Foldable box

- PACKSIZE LLC
Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the foldable box showing the new design in a flat, unfolded configuration.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the foldable box of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a left elevational view of the foldable box of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a right elevational view of the foldable box of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the foldable box of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the foldable box of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a back plan view of the foldable box of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the foldable box of FIG. 1 in an assembled configuration.

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the foldable box of FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a left elevational view of the foldable box of FIG. 8.

FIG. 11 is a right elevational view of the foldable box of FIG. 8.

FIG. 12 is a front elevational view of the foldable box of FIG. 8.

FIG. 13 is a back elevational view of the foldable box of FIG. 8.

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the foldable box of Figure.

The foldable box includes symbolic break lines along its length. The break lines and areas between the break lines form no part of the claimed design.

The separations and brackets in FIGS. 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 are used to indicate that any portions of the foldable box between the separations form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a foldable box, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
837324 December 1906 Mitchell
1146115 July 1915 Weiss
1200522 October 1916 Richardson
1234917 July 1917 McClay et al.
1703042 February 1929 Kondolf
1722422 July 1929 Johnson
1996965 April 1935 Keppler
2074638 March 1937 Black
2077694 April 1937 Hinton
2185544 January 1940 Darragh
2277717 March 1942 Sackett
2295141 September 1942 Van Wingen
2399537 April 1946 Belden
2708545 May 1955 Seith
2709032 May 1955 Ritchie
2806643 September 1957 Weiss
2832270 April 1958 Pierce et al.
2857090 October 1958 Fallert
2892465 June 1959 Fallert
2982465 May 1961 Fallert
2987236 June 1961 Strine
3003676 October 1961 De Nola
3101886 August 1963 Ring
3143937 August 1964 Martin
3158307 November 1964 Mayer
3162351 December 1964 Rudofski
3184136 May 1965 Forbes, Jr.
3221973 December 1965 Kalbrener
3237841 March 1966 Ridgeway, Jr.
3268147 August 1966 Burger
3441194 April 1969 Kistner
3443684 May 1969 Taylor
3482759 December 1969 Ortiz
3586233 June 1971 McCulloch
3690222 September 1972 Schroeder
3735913 May 1973 Lueben
3804321 April 1974 Forbes
3832826 September 1974 Ullman
3843038 October 1974 Sax
3843040 October 1974 Locke
3908890 September 1975 Baker
3923234 December 1975 Lund, Jr.
3948152 April 6, 1976 Nolan et al.
3949152 April 6, 1976 Floessel
3957196 May 18, 1976 Kellerman
4027817 June 7, 1977 Fremion
4094451 June 13, 1978 Wescoat
RE30325 July 8, 1980 Waldbauer
4211356 July 8, 1980 Kyoya et al.
4215522 August 5, 1980 Clift et al.
4264200 April 28, 1981 Tickner et al.
4326633 April 27, 1982 Schillinger et al.
4399915 August 23, 1983 Sorenson
4441614 April 10, 1984 Gulliver
4522016 June 11, 1985 DiRico
4608038 August 26, 1986 Virta et al.
4838458 June 13, 1989 Davidson
4838468 June 13, 1989 Lesse
4844316 July 4, 1989 Keeny
4867372 September 19, 1989 Patterson
4972954 November 27, 1990 Dickie
4986446 January 22, 1991 Montgomery et al.
4986466 January 22, 1991 Colby
5058872 October 22, 1991 Gladow
5115625 May 26, 1992 Barbulesco et al.
5372259 December 13, 1994 Suzuki et al.
5374326 December 20, 1994 Marchetti
5465900 November 14, 1995 Baratto et al.
5501339 March 26, 1996 Suzuki et al.
5823352 October 20, 1998 Mena et al.
5836498 November 17, 1998 Turek
5878947 March 9, 1999 Hoy et al.
5975303 November 2, 1999 Morell
5996885 December 7, 1999 Chu
6012587 January 11, 2000 McCullough
6016904 January 25, 2000 Hammock et al.
6079563 June 27, 2000 Katchmazenski
6105854 August 22, 2000 Spivey et al.
6360942 March 26, 2002 Todjar Hengami
6471124 October 29, 2002 Tedeschi, Jr.
6675970 January 13, 2004 Nemoto
D511092 November 1, 2005 Shea
7100811 September 5, 2006 Pettersson et al.
7121453 October 17, 2006 Nass
D553979 October 30, 2007 North
7565998 July 28, 2009 McClure
7726489 June 1, 2010 Li
7913896 March 29, 2011 Reinkensmeyer
8256620 September 4, 2012 Kiessner et al.
8584928 November 19, 2013 Keissner
8590774 November 26, 2013 Sauer
D727144 April 21, 2015 Fischer
9580202 February 28, 2017 Pettersson
9926158 March 27, 2018 Brouilette
9969522 May 15, 2018 Pettersson
D820675 June 19, 2018 Burke
D821871 July 3, 2018 Meneaud
D850253 June 4, 2019 Mason
D850908 June 11, 2019 Perella
D854410 July 23, 2019 Hoshikawa
D855459 August 6, 2019 Martin
D857523 August 27, 2019 Compton
20020011171 January 31, 2002 Usui
20030038168 February 27, 2003 Phillips
20040200890 October 14, 2004 Mesly
20050121356 June 9, 2005 Wisecarver
20050199688 September 15, 2005 Fogle
20050211600 September 29, 2005 Saito
20060180438 August 17, 2006 Mosli et al.
20070119915 May 31, 2007 Liao
20070145664 June 28, 2007 Sardella
20070199648 August 30, 2007 Hulverscheidt, Jr.
