US 2017/0361975 A1 · BOX AND PACKAGE

Abstract

A box includes: a box body having an opening surrounded by multiple edges; a first lid body that is continuous with and extends from a first edge, among the multiple edges defining the opening in the box body, and that is foldable along the first edge to overlie the opening; and an engaging tab that is continuous with and extends from a second edge, which is different from the first edge, among multiple edges of the first lid body, and that is foldable and engageable with a storage item stored in the box body when the first lid body is folded along the first edge to overlie the opening.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A box comprising:

a box body having an opening surrounded by a plurality of edges;
a first lid body that is continuous with and extends from a first edge, among the plurality of edges defining the opening in the box body, and that is foldable along the first edge to overlie the opening;
and
an engaging tab that is continuous with and extends from a second edge, which is different from the first edge, among a plurality of edges of the first lid body, and that is foldable and engageable with a storage item stored in the box body when the first lid body is folded along the first edge to overlie the opening.

1 more element

A package comprising:

a box including a box body having an opening surrounded by a plurality of edges, and a first lid body that is continuous with a first edge, among the plurality of edges defining the opening in the box body, and that is foldable along the first edge to overlie the opening;
and
a storage item stored in the box,
wherein the box further includes an engaging tab that is continuous with a second edge, which is different from the first edge, among a plurality of edges of the first lid body, and that is foldable along the second edge so as to extend into the box body and is engageable with the storage item stored in the box body, and
wherein the storage item has an engaging part that engages with the engaging tab.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/345,625Filed 8 Nov 2016

Priority

JP 2016-12038117 Jun 2016

Published

21 Dec 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B65D 5/6655
The lid being held in closed position by self-locking integral flaps or tabs: local flaps or tabs provided at the lid edge opposite to the hinge
B65D 5/0254
By folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate…
B65D 5/4266
Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks: folding lines, score lines, crease lines
B65D 5/5004
Integral elements for containers having tubular body walls: formed as an extension of the end closures

Box and package

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Box and package

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Abstract

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