Abstract: Embodiments of a reusable stackable shipping box are provided herein. The reusable stackable shipping box may be reused and cleaned without causing harm to the integrity of the box. In addition, the box is slightly tapered in shape such that the box may be stacked upon and within other boxes for ease in shipping and organization.

Abstract: Embodiments of a reusable stackable shipping box are provided herein. The reusable stackable shipping box may be reused and cleaned without causing harm to the integrity of the box. In addition, the box is slightly tapered in shape such that the box may be stacked upon and within other boxes for ease in shipping and organization.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a polygonal container having at least five interconnected body panels and a blank for making the polygonal container. The ends of the polygonal container are provided with a plurality of pie-shaped triangular sections that can provide unique decorative experience to the user of a consumer product contained and dispensed from therein.

Abstract: A container for food, such as used for the storage or packaging of tostadas, manufactured as a carton, which is formed with eight sections or sides that are joined by adhesive at an edge to fold the container is disclosed. The container also has edges placed on the top and bottom ends that, when interwoven towards the center of the container, permit the formation of a kind of bow with which the container is kept closed. In order to open the container, it is only necessary to pull outwards on opening projections which are part of the bow. Likewise, and as a consequence of the interweaving of the edges, an internal pulling acts as a muffling, thereby helping the food, e.g., tostadas, to be maintained in a good state, without being broken.

Abstract: An end closure design for a paperboard container having four or more end panels that form the end closure hingedly joined respectively to four side panels connected to each other by parallel, spaced apart fold lines. Each of the hinged end panels has a straight free edge parallel the hinged edge and each free edge has two spaced apart notches of the same shape and size cut therein, each positioned the same distance from the parallel, spaced apart fold lines such that when the panels are folded over, a notch from each end panel interlocks with a notch from an adjacent end panel. An opposing two of the hinged end panels also include two diagonal score lines, each extending from an interior edge of the notches to the interior corner formed by the fold lines between the end closure panel and its respective side panel. To form the end closure, the end closure panels without the diagonal score lines are folded inwardly, then the end closure panels with the diagonal score lines are folded inwardly.

Abstract: An octagonal bulk bin has sidewalls, end walls and diagonal corner panels interposed between adjacent sidewalls and end walls. Bottom flaps are foldably joined to a bottom edge of the sidewalls, end walls, and diagonal corner panels, and gusset panels connect adjacent side edges of the bottom flaps, facilitating set up of the bulk bin and spacing flap cuts from the corners of the bin to minimize or eliminate initiation of tears in the vertical corners of the bin. A plastic pallet tray has an upstanding lip around its periphery, shaped and sized to closely receive the bottom end of the octagonal bin to reinforce the bottom end and facilitate handling of the bin.

Abstract: A flexible board, for forming a package, comprises a body portion, a big bottom piece, a small bottom piece, a left-side bottom piece, and a right-side bottom piece. The body portion has a rear body piece, a left-side body piece, a front body piece, and a right-side body piece. The big bottom piece is connected to a lower side of the rear body piece. The small bottom piece is connected to a lower side of the front body piece, and has a strip piece, and first and second projecting pieces. The left-side bottom piece is connected to a lower side of the left-side body piece, and is formed with a cut-out section close to the first projecting piece. The right-side bottom piece is connected to a lower side of the right-side body piece, and is formed with a cut-out section close to the second projecting piece. The length of the insert piece is shorter than the distance between the first and second projecting pieces.

Abstract: A folding closure that is foldable to a closed orientation having a pair of gabled lid sections oriented to be linearly aligned and abutting one another in an end-to-end relationship and a pair of lateral lid sections oriented to be linearly aligned with one another and abutting opposite sides of the gabled lid sections.

Abstract: A container having a sidewall, a folding closure, and a sleeve each formed from a one-piece blank. Also disclosed is a sleeve configuration having a plurality off vents and spacers for locating the vents in a spaced apart orientation relative to a container sidewall.

Abstract: A collapsible structure having walls and hinges, the walls being foldable to reduce the volume of the collapsible structure via hinges separated by a distance to form pockets which receive therein the thickness of one or more collapsed walls.

Abstract: A packaging container includes: first fold sections for folding therealong, each of the first fold sections being provided longitudinally in a substantially central part of the first opposing side plate; second fold sections for folding therealong, each of the second fold sections being provided on the first bottom plate forming flap as an extension of the first fold section; and third fold sections for folding therealong, each of the third fold sections being provided on the first top cover forming flap as an extension of the first fold section. The second opposing side plate is equal to or smaller than the first opposing side plate in width. This makes it possible to fold up the packaging container easily and compactly.

Abstract: An end closure design for a paperboard container having four or more end panels that form the end closure hingedly joined respectively to four side panels connected to each other by parallel, spaced apart fold lines. Each of the hinged end panels has a straight free edge parallel the hinged edge and each free edge has two spaced apart notches of the same shape and size cut therein, each positioned the same distance from the parallel, spaced apart fold lines such that when the panels are folded over, a notch from each end panel interlocks with a notch from an adjacent end panel. An opposing two of the hinged end panels also include two diagonal score lines, each extending from an interior edge of the notches to the interior corner formed by the fold lines between the end closure panel and its respective side panel. To form the end closure, the end closure panels without the diagonal score lines are folded inwardly, then the end closure panels with the diagonal score lines are folded inwardly.

