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US 5,400,917 AGranted
Box Construction and method
OwnerSteven W. Stantoninventor
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Abstract
A closure assembly is disclosed in which a first layer matches a side element in shape, and a spacer is fitted to establish a space for containing glue.
Claims14
A container comprising;
- at least one side element defining an interior shape;
- a closure assembly for said side element defining a closure for said container;
- said closure assembly comprising;
- a first layer peripherally shaped to substantially match the interior shape of the side element;
- a spacer adjacent the first layer, the spacer having a periphery conforming generally to the interior shape but having a substantial portion of its periphery being spaced away from the side element to define at least one space bounded by the periphery of the spacer, the side element and the first layer;
- the spacer having at least one extension extending from its spaced periphery to the side element in order to locate the spacer within the side element;
- and
- glue contained in a substantial portion of said at least one space to adhere the closure assembly to the side element and forming at least one glue mass having adhesion areas to the side element, the first layer and the spacer to structurally form said container.
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A container comprising;
- at least one side element made from thin board stock defining an interior shape;
- a closure assembly of said side element defining a closure for said container;
- said closure assembly comprising;
- a first layer having a peripheral edge shaped to substantially match the interior shape of the side element, said first layer having a face surface and said first layer being positioned wholly inside said interior shape of said side element and forming a closure of the side element interior shape:
- and
- a spacer formed of a separate layer adjacently overlying said face surface of the first layer, the spacer having a peripheral edge conforming generally to the interior shape of said side element but having a substantial portion of its peripheral edge being spaced away from the side element and the peripheral edge of said first layer leaving a peripheral portion of said face surface substantially uncovered by said spacer to define at least one space bounded by the peripheral edge of the spacer, the side element and said peripheral portion of said face surface of the first layer;
- glue contained in a substantial portion of said at least one space to adhere the closure assembly to the side element and forming at least one glue mass having adhesion areas to the side element, the first layer and the spacer to structurally form said container;
- and
- absent any integral supporting element formed as part of the side element on which the closure assembly is supported.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.