Box with interior lift mechanism
AssigneeBuckeye Corrugated, Inc.
InventorsJason Landis, Bryan Parrish
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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 has a plurality of fold lines. A second blank may be employed in forming the box. The three dimensional configuration of the box includes a base portion, four side portions, a cover portion and a platform within the interior of the box that is capable of moving in an angled manner out from the interior of the box upon opening the box and of moving inside the interior of the box upon closing the box.
Claims21
A box blank kit comprising a main body box blank, wherein the main body box blank comprises:
- a base portion having a first side, a second side opposing the first side of the base portion, a third side and a fourth side opposing the third side of the base portion;
- 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 opposing the first side of the third sidewall portion, a third side, and a fourth side opposing the third side of the third sidewall portion;
- 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 opposing the first side of the fourth sidewall portion, a third side, and a fourth side opposing the third side of the fourth sidewall portion;
- a cover portion which extends from the third side of the third sidewall portion, wherein the cover portion has a first side, a second side opposing the first side of the cover portion, a third side, and a fourth side opposing the third side of the cover portion;
- a cover interior portion having a first side, a second side opposing the first side of the cover interior portion, a third side and a fourth side opposing the third side of the cover interior portion, wherein the cover interior portion extends from—i) the first side of the cover portion or ii) the second side of the cover portion, wherein the cover interior portion comprises a slot;
- a first intermediate platform portion which extends from the fourth side of the fourth sidewall portion, wherein the first intermediate platform portion has a first side, a second side opposing the first side of the first intermediate platform portion, a third side, and a fourth side opposing the third side of the first intermediate platform portion;
- a platform portion which extends from the fourth side of the first intermediate platform portion, wherein the platform portion has a first side, a second side opposing the first side of the platform portion, a third side, and a fourth side opposing the third side of the platform portion;
- a second intermediate platform portion which extends from the fourth side of the platform portion, wherein the second intermediate platform portion has a first side, a second side opposing the first side of the second intermediate platform portion, a third side, and a fourth side opposing the third side of the second intermediate platform portion;
- a tabular portion which extends from the fourth side of the second intermediate platform portion, wherein the tabular portion fits in the slot of the cover interior portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.