Modular box assembly
AssigneePratt Retail Specialties, LLC
InventorsGreg Sollie, Jamie Waltermire, Shifeng Chen
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Abstract
Disclosed is a box, a modular box assembly, and a method of assembling a box. The box can comprise a center panel defining a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end; a first locking panel extending from the first side, the first locking panel comprising a pair of wings, each of the wings defining a locking slot; a second locking panel extending from the second side, the second locking panel comprising a pair of locking tabs, each of the locking tabs engaging a corresponding one of the locking slots; a first side flap panel extending from the first end; and a second side flap panel extending from the second end.
Claims20
A box comprising:
- a center panel defining a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end;
- a first locking panel extending from the first side, the first locking panel comprising a pair of wings, each of the wings defining a locking slot;
- a second locking panel extending from the second side, the second locking panel comprising a pair of locking tabs, each of the locking tabs engaging a corresponding one of the locking slots;
- a first side flap panel extending from the first end;
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- a second side flap panel extending from the second end.
A modular box assembly comprising:
- a box configurable in an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the box defining a box cavity;
- an inner box received in the box cavity, the inner box comprising a center panel, a first locking panel, and a second locking panel, the first locking panel defining a locking slot, the second locking panel comprising a locking tab engaging the locking slot;
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- an insulating liner received in the box cavity and surrounding the inner box.
A method of assembling a box comprising:
- providing the box, the box comprising a center panel, a first locking panel, a second locking panel, a first side flap panel, and a second side flap panel;
- folding the first side flap panel and second side flap panel relative to the center panel;
- folding the first locking panel relative to the center panel, the first locking panel defining a locking slot;
- folding the second locking panel relative to the center panel over the first locking panel, the second locking panel defining a locking tab;
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- engaging the locking slot with the locking tab.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.