US 2024/0074933 A1 · A BOX FOR USE AS A COFFIN

Abstract

A box (200) is disclosed. The box is manufactured from a first part (2), a second part (4) and a third part (6) of a sheet material, which parts have been subjected to gluing to each other with adhesive (8) so as to form a box shape; wherein said first part (2) of said sheet material represents a bottom portion (10), a first side portion (12) and a second side portion (14) of said box, respectively, as a coherent entity; wherein said second part (4) and said third part (6) represent opposite end portions (16,18) of said box; wherein said first part (2) is having an extension in a first direction X and in a second direction Y; said first direction X is being perpendicular to said second direction Y; wherein said first part (2) comprises a first side edge (20), a second side edge (22), a first end edge (24) and a second end edge (26); wherein said first part (2) along said first side edge (20) thereof comprises a first inner side edge recess (28) being cut into the material of said first part; and a first outer side edge recess (30) being cut into the material of said first part; wherein said first part (2) along said second side edge (24) thereof comprises a second inner side edge recess (36) being cut into the material of said first part; and a second outer side edge recess (34) being cut into the material of said first part; wherein said first part (2) along said first end edge (22) thereof comprises a first inner end edge recess (32) being cut into the material of said first part and a first outer end edge recess 38 being cut into the material of said first part; wherein said first part (2) along said second end edge (26) thereof comprises a second inner end edge recess (40) being cut into the material of said first part and a second outer end edge recess (42) being cut into the material of said first part; wherein a first fold line (44) and a second fold line (46), each being parallel to said first direction (X), are being defined between said first inner side edge recess (28) and said second inner side edge recess (32); thereby defining a bottom portion (10) being arranged between said two side portions (12,14) of said first part; wherein in respect of each of the two side edges (20,22) and in respect of each of the two end edges (24,26), the material of said first part, along the inner and the outer recesses (28,30); (32,34); (36,38); and (40,42), respectively, has been subjected to a double folding and gluing so as to form a double fold (48) along each of the two side edges (20,22) and along each of the two end edges (24,26) of said first part; wherein the first part (2) has been subjected to folding along the first fold line (44) and the second fold line (46) and wherein said second part (4) and said third part (6) have been subjected to arrangement at said first end edge (24) and at said second end edge (26), respectively, of said first part, and subsequently been subjected to gluing to the double folds (48) being present at each of said end edges, respectively, at the bottom portion (10) and at the two side portions (12,14) of said first part.

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Dependent claims

A box (200) manufactured from a first part (2), a second part (4) and a third part (6) of a sheet material, which parts have been subjected to gluing to each other with adhesive (8) so as to form a box shape;

wherein said first part (2) of said sheet material represents a bottom portion (10), a first side portion (12) and a second side portion (14) of said box, respectively, as a coherent entity;
wherein said second part (4) and said third part (6) represent opposite end portions (16,18) of said box;
wherein said first part (2) is having an extension in a first direction X and in a second direction Y;
said first direction X is being perpendicular to said second direction Y;
wherein said first part (2) comprises a first side edge (20), a second side edge (22), a first end edge (24) and a second end edge (26);
wherein said first part (2) along said first side edge (20) thereof comprises a first inner side edge recess (28) being cut into the material of said first part;
and a first outer side edge recess (30) being cut into the material of said first part;
wherein said first part (2) along said second side edge (22) thereof comprises a second inner side edge recess (32) being cut into the material of said first part;
and a second outer side edge recess (34) being cut into the material of said first part;
wherein said first part (2) along said first end edge (24) thereof comprises a first inner end edge recess (36) being cut into the material of said first part and a first outer end edge recess (38) being cut into the material of said first part;
wherein said first part (2) along said second end edge (26) thereof comprises a second inner end edge recess (40) being cut into the material of said first part and a second outer end edge recess (42) being cut into the material of said first part;
wherein a first fold line (44) and a second fold line (46), each being parallel to said first direction (X), are being defined between said first inner side edge recess (28) and said second inner side edge recess (32);
thereby defining a bottom portion (10) being arranged between said two side portions (12,14) of said first part;
wherein in respect of each of the two side edges (20,22) and in respect of each of the two end edges (24,26), the material of said first part, along the inner and the outer recesses (28,30);
(32,34);
(36,38);
and (40,42), respectively, has been subjected to a double folding and gluing so as to form a double fold (48) along each of the two side edges (20,22) and along each of the two end edges (24,26) of said first part;
wherein the first part (2) has been subjected to folding along the first fold line (44) and the second fold line (46) and wherein said second part (4) and said third part (6) have been subjected to arrangement at said first end edge (24) and at said second end edge (26), respectively, of said first part, and subsequently been subjected to gluing to the double folds (48) being present at each of said end edges, respectively, at the bottom portion (10) and at the two side portions (12,14) of said first part.

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A box (200) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said first inner end edge recess (36) and said first outer end edge recess (38) are being parallel to said second direction (Y);

and/or wherein said second inner end edge recess (40) and said second outer end edge recess (42) are being parallel to said second direction (Y).

A box (200) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein one or both of said two parallel fold lines (44,46) of said first part (2) comprises a recess (50,52) being cut into the material of said first part.

A box (200) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said first part (2) is having a geometry of a rectangle having two sides parallel to said first direction (X) and two sides parallel to said second direction (Y), with the exception that said first part comprises a cut-away (54) at each corner (56) thereof;

and/or with the exception that that said first part comprises a cut-away (58) at said first end edge (24) and said second end edge (26), at the location of said first fold line (44) and said second fold line (46).

A box (200) according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising a lid (62) in the form of a fourth part (64).

A box (200) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein in respect of one or more of said double folds (48) of said first part (2), said fourth part (64) and/or said fifth part (94), the surfaces at said double folds coming into contact with each other are being subject to gluing with an adhesive;

and/or wherein said second part (4) and/or said third part (6) are subject to gluing to said first part (2) by an adhesive;
wherein said adhesive optionally is being a hot melt adhesive.

A box (200) according to any of the claims 16-18, wherein said cellulosic material is a material which at the date of priority of the present application was marketed as Reboard®.

A box (200) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said second part (4) and said third part (6) are having dimensions and geometries which are adapted to the dimensions and geometries of said first part (2), so as to fit positioning at the position of said end edges (24,26) of said first part (2) and so as to enable being glued to said double folds (48) of said first part (2).

A box (200) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein one or more of said recesses being made into the material of said first part (2), said fourth part (64) and/or said fifth part (94), independently is/are in the form of a bevel cut (122) having a V-shaped cross-section (124).

A box (200) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein in respect of said first part (2), said fourth part 46 and/or said fifth part (94), the distance between the centre (C) of an inner recess and the centre (C′) of its corresponding outer recess is approximately of magnitude “2a”, wherein “a” is being the magnitude of the thickness of the sheet material.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

A box for use as a coffin

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A box for use as a coffin

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