Abstract: A minor-end loading carton is provided that includes a bottom panel opposing a top panel, and a second pair of opposing panels connecting the bottom panel to the top panel to form a rectangular body having a first minor end and a second minor end. The minor ends may be closable via a plurality of flaps foldably connected to the panels. A method is further provided for loading and shipping elongate materials in a minor-end loading carton. According to one embodiment of the invention, the method includes loading the products downward through a second minor end of a minor-end loading carton against the inside of the closed first minor end while the first minor end is substantially horizontal. The products may include elongate materials, such as stalk produce, which are preferably oriented parallel to the minor ends extending from a first panel to a second panel.

Abstract: A carton, and a blank for forming the carton, are provided having interlocking flanges that may be folded down into a locked configuration in a variety of sequences and that may retain the locked configuration when folds are misaligned. The carton includes a plurality of walls having locking flanges foldably attached thereto. Each one of the locking flanges is adapted to engage adjacent locking flanges in a folded configuration. Each one of the locking flanges includes a first side portion and an opposing second side portion. Each of the side portions includes a first tab, a second tab spaced apart from the first tab, and an engagement edge disposed between the first tab and the second tab. In a folded configuration, each one of the tabs and the engagement edge of a side portion engages corresponding tabs and the engagement edge of an adjacent flange side portion.

Abstract: A package that is movable between a collapsed position and an uncollapsed position is formed from at least three panels coupled to one another to form a panel assembly. A series of lower flaps are coupled the lower edges of the panels and interlock to form a permanent closure at a lower end of the panel assembly. A foldable flap coupled to one of the panels and interlocking with another of the panels to form an openable closure at the upper end of the panel assembly. The enclosure formed by the panels, the lower flaps and the upper flaps is foldable into a generally flat collapsed configuration in a plane containing a folding axis that is provided in the permanent closure.

Abstract: A foldable, stackable box assembly, having a collapsible sleeve component and a foldable container which is insertable into and out of the sleeve by a built-in handle mechanism. The container and sleeve are formed of these folding blanks which, when assembled, create a sturdy, slidable drawer-like box assembly. The front of the container has a compressible handle-like mechanism. It is a characteristic of the container/drawer that the front wall has, extending down from the top, a panel which extends forwardly and terminates short of the bottom of the front of the container/drawer. It is held there by compressible panels, and forms the handle mechanism under which a user can insert hand or finger to pull out the container/drawer from the sleeve.

Abstract: A box is erected from a blank and has a rectangular bottom, four sides and a rectangular top. The top is formed by four flaps, each extending foldably from an upper edge of one of the sides. These flaps overlap and interlock with one another. The flaps are additionally provided with finger-grip openings dimensioned to receive fingers of a person carrying the box. The arrangement of the openings is such that when the box is carried by fingers received in the openings provided in the opposing flaps, the interlock between the flaps prevents the flaps from parting from one another.

Abstract: A corrugated paperboard bulk box has opposed pairs of parallel side walls, and in a preferred embodiment, has interposed diagonal corner panels to form an octagonal box. The bottom of the box is closed by opposed pairs of interlocking major and minor bottom flaps, wherein one pair of flaps have notches in their free edges and the other pair of flaps have T-shaped locking tabs in their free edges. The notches form a central opening in the bottom when the flaps are folded closed, and the locking tabs are pushed through the opening to lock the flaps closed. Aligning tabs project outwardly from opposite side edges of one pair of opposed bottom flaps, and complemental slots are formed at the folding connection of another pair of bottom flaps, so that when the flaps are folded inwardly toward one another, the tabs extend into the slots to square the box and hold it square.

Abstract: Inner folds (3) are defined on the surface of material (2) made of thin paper. The surface of the material (2) is divided by the inner folds (3) between a bottom (4) corresponding to the bottom of cake and a sidewall (5) contacting the bottom (4). Inner folds (6) and outer folds (7) are defined on the surface of the sidewall (5). A container body (1) is shaped like a cup by the inner folds (3, 6) and the outer folds (7). The sidewall is divided into a plurality of bent pieces (8, 9, 10) by the folds (6, 7). A step portion (13) intersecting the inner folds (6) and outer folds (7) to form a difference in level is defined at each bent piece (8, 9, 10). When a restoring force of the material (2) is applied to the inner folds (6) and the outer folds (7), each fold (6, 7) is about to unfold. However, each fold (6, 7) is prevented from unfolding by the step portion (13) as resistance.

Abstract: A collapsible container is formed from a blank of foldable sheet material. The container includes a plurality of upright first wall panels, second wall panels, and corner panels foldably connected to and disposed between a first wall panel and a second wall panel. The first wall panels, second wall panels and corner panels act together to define a predetermined area. Bottom forming side flaps are foldably connected to the bottom edges of the first wall panels and extend therefrom towards one another into the predetermined area, wherein the side flaps extend laterally beyond the first wall panels. Bottom forming end flaps are foldably connected to the bottom edges of the second wall panels and extend therefrom towards one another into the predetermined area. Portions of the end flaps overlie portions of the side flaps when both the end flaps and the side flaps are respectively extending towards the predetermined area.

