Box with base resistant to opening and having its portions breakable to prevent it from being reclosed after its initial opening
AssigneeGI.BI.EFFE S.r.I.
InventorCarmelo Lo Duca
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Abstract
Box with at least one base which is resistant to opening and of which portions become broken off to prevent the base being reclosed after being opened for the first time. The base comprises a panel projecting from the box and a tab projecting from and separated from the panel by a folding line in which there is provided a cut through which hook-shaped teeth extend and hook thereonto, these latter projecting from two opposing lateral flaps positioned below said panel in the box when closed. In this base panel there are provided knurlings which extend from each end of said cut as far as the adjacent lateral edge of the panel, to hence define portions which break away from the base of the box.
Claims3
A box which has an opening-resistant base with break-off portions and is formed from a single piece of cardboard, it comprising four lateral walls, at least one lid or base projecting from an end of one of said lateral walls, two flaps each projecting from the end of a respective lateral wall adjacent to that from which said base projects, said base consisting of a panel projecting directly from the lateral wall of the box and a tab projecting from the free end of said panel, the panel being separated from the respective lateral wall and from the tab by parallel folding lines, said flaps also being separated from the respective lateral walls by folding lines and each having a hook-shaped tooth provided in proximity to the free end of the flap on that side thereof opposite the box base panel, the length of the two flaps being such that when they are folded one towards the other in the box when closed, the hook-shaped tooth of one flap becomes superposed on the hook-shaped tooth of the other flap, there being provided in the box base tab, in proximity of the folding line which separates it from the panel from which it projects, a cut through which the hook-shaped teeth projecting from the two flaps on which the base panel is superposed in the box when closed are positioned and extend, wherein a breakable knurling extends from each end of said cut as far as the adjacent lateral edge of the base panel.
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