Perforated collapsible box
AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
InventorsGreg Sollie, Shifeng Chen
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Abstract
A collapsible box can include a top panel; a front panel hingedly attached to the top panel; a first side panel hingedly attached to the top panel and the front panel; a second side panel hingedly attached to the top panel and the front panel; a rear panel hingedly attached to the top panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel; and a bottom panel hingedly attached to the front panel, the rear panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel; and wherein the front panel defines a frame portion and a lower flap portion connected together by a front line of weakness; wherein the frame portion is coupled to the first side panel, the second side panel, and the bottom panel; and wherein the lower flap portion is coupled to the top panel.
Claims19
A collapsible box comprising:
- a top panel;
- a front panel hingedly attached to the top panel;
- a first side panel hingedly attached to the top panel and the front panel;
- a second side panel hingedly attached to the top panel and the front panel;
- a rear panel hingedly attached to the top panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel;
- and
- a bottom panel hingedly attached to the front panel, the rear panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel;
- and
- wherein the front panel defines a frame portion and a lower flap portion connected together by a front line of weakness;
- wherein the frame portion is coupled to the first side panel, the second side panel, and the bottom panel;
- and wherein the lower flap portion is coupled to the top panel.
A blank comprising:
- a front panel defining a lower flap portion and a frame portion coupled together by a front line of weakness;
- a top subpanel coupled to the lower flap portion by a front hinge;
- a side panel defining a first side and a second side opposite from the first side, the first side coupled to the frame portion by a first side hinge;
- and
- a rear panel coupled to the second side by a second side hinge, the second side hinge being parallel to the first side hinge and perpendicular to the front hinge;
- and
- wherein a lateral hinge extends at least partially across the front panel, the side panel, and the rear panel, and wherein the lateral hinge is parallel to the front hinge.
A blank comprising:
- a front panel defining a lower flap portion and a frame portion coupled together by a front line of weakness;
- a top subpanel coupled to the lower flap portion by a front hinge;
- a side panel coupled to the frame portion;
- and
- a rear panel coupled to the side panel;
- and
- wherein a first lateral hinge and a second lateral hinge both extend at least partially across the front panel, the side panel, and the rear panel, and wherein the first lateral hinge is parallel to the second lateral hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.