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US 8,025,207 B1Granted
Material-saving pizza box
OwnerJohn D. Correllinventor
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Abstract
A pizza box and blank having a unique cover-locking structure comprising (a) a tab extending from a front end edge of a panel of a side wall assembly and (b) a tab engaging edge disposed in or on a cover assembly. A main advantage is a cover-locking structure that provides ease of use and secure cover closure, along with possible material savings.
Claims6
A blank for a box having a unique cover-locking structure, this blank being of foldable material cut and scored to define:
- a bottom panel (20),
- a rear wall (22) attached to the bottom panel,
- a front wall assembly (50) opposing the rear wall and comprising a front wall (52) attached to the bottom panel,
- a side wall assembly (30) comprising a side wall panel (32) attached to the bottom panel, a corner panel (36) attached to a front end of the side wall panel and having a front end edge (40) and a bottom edge (39), and a connector panel (38) attached to the bottom edge of the corner panel, and
- a cover assembly (60) comprising a cover panel (62) attached to the rear wall and a cover front flap (66) opposing the rear wall and attached to a front edge (68) of the cover panel;
- wherein the corner panel has a tab (46) projecting from the front end edge and the cover assembly has a tab engaging edge (65), said tab engaging edge being of a disposition and configuration to enable this edge to engage with the tab after said blank has been erected into a box;
- and
- further wherein, the front wall assembly further comprises an end flap (55) attached to an end of the front wall at an end flap fold line (56),
- the front wall is attached to the bottom panel at a front wall fold line (54),
- an angle (A1) exists between the front wall fold line and the end flap fold line, wherein this angle is an obtuse angle.
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A blank for a box having a unique cover-locking structure, this blank being of foldable material cut and scored to define:
- a bottom panel (20),
- a rear wall (22) attached to the bottom panel,
- a front wall assembly (50) opposing the rear wall and comprising a front wall (52) attached to the bottom panel,
- a side wall assembly (30) comprising a side wall panel (32) attached to the bottom panel, a corner panel (36) attached to a front end of the side wall panel and having a front end edge (40) and a bottom edge (39), and a connector panel (38) attached to the bottom edge of the corner panel, and
- a cover assembly (60) comprising a cover panel (62) attached to the rear wall and a cover front flap (66) opposing the rear wall and attached to a front edge (68) of the cover panel;
- wherein the corner panel has a tab (46) projecting from the front end edge and the cover assembly has a tab engaging edge (65), said tab engaging edge being of a disposition and configuration to enable this edge to engage with the tab after said blank has been erected into a box;
- and
- further wherein, the front wall assembly further comprises an end flap (55) attached to an end of the front wall and a protector flap (51) attached to the end flap.
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A blank for a box having a unique cover-locking structure, this blank being of foldable material cut and scored to define:
- a bottom panel (20),
- a rear wall (22) attached to the bottom panel,
- a front wall assembly (50) opposing the rear wall and comprising a front wall (52) attached to the bottom panel,
- a side wall assembly (30) comprising a side wall panel (32) attached to the bottom panel, a corner panel (36) attached to a front end of the side wall panel and having a front end edge (40) and a bottom edge (39), and a connector panel (38) attached to the bottom edge of the corner panel, and
- a cover assembly (60) comprising a cover panel (62) attached to the rear wall and a cover front flap (66) opposing the rear wall and attached to a front edge (68) of the cover panel;
- wherein the corner panel has a tab (46) projecting from the front end edge and the cover assembly has a tab engaging edge (65), said tab engaging edge being of a disposition and configuration to enable this edge to engage with the tab after said blank has been erected into a box;
- and
- further wherein, the tab engaging edge is disposed in the cover front flap.
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A box having a unique cover-locking structure, this box comprising:
- a bottom panel (20),
- a rear wall (22),
- a front wall assembly (50) opposing the rear wall and comprising a front wall (52),
- a side wall assembly (30) comprising a side wall panel (32), a corner panel (36) attached to a front end of the side wall panel and having a front end edge and a bottom edge, and a connector panel (38) attached to the bottom edge of the corner panel, and
- a cover assembly (60) comprising a cover panel (62) attached to the rear wall and a cover front flap (66) opposing the rear wall and attached to a front edge of the cover panel;
- wherein the corner panel has a tab (46) disposed at the front end edge and the cover assembly has a tab engaging edge (65) and the tab is engaged with the tab engaging edge, whereby the engagement of said tab with said tab engaging edge acts to hold said cover assembly in a closed disposition;
- and
- further wherein, the front wall assembly further comprises an end flap (55) attached to an end of the front wall and a protector flap (51) attached to the end flap.
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A box having a unique cover-locking structure, this box comprising:
- a bottom panel (20),
- a rear wall (22),
- a front wall assembly (50) opposing the rear wall and comprising a front wall (52),
- a side wall assembly (30) comprising a side wall panel (32), a corner panel (36) attached to a front end of the side wall panel and having a front end edge and a bottom edge, and a connector panel (38) attached to the bottom edge of the corner panel, and
- a cover assembly (60) comprising a cover panel (62) attached to the rear wall and a cover front flap (66) opposing the rear wall and attached to a front edge of the cover panel;
- wherein the corner panel has a tab (46) disposed at the front end edge and the cover assembly has a tab engaging edge (65) and the tab is engaged with the tab engaging edge, whereby the engagement of said tab with said tab engaging edge acts to hold said cover assembly in a closed disposition;
- and
- further wherein, the front wall assembly further comprises an end flap (55) attached to an end of the front wall and a protector flap (51) attached to the end flap, wherein the protector flap is disposed at an angle to the end flap and adjacent to the connector panel.
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A box having a unique cover-locking structure, this box comprising:
- a bottom panel (20),
- a rear wall (22),
- a front wall assembly (50) opposing the rear wall and comprising a front wall (52),
- a side wall assembly (30) comprising a side wall panel (32), a corner panel (36) attached to a front end of the side wall panel and having a front end edge and a bottom edge, and a connector panel (38) attached to the bottom edge of the corner panel, and
- a cover assembly (60) comprising a cover panel (62) attached to the rear wall and a cover front flap (66) opposing the rear wall and attached to a front edge of the cover panel;
- wherein the corner panel has a tab (46) disposed at the front end edge and the cover assembly has a tab engaging edge (65) and the tab is engaged with the tab engaging edge, whereby the engagement of said tab with said tab engaging edge acts to hold said cover assembly in a closed disposition;
- and
- further wherein, the tab engaging edge is disposed in the cover front flap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.