Abstract: A mailing pack includes a bottom panel and first and second side flaps hingedly connected with first and second opposite edges of the bottom panel. First and second end flaps are hingedly connected with third and fourth opposite edges of the bottom panel. The first end flap extends in a first direction from the hinge edge thereof and the second end flap extends from the hinge edge thereof in an opposite direction. The bottom panel, first and second side flaps and first and second end flaps are constructed from a fluted material having flutes extending in a second direction. A securing tab arrangement secures the end flaps in substantially parallel covering relation to the side flaps and the bottom panel.

Abstract: A carton with a self-locking end closure includes a pair of end flaps connected by fold lines to end walls, and a pair of side flaps connected by fold lines to sidewalls. The end flaps have tapered or notched side edges and an outer edge. The outer edge of each end flap includes two symmetrically positioned notches. Each end flap also includes a pair of locking tabs. The side flaps include a pair of side edges and an outer edge and a pair of hinged locking devices which are symmetrically positioned at predetermined distances from the outer edges. The locking devices include an ear or flap, a cut line defining the ear or flap, a hinge line along which the ear or flap rotates, and a tab adjacent the ear. The end flaps are foldable against the side flaps, permitting the locking tabs of the end flaps to engage the locking devices of the side flaps to lock the end closure of the carton.

Abstract: A carton having a tubular body with a pair of opposed sidewalls and a pair of opposed endwalls, with end panels and side panels for a closure extending therefrom. At least one end panel is hinged to an endwall and has a free edge defining a pair of spaced notches with a retention flap therebetween, thereby forming a pair of locking tabs, one at each free corner of the end panel. At least one hinged tab is struck out from each side panel. The hinged tab includes a tab hinge line and a double-ended severing line extending to spaced apart portions of the tab hinge line so as to form a tab which is swingable out of the plane of the side panel, thereby exposing a locking edge of the side panel formed by the severing line. The locking tabs of the end panel deflect the hinge tabs into the interior of the carton to form recesses in the side panels into which the locking tabs are inserted so that the locking edge of the tab engages the locking edge of the side panel.

Abstract: A carton includes a tubular body with a pair of opposed sidewalls and a pair of opposed endwalls. A closure extending from the sidewalls and endwalls includes end panels and side panels joined to the endwalls and sidewalls with hinge lines. The end panels have a discontinuous free edge which extends across a pair of free corners. A recessed edge is located between the free corners and defines a pair of U-shaped locking edge portions on either side of a generally arcuate intermediate portion. A pair of locking recesses are formed in each side panel, each recess including an arcuate edge portion spanning a generally truncated V-shaped edge portion. The recessed edge of the end panels engages the locking recesses of the side panels to lock the carton closure.

Abstract: A corrugated fiberboard shipping container for fresh produce the container having a tubular body, a bottom closure which is formed by four bottom flaps, and a re-openable and re-closable top closure at the top of the container. The top closure is formed by four top flaps, each top flap being folded inwardly with respect to the body panel to which it is attached to extend transversely therefrom. Each of an opposed pair of top flaps has a pair of spaced apart elongate slots therein which extend, respectively from the juncture of each such top flap with its body panel partly to the free edge thereof. Each of the other opposed pair of top flaps has a pair of spaced apart cuts therein extending from the free edge partly to the juncture of such top flap with its body panel. The cuts form a spaced apart pair of locking tabs in the free edge of each of the other opposed pair of top flaps with an intermediate tab therebetween.

Abstract: An end closure arrangement for a hexagonal container that comprises separate closure flaps foldably joined to each container side wall panel at one end of the container. The flaps include a pair of inner closure flaps, a pair of first intermediate closure flaps, a second intermediate closure flap, and an outer closure flap, all of which are arranged in overlapping interlocking relation.

Abstract: A paperboard carton having a self-locking bottom for holding heavy produce and the like which may be made with minimum waste and cutout material. The minor or width flaps have an inwardly folding flap locking segment which, then folded, defines a generally rectangular opening centrally located along the outer edge of the minor flaps. The major or width flaps have a flap locking slit formed therein. An assembly flap hingedly formed in the major flap may be folded inwardly to create an assembly slot along a portion of the flap locking slit.

Abstract: A carton for produce and the like has a bottom closure provided by pairs of major flaps and minor flaps hingedly connected to the carton body side walls and end walls, respectively. The major flaps have L-shaped slots cutout adjacent each end of the major flap, each slot providing a pair of generally perpendicular slot legs with one leg terminating adjacent the hinge line connecting the major flap to a side wall of the carton body and the other leg extending longitudinally of the major flap to provide a locking edge generally parallel to such hinge line with the edge terminating at an end abutment. Each minor flap has a fold line segregating an end portion of the minor flap and a cutout segment disposed centrally along the outer end of such end portion, this segment defining spaced locking corners at its opposite ends with projecting tabs on the end portion disposed laterally of the segment ends.