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.
Claims13
A method for opening and collapsing a box, the method comprising:
- opening the box comprising:
- tearing a perforation on a front panel;
- and
- folding a flap portion;
- and
- collapsing the box comprising:
- pressing a first side panel and a second side panel along a lateral hinge extending at least partially across the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel;
- pressing a top panel and a bottom panel together, the top panel and the bottom panel hingedly coupled to a rear panel;
- and
- reconfiguring the rear panel from a substantially planar shape to a truncated pyramidal shape.
A method comprising:
- opening a box comprising:
- tearing a perforation on a front panel;
- and
- folding the front panel;
- and
- collapsing the box comprising:
- pressing a first side panel and a second side panel of the box along a lateral hinge extending at least partially across the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel;
- pressing a top panel and a bottom panel of the box together until the box is substantially flattened;
- and
- reconfiguring a rear panel from a substantially planar shape to a truncated pyramidal shape.
A method for opening and collapsing a box, the method comprising:
- opening the box comprising:
- tearing a perforation on a front panel and separating a lower flap portion from a frame portion of the front panel;
- and
- folding a flap portion by folding the lower flap portion away from the frame portion;
- and
- collapsing the box comprising:
- pressing a first side panel and a second side panel along a lateral hinge extending at least partially across the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel;
- and
- pressing a top panel and a bottom panel together, the top panel and the bottom panel hingedly coupled to a rear panel.
A method comprising:
- opening a box comprising:
- tearing a perforation on a front panel to separate a lower flap portion from a frame portion of the front panel;
- folding the lower flap portion comprises folding the lower flap portion away from the frame portion;
- and
- folding the front panel;
- and
- collapsing the box comprising:
- pressing a first side panel and a second side panel of the box along a lateral hinge extending at least partially across the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel;
- and
- pressing a top panel and a bottom panel of the box together until the box is substantially flattened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.