Foldable plastic box
OwnerWilliam Breitbachinventor
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Abstract
A unitary, foldable plastic box. The box has a bottom wall with a perimeter and at least three perimeter walls hingeably affixed to the perimeter of bottom wall with living hinges. A first attachment mechanism and second attachment mechanism complementary to the first attachment mechanism are provided on the perimeter walls. The first attachment mechanism has a tab with a protrusion, and the tab extends from at least one side edge of at least one perimeter wall. The second attachment mechanism has a relief and aperture formed in at least one perimeter wall. The relief and aperture are sized to engage the tab and protrusion of the first attachment mechanism. When the perimeter walls are brought together, the first attachment mechanism and second attachment mechanism can be detachably engaged together to form a box.
Claims7
A foldable plastic box, comprising:
- a bottom wall with a perimeter;
- at least three perimeter walls hingeably affixed to the perimeter of bottom wall and having inner and outer surfaces;
- a tab with a protrusion, the protrusion extending outwardly from the tab and having a perimeter with a lip portion extending from at least a portion of the perimeter of the protrusion, the tab extending from at least one side edge of at least one of the perimeter walls, and a through hole formed in at least one of the adjacent perimeter walls and a slightly larger surrounding relief formed on the inner surface of the perimeter wall, the hole and relief being sized slightly larger than the protrusion and tab and adapted to engage the tab and protrusion, wherein when the perimeter walls are brought together, the hole and relief and the tab and protrusion can be engaged together to form a box and wherein the lip portion is adapted to interference fit into the relief.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.