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US 10,589,894 B2Granted
Corrugated box with hand openings in the front
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorJason Niedzwiecki
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Abstract
A box includes a major flap and a minor flap. The major flap is configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position around a first hinge. The major flap includes a major flap opening. The minor flap is configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position around a second hinge. The minor flap includes a minor flap opening. The major flap opening and the minor flap opening are at least partially aligned with one another when the major flap and the minor flap are in the closed positions.
Claims10
A corrugated fiberboard box, comprising:
- a first major top flap configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position around a first hinge, wherein the first major top flap comprises a first major top flap opening;
- a second major top flap configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position around a second hinge, wherein the second major top flap comprises a second major top flap opening, and wherein the first and second major top flaps comprise first corrugations that are oriented in a first direction;
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- a minor top flap configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position around a third hinge, wherein:
- the minor top flap comprises a first minor top flap opening and a second minor top flap opening,
- the first major top flap opening and the first minor top flap opening are at least partially aligned with one another and the second major top flap opening and the second minor top flap opening are at least partially aligned with one another when the first major top flap, the second major top flap, and the minor top flap are in the closed positions, and
- the minor top flap comprises second corrugations that are oriented in a second direction when the first major top flap, the second major top flap, and the minor top flap are in the closed positions.
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A corrugated fiberboard blank for producing a box, comprising:
- a minor top flap comprising a first minor top flap opening and a second minor top flap opening;
- a width panel coupled to the minor top flap, wherein an intersection between the minor top flap and the width panel is scored;
- a first length panel coupled to the width panel, wherein an intersection between the first length panel and the width panel is scored;
- a first major top flap coupled to the first length panel, wherein the first major top flap comprises a first major top flap opening, wherein an intersection between the first major top flap and the first length panel is scored;
- a second length panel coupled to the width panel, wherein an intersection between the second length panel and the width panel is scored;
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- a second major top flap coupled to the second length panel, wherein the second major top flap comprises a second major top flap opening, wherein an intersection between the second major top flap and the second length panel is scored, and wherein the minor top flap is positioned between the first major top flap and the second major top flap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.