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US 2012/0234904 A1Published application
One-piece box with integrally connected lid
AssigneeThatbox Design, LLC
InventorDonn J. COSTANZO, JR.
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AssigneeThatbox Design, LLC
InventorDonn J. COSTANZO, JR.
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A one-piece container includes a single sheet of corrugated material, including: four walls, a bottom, and a lid, the lid being hingedly and integrally connected to one of the four walls. The bottom and the four walls define a storage area for housing articles therein. The lid is configured to transition between an open position, an intermediate position, and a closed position. The one-piece container includes a mechanism for maintaining the lid in a closed position. In some embodiments, the mechanism biases the lid toward a closed position when in the closed position, an open position when in the open position, and an intermediate position when in the intermediate position. In other embodiments, the mechanism includes tabs and slots for retaining the lid in the closed position. Other embodiments include a combination of these features. The container may be a cardboard box.
A blank that is convertible, by folding, into a container comprising a single-piece box having an integrally connected lid, the blank comprising a single sheet of material, the single sheet of material comprising:
A method of forming a container comprising a single-piece box having an integrally connected lid by folding a blank comprising a single sheet of material, the method comprising the steps of:
A container with an integrally connected lid formed by folding a single sheet of material, the single sheet of material comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.