Single piece container and method for making
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Abstract
A single piece container and method for making the same are presented. The container has an opening and a body and includes first and second pairs of opposing covering flaps and a pair of opposing handles. The covering flaps cover the container body opening so as to keep the container contents in place.
Claims23
A container comprising an integral formed container body made from a single piece of material having a bottom, a sidewall, and a first pair and a second pair of opposing edges defining a container body opening, a first pair of opposing covering flaps are hingeably disposed at respective opposing edges of the first pair of opposing edges, a second pair of opposing covering flaps are hingeably disposed at a respective opposing edge of the second pair of opposing edges, and a pair of opposing handles are hingeably disposed at respective opposing edges of the second pair of opposing edges;
- wherein the pair of opposing handles includes a handle coupling means for releasably coupling the pair of opposing handles by inserting a first portion of the first opposing handle into a second portion of the second opposing handle;
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- wherein the second portion is surrounded by the second opposing handle.
A container, comprising:
- an integral formed container body made from a single piece of material having a bottom, a sidewall, and a first pair and a second pair of opposing edges defining a container body opening,
- a first pair of opposing covering flaps hingeably disposed at respective opposing edges of the first pair of opposing edges,
- a second pair of opposing covering flaps hingeably disposed at a respective opposing edge of the second pair of opposing edges,
- a pair of opposing handles hingeably disposed at respective opposing edges of the second pair of opposing edges,
- a locking snap disposed on the first opposing handle, and
- a locking receiver disposed on the second opposing handle.
A method of making a container from a single piece of material, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming in the single piece of material a container body including a bottom, a first pair of opposing edges and a second pair of opposing edges, the first and second pairs of opposing edges defining a container body opening;
- (b) forming a first pair of opposing covering flaps, each flap hingeably disposed at a respective opposing edge in the first pair of opposing edges;
- (c) forming a second pair of opposing covering flaps, each flap hingeably disposed at a respective opposing edge in the second pair of opposing edges;
- (d) forming a pair of opposing handles, each handle hingeably disposed at a respective opposing edge in the second pair of opposing edges;
- (e) forming a first portion in the first opposing handle;
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- (f) forming a second portion in the second opposing handle, the second portion to receive the first portion and the second portion being surrounded by the second opposing handle.
- (f) forming a second portion in the second opposing handle, the second portion to receive the first portion and the second portion being surrounded by the second opposing handle.
A method of making a container from a single piece of material, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming in the single piece of material a container body including a bottom, a first pair of opposing edges and a second pair of opposing edges, the first and second pairs of opposing edges defining a container body opening;
- (b) forming a first pair of opposing covering flaps, each flap hingeably disposed at a respective opposing edge in the first pair of opposing edges;
- (c) forming a second pair of opposing covering flaps, each flap hingeably disposed at a respective opposing edge in the second pair of opposing edges;
- (d) forming a pair of opposing handles, each handle hingeably disposed at a respective opposing edge in the second pair of opposing edges;
- (e) forming a locking snap in the first opposing handle;
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- (f) forming a locking receiver in the second opposing handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.