Foldable blank box
AssigneeTecumseh Corrugated Box Company
InventorVern O. Vergiels
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Abstract
An erectable container folded from a sheet material configured in a T-shape having a shank section and a head section including oppositely extending wings. The wings are folded back onto the head section which in turn is folded onto the shank section to create a hollow body having a closed end and an open end. The shank section includes a tab struck from one wall adjacent the free end thereof which engages a marginal panel of the hollow body and holds the container in an erected, open position for inserting an article therein.
Claims9
A container formed of sheet material comprising:
- a. top, bottom, side and end panel means hingedly connected together defining a hollow body portion closed at one end and open at the opposite end;
- b. auxillary panel means lying adjacent a portion of the inner surface said bottom panel and having marginal edges aligned adjacent the open end of the said hollow body portion;
- c. closure means extending from the end of bottom panel means for closing the open end of said hollow body portion;
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- d. locking means struck from said closure means and said bottom panel means for engaging said aligned marginal edges of said hollow body portion when said closure means is bent away from said body portion whereby said body portion is held in an erected, open position by said locking means and supported in an inclined position by said closure means for permitting an article to be inserted into said container without grasping the outer surfaces of the sides thereof.
An erectable box folded from a unitary blank, comprising:
- a. a sheet member configured to form a shank section and a head section;
- b. said shank section being transversely scored in a direction perpendicular to the long axis of the shank to form a bottom panel, a closure panel and an end panel;
- c. said head section being transversely scored in a direction coincident to the long axis of the shank to form a top panel, two side panels and an auxillary panel means;
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- d. locking means struck from said closure panel and extending into said bottom panel so that when the box is erected the locking means projects upwardly and inwardly over the marginal upper edge of said auxiliary panel means for holding the folded box in an erected open position whereby the erected open box is supported by said closure means in an inclined position so that an article may be inserted therein without grasping the box.
An erectable box folded form a unitary blank, comprising:
- a. a primary bottom panel;
- b. a closure panel hinged along one edge thereof to one edge of said primary bottom panel;
- c. an end panel hinged along one edge thereof to the edge of said primary bottom panel opposite the hinged edge of said closure panel;
- d. a top panel hinged along one edge thereof to the edge of said end panel opposite the hinged edge of said bottom panel;
- e. a side panel hinged along one edge thereof to each of two opposite edges of said top panel;
- f. an auxiliary bottom flap hinged along one edge thereof to each of said side panels;
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- g. a locking tab cut in the hinged edge of said closure panel and extending into said bottom panel whereby it projects upwardly and inwardly over the marginal upper edge of said auxiliary bottom flaps for holding the folded box in an erected, open position and said closure panel supports the erected, open box in an inclined position so that an article may be inserted therein without grasping the box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.