprising:
- (a) a bottom panel section;
- (b) two end panel sections;
- (c) two side panel sections;
- (d) four corner panel sections;
- (e) two handle panel sections, each handle panel section including a lid segment and a handle segment separated by a fold line, the handle segment including a handle opening;
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- (f) two locking panel sections, a first locking panel section being integral with a first corner panel section with a score line extending there between, and being integral with a lid segment of a first handle panel section with a score line extending there between, and a second locking panel being integral with a second corner panel with a score line extending there between, and being integral with the lid segment of the first handle panel section with a score line extending there between;
- (g) wherein the two locking panel sections and the handle segment of the first handle panel section collectively comprise two locking tabs and elongate slots, each of the elongate slots being of sufficient size to receive there through a said locking tab.
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A one-piece blank for making a cooler, the blank comprising:
- (a) a bottom panel section configured to define a bottom panel of the cooler when the blank is folded into a use configuration;
- (b) two side panel sections each configured to define a side panel of the cooler when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
- (c) two end panel sections each configured to define an end panel of the cooler when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
- (d) four corner panel sections each configured to define a corner panel of the cooler when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
- (e) a handle panel section configured to define a handle panel comprising a lid segment and a handle segment of the cooler when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
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- (f) two locking panel sections, each configured to define a locking panel adapted to secure the lid segment in a closed orientation when the blank is folded into the use configuration;
- (g) wherein each of the two locking panels of the cooler is integral both with a respective corner panel of the cooler and with said handle panel of the cooler when the blank is folded into a use configuration, with a score line extending between and dividing the locking panel and the respective corner panel, and with a score line extending between and dividing the locking panel and the handle panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.