One- and two-pack beverage box
AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
InventorsShifeng Chen, Greg Sollie, Jamie Waltermire
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Abstract
A blank includes a body portion defining a top body end and a bottom body end; and a telescoping panel coupled to the top body end by a top hinge. A box includes a body portion at least partially defining a cavity, the body portion defining a top body end and a bottom body end, the top body end defining an opening to the cavity; and a telescoping panel coupled to the top body end by a top hinge, the telescoping panel configured to selectively reposition about and between a closed configuration wherein the telescoping panel is positioned within the cavity and an open configuration wherein the telescoping panel is positioned external to the cavity.
Claims20
A blank comprising:
- a body portion defining a top body end and a bottom body end;
- a telescoping panel comprising a lower telescoping subpanel and an upper telescoping subpanel, the upper telescoping subpanel coupled to the lower telescoping subpanel by a telescoping hinge, the lower telescoping subpanel coupled to the top body end by a top hinge, the telescoping panel defining at least one clearance slot extending across the telescoping hinge and through the lower telescoping subpanel and the upper telescoping subpanel;
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- a coupling portion comprising:
- a coupling panel coupled to a first panel of the body portion by a body hinge, the coupling panel configured to couple to a second panel of the body portion;
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- a partition panel configured to partition a cavity defined within a box formed from the blank, the partition panel coupled to the coupling panel by a coupling hinge.
A box comprising:
- a body portion at least partially defining a cavity, the body portion defining a top body end and a bottom body end, the top body end defining an opening to the cavity;
- a telescoping panel comprising a lower telescoping subpanel and an upper telescoping subpanel, the upper telescoping subpanel coupled to the lower telescoping subpanel by a telescoping hinge, the lower telescoping subpanel coupled to the top body end by a top hinge, the telescoping panel configured to selectively reposition about and between a closed configuration wherein the telescoping panel is positioned within the cavity and an open configuration wherein the telescoping panel is positioned external to the cavity, the telescoping panel defining at least one clearance slot extending across the telescoping hinge and through the lower telescoping subpanel and the upper telescoping subpanel;
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- a coupling portion comprising:
- a coupling panel coupled to a first panel of the body portion by a body hinge, the coupling panel further coupled to a second panel of the body portion;
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- a partition panel coupled to the coupling panel by a coupling hinge, the partition panel partitioning the cavity into a first cell and a second cell.
A method for repositioning a top portion of a box from an open configuration to a closed configuration comprising:
- folding a telescoping panel of the top portion about a top hinge, the telescoping panel comprising a lower telescoping subpanel and an upper telescoping subpanel, the upper telescoping subpanel coupled to the lower telescoping subpanel by a telescoping hinge, the lower telescoping subpanel coupled to a first panel of a body portion of the box by the top hinge, the telescoping panel defining at least one clearance slot extending across the telescoping hinge and through the lower telescoping subpanel and the upper telescoping subpanel, the body portion at least partially defining a cavity within the box, a partition panel of a coupling portion partitioning the cavity into a first cell and a second cell, the partition panel coupled to a coupling panel of the coupling portion by a coupling hinge, the coupling panel coupled to a second panel of the body portion with an adhesive and to a third panel of the body portion by a body hinge;
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- at least partially enclosing the cavity with the telescoping panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.