Box forming structure and box erected therefrom
AssigneePackaging Corporation of America
InventorJoseph P. Schomisch
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Abstract
A box structure comprises an inner display box and an outer box. Detachable connections are provided between adjacent outer box and inner box wall panels. In one form, attaching inner box handle opening overlays to outer box handle overlays at the respective end wall panels of the box structure, one or more outer box back wall overlays to the inner box back wall panel, and a display panel portion of an inner box front wall panel to an outer box front wall panel assist in maintaining the integrity of the box structure. Outer box corners can have tear lines and walls disconnected at one corner to reduce bending stresses on the inner box walls during manufacture and erection of the box structure, while also facilitating the removal of the outer box from the inner display box.
Claims22
A box forming structure that, upon erection, comprises an inner display box and an outer box, the inner display box being positioned at least partially within the outer box upon erection of the box forming structure, the box forming structure comprising:
- an inner box forming panel structure comprising a plurality of at least three inner box wall panels including an inner box front wall panel, the inner box wall panels forming an inner display box having inner box corners at the intersection of respective pairs of inner box wall panels when the box forming structure is erected, a plurality of the inner box wall panels comprising bottom panel extension flap portions that comprise the bottom of the inner display box when the box forming structure is erected;
- an outer box forming panel structure comprising a plurality at least three outer box wall panels including an outer box front wall panel, the outer box wall panels forming an outer box structure having the same number of outer box corners as the number of inner box corners when the box forming structure is erected, and a plurality of the outer box wall panels comprising top panel extension flap portions that comprise the top of the outer box when the box forming structure is erected;
- the inner box front wall portion comprising at least one tear off display panel portion;
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- the outer box wall panels that form one of the outer box corners being separated from one another at said one of the outer box corners, and the respective outer box wall panels that form the other outer box corners other than said one outer box corner being joined together by respective tear lines along said other corners, such that the erected outer box is removable from the inner box by moving the outer box wall panels relative to the inner box wall panels so as to sever any unsevered tear lines at said other corners.
A disassembled box comprising;
- a front wall panel having first and second side edges and respective inner and outer surfaces;
- a display panel adhered to the inner surface of the front wall panel;
- a back wall panel having first and second side edges and also having at least one opening therein from which a tear away portion of the back panel has been removed to create the at least one opening;
- a first end wall panel and a second end wall panel, each of the first end wall panel and second end wall panel comprising respective first and second side edges;
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- respective inner and outer surfaces, the first and second end wall panels each comprising a handle portion with inner and outer surfaces;
- a handle opening overlay portion fastened to the inner surface of each handle portion;
- the side edges of the respective front wall panel, back wall panel, and the first and second end wall panels being separated from one another;
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- a central portion comprising extension flap portions of the front wall panel, back wall panel and of first end wall panel and the second end wall panel, and wherein a plurality of the extension flap portions of the front wall panel and back wall panel are fastened together at the central portion.
A box forming structure that, upon erection, comprises an inner display box and an outer box, the inner display box being positioned at least partially within the outer box upon erection of the box forming structure, the box forming structure comprising:
- an inner box forming panel structure comprising an inner box front wall panel, an inner box back wall panel, and first and second inner box end wall panels, the inner box front and back wall panels being opposed to one another when the box forming structure is erected and the first and second inner box end wall panels being opposed to one another when the box forming structure is erected, a plurality of the inner box front, back and end wall panels comprising bottom panel extension flap portions that comprise the bottom of the inner display box when the box forming structure is erected;
- an outer box forming panel structure comprising an outer box front wall panel, an outer box back wall panel, and first and second outer box end wall panels, the outer box front wall panel and outer box back wall panel being opposed to one another when the box forming structure is erected and the first outer box end wall panel and second outer box end wall panel being opposed to one another when the box forming structure is erected, a plurality of the outer box front wall panel, outer box back wall panel, first outer box end wall panel and second outer box end wall panel comprising top panel extension flap portions that comprise the top of the outer box when the box forming structure is erected;
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- the inner box front wall panel comprising a tear off display panel portion fastened to the outer box front wall panel, the outer box back wall panel comprising at least one tear off overlay portion fastened to the inner box back wall panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.