Paperboard box
OwnerBassim Baroudiinventor
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Abstract
A box made substantially of paperboard, the box having one or more support formations attached to an interior surface of the box and projecting into the interior of the box, wherein the one or more support formations act to (a) locate within the box an object having a shape or size different from that of the box, and (b) brace the box against damage when the object is located within the box by the support formations.
Claims15
A box made substantially of paperboard, the box having one or more support formations attached to an interior surface of the box and projecting into the interior of the box, wherein the one or more support formations act to (a) locate within the box an object having a shape or size different from that of the box, and (b) brace the box against damage when the object is located within the box by the support formations.
An object according to any preceding claim wherein there are four of said support formations at respective sides of the box and adjacent respective corners of the box.
A box according to any preceding claim, wherein the or each support formation has an edge that abuts a tab pushed out from a side panel of the box, whereby to define the location and form of the support formation.
A box according to any preceding claim, including a top panel and guard flaps attached with the top panel, which guard flaps act to cover side panels when the box is closed, and thus act as reinforcement for the box.
A box according to any preceding claim, further including a latching arrangement to ensure that the box is securely closed, which latching arrangement has:
- (a) a latching tongue, attached to and extending from a front panel of the box, and a complementary latching recess or slot into which said tongue is insertable;
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- (b) side flaps, attached with the guard flaps, which can be inserted into respective complementary pockets, openings for which are formed at upstanding side edges of the front panel.
A box according to any preceding claim, formed from a unitary blank of paperboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.