US 12,351,371 B2Granted

Dual use box

AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.

InventorsTravis Walters, Randy Ball, Hannah Conrad, Greg Sollie, Shifeng Chen

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Abstract

A dual use box includes a side panel enclosure defining a top end and a bottom end; a first primary top panel extending from the top end of the side panel enclosure and defining a primary overlapping portion and a primary delivery address label; and a second primary top panel extending from the top end of the side panel enclosure and defining a primary underlying portion; wherein: the dual use box is configurable in a primary closed configuration and a secondary closed configuration; in the primary closed configuration, the primary overlapping portion overlays the primary underlying portion, such that the primary delivery address label is visible; and in the secondary closed configuration, the primary underlying portion overlays the primary overlapping portion, such that at least a portion of the primary delivery address label is hidden by the primary underlying portion.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A dual use box comprising:

a side panel enclosure defining a top end and a bottom end;
a first primary top panel extending from the top end of the side panel enclosure and defining a primary overlapping portion and a primary delivery address label;
a second primary top panel extending from the top end of the side panel enclosure and defining a primary underlying portion;
a first secondary top panel extending from the top end of the side panel enclosure and defining a secondary overlapping portion and a secondary delivery address label;
and
a second secondary top panel extending from the top end of the side panel enclosure and defining a secondary underlying portion;
wherein:
the dual use box is configurable in a primary closed configuration and a secondary closed configuration;
in the primary closed configuration, the primary overlapping portion overlays the primary underlying portion, such that the primary delivery address label is visible;
in the secondary closed configuration, the primary underlying portion overlays the primary overlapping portion, such that at least a portion of the primary delivery address label is hidden by the primary underlying portion;
in the secondary closed configuration, the secondary overlapping portion overlays the secondary underlying portion, such that the secondary delivery address label is visible;
and
the first primary top panel comprises a primary adhesive, the primary adhesive configured to attach the first primary top panel to the second primary top panel in the primary closed configuration.

10 more elements

A dual use box comprising:

a side panel enclosure defining a top end and a bottom end, the side panel enclosure comprising a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, and a fourth side panel;
a first primary top panel extending from the first side panel at the top end of the side panel enclosure and comprising a primary address label;
a second primary top panel extending from the third side panel at the top end of the side panel enclosure;
a first secondary top panel extending from the second side panel at the top end of the side panel enclosure and comprising a secondary address label;
a second secondary top panel extending from the fourth side panel at the top end of the side panel enclosure;
and
a plurality of bottom panels extending from the bottom end of the side panel enclosure;
wherein, in a folded configuration of the dual use box:
the first side panel is folded to confront the fourth side panel and the second side panel is folded to confront the third side panel;
the first primary top panel and the first secondary top panel face outward such that the primary address label and the secondary address label are visible;
the first primary top panel confronts the second secondary top panel, and the first secondary top panel confronts the second primary top panel;
and
the plurality of bottom panels are folded to lie against the side panel enclosure.

10 more elements

A dual use box comprising:

a side panel enclosure defining a top end and a bottom end, the side panel enclosure comprising a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, and a fourth side panel;
a first primary top panel extending from the first side panel at the top end of the side panel enclosure and comprising a primary address label;
a second primary top panel extending from the third side panel at the top end of the side panel enclosure;
a first secondary top panel extending from the second side panel at the top end of the side panel enclosure and comprising a secondary address label;
and
a second secondary top panel extending from the fourth side panel at the top end of the side panel enclosure;
wherein, in a folded configuration of the dual use box:
the first side panel is folded to confront the fourth side panel and the second side panel is folded to confront the third side panel;
the first primary top panel and the first secondary top panel face outward such that the primary address label and the secondary address label are visible;
the first primary top panel further comprises a primary return address label, and wherein the first secondary top panel further comprises a secondary return address label;
the first primary top panel comprises a primary adhesive configured to attach the first primary top panel to the second primary top panel in a primary closed configuration;
the first secondary top panel comprises a secondary adhesive configured to attach the first secondary top panel to the second secondary top panel in a secondary closed configuration;
the first primary top panel defines an inner primary top panel flap and an outer primary top panel flap connected to the inner primary top panel flap by a primary tear strip;
the first secondary top panel defines an inner secondary top panel flap and an outer secondary top panel flap connected to the inner secondary top panel flap by a secondary tear strip;
the primary adhesive is disposed on the outer primary top panel flap;
the secondary adhesive is disposed on the outer secondary top panel flap;
the primary address label is disposed on the inner primary top panel flap;
and
the secondary address label is disposed on the inner secondary top panel flap.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/899,848Filed 27 Sep 2024 · continuation
Priority: 13 Mar 2020
Published: US 2025/0019116 A116 Jan 2025
Granted: 8 Jul 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B65D 5/541
For opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form: the lines of weakness being provided in one or more closure flaps
B65D 5/3621
To form a tubular body, at least one of the ends of the body remaining connected: collapsed along two fold lines of the tubular body
B65D 5/4216
Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing: cards, coupons or the like formed integrally with, or printed…
B65D 77/32
Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during filling or closing of containers: tearing-strings or like flexible elements

Family

Application16/818,144Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Mar 2020
Application18/114,762Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Feb 2023
US 11,623,785 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Apr 2023
US 2025/0019116 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Jan 2025
US 12,139,313 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2021/0284382 A1Published application
US 2023/0219712 A1Published application
US 12,351,371 B2This patent

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