Perforated collapsible box
AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
InventorsGreg Sollie, Shifeng Chen
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Abstract
A method for collapsing a collapsible box can include pressing inward on a first side panel and a second side panel of the collapsible box along a lateral hinge, the collapsible box defining the lateral hinge extending at least partially across a front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and a rear panel of the collapsible box; and pressing a top panel and a bottom panel of the collapsible box together until the collapsible box is substantially flattened, the top panel and the bottom panel being hingedly coupled to the rear panel.
Claims10
A method for collapsing a collapsible box, the method comprising:
- pressing inward on a first side panel and a second side panel of the collapsible box along a lateral hinge, the collapsible box defining the lateral hinge extending at least partially across a front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and a rear panel of the collapsible box;
- and
- pressing a top panel and a bottom panel of the collapsible box together until the collapsible box is substantially flattened, the top panel and the bottom panel being hingedly coupled to the rear panel:
- wherein opening the collapsible box comprises:
- tearing a perforation between a lower flap portion of the front panel and a frame portion of the front panel;
- and
- folding the lower flap portion away from the frame portion.
A method comprising:
- opening a collapsible box, comprising:
- tearing a perforation between a lower flap portion of a front panel and a frame portion of the front panel;
- and
- folding the lower flap portion away from the frame portion;
- and
- closing the collapsible box, comprising:
- pressing inward on a first side panel and a second side panel of the collapsible box along a lateral hinge, the collapsible box defining the lateral hinge extending at least partially across a front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and a rear panel of the collapsible box;
- and
- pressing a top panel and a bottom panel of the collapsible box together until the collapsible box is substantially flattened, the top panel and the bottom panel being hingedly coupled to the rear panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.