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AssigneeChiquita Brands, Inc.
InventorFrancisco Rodriguez
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Produce boxes and bags for shipping produce, e.g., bananas, utilize ventilation structures that allow for ventilation therethrough. A method of assembling produce boxes provides for cutouts that serve as ventilation structures in the boxes. When the produce boxes are stacked such as on a shipping pallet, the ventilation structures allow for ventilation of through the stacked boxes. Produce may be packed in a bag, which is closed with a rip cord and inserted into a produce box. The rip cord may be accessed when the box is in a stack such as on a shipping pallet, such that the rip cord may be pulled thereby opening the bag, without removing the box from the stack.
A box for storing produce comprising:
A box for storing produce comprising:
A method of assembling a box for storing produce, wherein the box comprises a base comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and a pair of opposing side panels, wherein the front, rear, and opposing side panels define a top opening, wherein the base comprises at least one cutout extending inwardly from a top edge of a select one or more of the front, rear, and opposing side panels adjacent to the top opening, and a lid comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and a pair of opposing side panels, wherein the front, rear, and opposing side panels define a top opening, wherein the lid comprises at least one cutout extending inwardly from a top edge of a select one or more of the front, rear, and opposing side panels adjacent to the top opening, the method comprising the steps of:
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