20080083632 April 10, 2008 Reinkensmeyer
20080197177 August 21, 2008 Volz
20100116874 May 13, 2010 Carmichael
20100155290 June 24, 2010 Kiessner et al.
20110186618 August 4, 2011 Keissner
20110272312 November 10, 2011 Kramer
20140042216 February 13, 2014 Cameron
20140367460 December 18, 2014 Pettersson
20170121051 May 4, 2017 Pettersson
20190389620 December 26, 2019 Engleman
Foreign Patent Documents
3343523 June 1985 DE
29808803 July 1998 DE
102012018758 March 2014 DE
0621194 October 1994 EP
0732269 September 1996 EP
1211192 June 2002 EP
1801020 June 2007 EP
1870341 December 2007 EP
2813584 March 2002 FR
0695780 August 1953 GB
1546789 May 1979 GB
2079802 January 1982 GB
10-338206 December 1998 JP
11-157569 June 1999 JP
3080114 August 2000 JP
2015-503495 February 2015 JP
20-0251839 November 2001 KR
1789431 January 1993 RU
2006/107150 October 2006 WO
2006/122539 November 2006 WO
2010/022042 February 2010 WO
2011/075445 June 2011 WO
2011/081985 July 2011 WO
2013103722 July 2013 WO
2017083115 May 2017 WO
Other references
  • Box USA: Announced [Sep. 22, 2021; online]. Retrieved [Jul. 26, 2023]. URL: https://www.amazon.com/BOX-USA-Corrugated-Cardboard-Literature/dp/B09GWBNJXC (Year: 2021).
  • Magnetic Gift Box: Announced [Date Not Available; online]. Retrieved [Jul. 26, 2023]. URL: http (Year: 2023).
  • Horlimer: Announced [Nov. 1, 2020; online]. Retrieved [Aug. 1, 2023]. URL: https://www.amazon.com/HORLIMER-Shipping-Corrugated-Cardboard-Literature/dp/B09ZNSGPPH/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 (Year: 2020).
  • Aviditi : Announced [Mar. 12, 2013; online]. Retrieved [Aug. 1, 2023]. URL: https://www.amazon.com/AVIDITI-50-Pack-Corrugated-Cardboard-Shipping/dp/B00BT5553C (Year: 2013).
  • White Cardboard Box: Announced [Jan. 27, 2020; online]. Retrieved [Aug. 1, 2023]. URL: https://www.amazon.com/White-Cardboard-Shipping-Box-/Corrugated/dp/B08KJJF24H (Year: 2020).
  • Custom Packaging Options, Inc. “Custom Corrugated Cardboard Boxes”, http://packaging.got-boxes.com/category/custom-corrugated-cardboard-Boxes- - 3.
  • eHow.com “How to Make Custom Cardboard Box Sizes”, 3 pages, http://www.ehow.com/how.sub.-5656898.sub.--make-custom-cardboard-box-Siz- es.html, date unknown.
  • Instructables, “Build a Cardboard Box”, http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Cardboard-Box/, available at least as early as Jan. 1, 2008.
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion for PCT/US2010/60974 dated Feb. 17, 2011.
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion from PCT/US2009/049602 dated Aug. 25, 2009.
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion from PCT/US2009/054147 dated Aug. 18, 2009.
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion from PCT/US2009/064477 dated Nov. 13, 2009.
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion from PCT/US2009/065552 dated Nov. 23, 2009.
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion from PCT/US2010/022983 dated Feb. 3, 2010.
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion from PCT/US2010/031017 dated Jun. 28, 2010.
  • International Search Report for PCT/DE2006/000863 dated Aug. 31, 2006.
  • International Search Report from EP 09808706 dated Feb. 16, 2012.
  • International Search Report from PCT/US2009/064248 dated Dec. 29, 2009.
  • Ponoko, “Large Cardboard Box—No Glue”, http://www.ponoko.com/design-your-own/products/large-cardboard-box-no-glu- e-6102, Jul. 20, 2011.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 11/942,355, Mailed Jun. 17, 2009, Office Action.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 11/942,355, Mailed Mar. 16, 2010, Office Action.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 12/648,211, Mailed Dec. 1, 2011, Office Action.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 13/059,630, filed Mar. 29, 2013, Office Action.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 14/370,725, filed Jan. 14, 2016, Final Office Action.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 14/370,725, filed Mar. 23, 2016, Office Action.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 14/370,725, filed May 28, 2015, Final Office Action.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 14/370,725, filed Sep. 9, 2015, Office Action.
  • WebIndia 123 “Box Making—Square Shaped Box”, 2 pages, http://www.webindia123.com/craft/asp/craft.asp?c.sub.--id=166, Copyright 2000.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 16/435,252, Mar. 24, 2020, Office Action.
  • Final Office Action received for U.S. Appl. No. 16/435,252, mailed on Sep. 24, 2020, 15 pages.
  • Non-Final Office Action received for U.S. Appl. No. 16/435,252, mailed on Dec. 28, 2020, 11 pages.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 29/654,186, Oct. 3, 2019, Office Action.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 29/654,186, Apr. 16, 2020, NOA.
  • Non-Final Office Action received for U.S. Appl. No. 16/435,252, mailed on Jul. 9, 2021, 9 pages.
Patent History
Patent number: D1039972
Type: Grant
Filed: May 15, 2020
Date of Patent: Aug 27, 2024
Assignee: PACKSIZE LLC (Salt Lake City, UT)
Inventor: Clinton Engleman (Layton, UT)
Primary Examiner: Catherine S Posthauer
Application Number: 29/734,787
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/432; D9/433