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US 11,161,646 B1Granted
Box with interior lift mechanism
OwnerBryan Parrish, Jason Landisinventors
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a box for use in packaging, storing and displaying items. The box has a one-dimensional configuration before it is formed and a three-dimensional configuration after it is formed. The three-dimensional configuration is formed from a blank which lies flat and with a plurality of fold lines. The three dimensional configuration of the box includes a base portion, four side portions, two lid portions and a platform within the interior of the box that is capable of moving in a vertical manner.
Claims16
A box blank comprising:
- a base portion having a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side;
- a first sidewall exterior portion which extends from the first side of the base portion and a second sidewall exterior portion which extends from the second side of the base portion;
- a third sidewall portion which extends from the third side of the base portion, wherein the third sidewall portion has a first side, a second side a third side and a fourth side;
- a fourth sidewall portion which extends from the fourth side of the base portion, wherein the fourth sidewall portion has a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side;
- a first cover portion which extends from the fourth side of the fourth sidewall portion, the first cover portion having a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side;
- a second cover exterior portion which extends from the third side of the third sidewall portion, wherein the second cover exterior portion has a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side;
- a second cover interior portion which extends from the third side of the second cover exterior portion, wherein the second cover interior portion has a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side;
- a first platform intermediate portion which extends from the third side of the second cover interior portion, wherein the first platform intermediate portion has a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side;
- a platform portion which extends from the third side of the first platform intermediate portion, wherein the platform portion has a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side;
- a second platform intermediate portion which extends from the third side of the platform portion, wherein the second platform intermediate portion has a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side;
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- a first cover interior portion which extends from the third side of the second platform intermediate portion, wherein the first cover interior portion has a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, wherein:
- the third sidewall portion comprises a first side insert which extends from the first side of the third sidewall portion and a second side insert which extends from the second side of the third sidewall portion,
- the fourth sidewall portion comprises a first side insert which extends from the first side of the fourth sidewall portion and a second side insert which extends from the second side of the fourth sidewall portion,
- the first sidewall portion comprises a first sidewall interior portion which extends from the first side of the first sidewall portion, and
- the second sidewall portion comprises a second sidewall interior portion which extends from the second side of the second sidewall portion.
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A box comprising an interior lift mechanism comprising:
- an exterior box structure comprising a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, a fourth sidewall, a bottom surface and at least two cover portions;
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- a platform portion positioned over the bottom surface of the box within the interior of the box, wherein the platform portion extends on a first side to a first cover interior portion and wherein the platform portion extends on a second opposing side to a second cover interior portion,
- wherein the first cover interior portion of the platform portion and the second cover interior portion of the platform portion are connected respectively to a bottom surface of a first cover and to a bottom surface of a second cover of the box,
- wherein the bottom surface of the box comprises a single bottom portion or more than one bottom cover portions, and
- wherein the platform portion comprises a first side support portion and a second side support portion each of which extends along a length of the platform portion, wherein the each of the first side support portion and second side support portion comprises a first side insert tab portion at one end of the respective side support portion and a second side insert tab portion at a second opposing end of the side insert portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.