Packaging box and method of packaging
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakayuki Usui, Takehiro Sone
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Abstract
A packaging box is formed by a bottom surface member disposed at the side of a bottom surface of goods to be packaged, and a top surface member disposed at the side of a top surface of the goods to be packaged. The bottom surface member includes a base panel, side panels formed extending integrally from the base panel and further shaped to correspond to side surfaces of the goods to be packaged. An attachment panel extends integrally from the end of each side panel. The top surface member and base panel typically include corrugations. The corrugations in each item are preferably oriented generally transverse to one another, thereby increasing the strength of the structure without requiring additional material.
Claims10
A packaging box adapted to receive and package goods, the goods to be packaged including a top surface and a bottom surface, and a number of side surfaces, the packaging box comprising:
- a bottom surface member having a base panel formed substantially in the same shape and having substantially the same dimensions as the bottom surface of the goods to be packaged, and a plurality of side panels corresponding in number to the number of side surfaces of the goods to be packaged, each side panel extending integrally from the base panel and being substantially the same shape and having substantially the same dimensions as a corresponding one of the side surfaces of the goods to be packaged;
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- a top surface member formed as a single upper panel and having dimensions substantially equal to the dimensions of the top surface of the goods to be packaged,
- wherein the bottom surface member and the top surface member are each formed of a sheet material, the sheet material having greater strength in a first direction, and wherein when the packaging box is assembled, the first direction of the bottom surface member is substantially oriented in a direction transverse to the first direction of the top surface member.
A method of packaging goods, comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing the goods on an interior bottom surface of a foldable box, which bottom surface has substantially the same shape and dimensions as a bottom surface of the goods;
- (b) placing a top surface member of the box over the goods, opposite the bottom surface, which top surface member has dimensions substantially equal to the dimensions of a top surface of the goods;
- (c) folding the box, the box including side panels integrally extending from the bottom surface and having substantially the same shape and dimensions as a corresponding side surface of the goods with an attachment flap integrally extending from each side panel, wherein the side panels are folded to extend towards the top surface member, and the attachment flaps are folded to a position which is substantially parallel to the top surface member;
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- (d) fixing the attachment flaps to the top surface member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.