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US 12,391,429 B2Granted
Shipping box and method for using shipping box
AssigneeEmbalajes Capsa, S.L.
InventorsLaura Carmen López Crespo, Manuel López Masagué
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Abstract
A shipping box comprises a bottom, side walls, a lid comprising a flap, a sealing element arranged on the flap to seal the lid, and a temporary closure structure arranged on the flap to temporarily close the lid. The shipping box provides a double closure system (sealing and temporary closure) applicable to any type of box, since both sealing and temporary closure systems are positioned in a single flap of the lid.
Claims17
A shipping box, comprising:
- a bottom;
- side walls;
- a lid having a greater surface area than each of the side walls;
- a flap extending from the lid and having an outer perimeter bounded by a plurality of sides, including a connection side connecting the flap to the lid, a free side opposing the connection side, and lateral sides extending between the connection side and the free side;
- a sealing element arranged on the flap to seal the lid, the sealing element comprising an adhesive strip provided with a removable protective tape;
- and
- a temporary closure structure arranged on the flap inboard of the plurality of sides of the flap, the temporary closure structure comprising a tab with a folding line to temporarily close the lid, the flap having an opening extending across a portion of the folding line, the tab being hinged along the folding line to enable insertion into a complementary slot on a surface of the shipping box in a temporarily closed configuration, wherein the complementary slot has a narrow portion defined by a projection of the surface of the box into the complementary slot, the opening on the flap being positioned along the narrow portion of the complementary slot in the temporarily closed configuration,
- wherein the sealing element is located between the free side of the flap and the temporary closure structure such that the shipping box is capable of being temporarily closed a plurality of times before and after sealing the shipping box with the sealing element.
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A shipping box, comprising:
- a sheet provided with a plurality of folding lines enabling folding of the sheet into the shipping box, the sheet comprising:
- a bottom;
- side walls;
- a lid on an opposite side of the side walls from the bottom;
- a flap having an end attached to the lid and extending over at least a portion of the bottom;
- a sealing element arranged on the flap to seal the shipping box;
- and
- a temporary closure structure on the flap between the end of the flap attached to the lid and the sealing element to temporarily close the shipping box by engaging the bottom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.