Box with top handle
AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
InventorsGreg Sollie, Paul Ott
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Abstract
A box includes a plurality of sidewall panels comprising a front panel, a rear panel opposite the front panel, a first side panel extending between the front and rear panels, and a second side panel opposite to the first side panel and extending between the front and rear panels; a bottom panel arranged at a bottom end of the sidewall panels; and a top panel arranged at a top end of the sidewall panels and extending from a top edge of the rear panel to a top edge of the front panel; and a handle cut formed in the top panel and defining a box handle, the box handle foldable relative to the top panel between a pre-erected configuration and an erected configuration.
Claims18
A box comprising:
- a plurality of sidewall panels comprising a front panel, a rear panel opposite the front panel, a first side panel extending between the front and rear panels, and a second side panel opposite to the first side panel and extending between the front and rear panels;
- a bottom panel arranged at a bottom end of the sidewall panels;
- a top panel arranged at a top end of the plurality of sidewall panels and extending from a top edge of the rear panel to a top edge of the front panel;
- and
- a handle cut formed in the top panel and defining a box handle, the box handle foldable relative to the top panel between a pre-erected configuration and an erected configuration;
- wherein, in the pre-erected configuration, the box handle is coplanar with the top panel, and, in the erected configuration, the box handle extends outwardly and away from the top panel.
A box assembly comprising:
- a monolithic box blank comprising:
- a plurality of sidewall panels comprising a front panel, a rear panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel;
- a bottom panel arranged at a bottom wall edge of the plurality sidewall panels;
- a top panel arranged at a top wall edge of the plurality of the sidewall panels;
- and
- a handle cut formed in the top panel and defining a box handle, the box handle foldable relative to the top panel between a pre-erected configuration and an erected configuration;
- and
- a support assembly comprising a top edge defining a center opening, the support assembly being configured to slidably receive the bottom panel of the box blank therein,
- wherein the box blank is foldable from a blank configuration to an assembled box configuration,
- the top edge of the support assembly is configured to support the plurality of sidewall panels of the box blank thereon so the bottom panel is disposed inwardly of the top edge, and
- the top edge of the support assembly is configured to fold the plurality of sidewall panels inwardly so that the box blank is folded from the box blank configuration to the assembled box configuration when the box blank is slidably received within the support assembly and the top panel extends from a top edge of the rear panel to a top edge of the front panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.