Box with foldable handle
AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
InventorsGreg Sollie, Jamie Waltermire, Shifeng Chen
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Abstract
A box can include a first side panel; a second side panel positioned perpendicular to the first side panel; a top panel joined to the first side panel; and a handle assembly, the handle assembly including a handle portion attached the top panel, the handle portion including a tab at a side end of the handle portion, and a locking panel attached to the second side panel, the locking panel defining a cut pattern, the cut pattern defining a space therewithin, the cut pattern defining a top edge and an inner flap, the top edge of the cut pattern being a fold line formed by folding the inner flap up above the top edge; and wherein the tab is received by the space.
Claims20
A box comprising:
- a first side panel;
- a second side panel positioned perpendicular to the first side panel;
- a top panel joined to the first side panel;
- and
- a handle assembly, the handle assembly comprising:
- a handle portion attached the top panel, the handle portion comprising a tab at a side end of the handle portion, and
- a locking panel attached to the second side panel, the locking panel defining a cut pattern, the cut pattern defining a space therewithin, the cut pattern defining a top edge and an inner flap, the top edge of the cut pattern being a fold line formed by folding the inner flap up above the top edge;
- and
- wherein the tab is received by the space.
A method of assembling a box, comprising:
- obtaining a box blank, the box blank comprising:
- a first side panel and a second side panel;
- a top panel joined to the first side panel;
- a handle portion attached to the top panel, the handle portion comprising a tab at a side end of the handle portion;
- a locking panel attached to the second side panel, the locking panel defining a cut pattern, the cut pattern defining a space therewithin;
- folding an inner flap defined by the cut pattern up above a fold line to form a top edge of the cut pattern;
- and
- inserting the tab of the handle portion into the space of the cut pattern of the locking panel.
A blank for a box comprising:
- a first side panel and a second side panel;
- a top panel joined to the first side panel;
- a handle portion attached to the top panel, the handle portion comprising a tab at a side end of the handle portion;
- and
- a locking panel attached to the second side panel, the locking panel defining a cut pattern, the cut pattern defining:
- a space therewithin;
- and
- a top edge defined by a top fold line, the top fold line coupling a foldable flap to the locking panel, the foldable flap positioned within the space when the foldable flap is in an unfolded configuration, the foldable flap configured to fold upwards from the unfolded configuration to a folded configuration wherein the foldable flap is positioned above the top edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.