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US 10,947,004 B1Granted
Dual use box
AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
InventorsGreg Sollie, Shifeng Chen, Randy Ball
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Abstract
A box comprising: a side panel; a covering top panel connected to the side panel by a fold line, the covering top panel comprising an overlapping portion comprising: a primary sealing flap, the primary sealing flap comprising a primary adhesive; a secondary flap connected to the primary sealing flap by a perforated line, the secondary flap comprising a distal end and a proximal portion that is proximal the side panel relative to the distal end, the distal end comprising a secondary adhesive, the distal end joined to the proximal portion by a tear strip.
Claims9
A box comprising:
- a plurality of side panels comprising a first side panel and a second side panel opposite the first side panel;
- a first top panel comprising a connecting portion and an overlapping portion, the connecting portion connected to the first side panel by a first fold line, the overlapping portion connected to the connecting portion distal to the first fold line, the overlapping portion comprising:
- a primary sealing flap extending from the connecting portion and comprising a primary adhesive;
- a first secondary flap extending from the connecting portion and comprising a secondary adhesive and a tear strip;
- and
- a second secondary flap, wherein the primary sealing flap is located between the first and second secondary flaps;
- and
- a second top panel connected to the second side panel by a second bend line opposite the first bend line, wherein the primary adhesive adheres to the second top panel in a first closed configuration of the box and the secondary adhesive adheres to the second top panel in a second closed configuration of the box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.