Closure Includes Slit Or Aperture To Receive A Projection From A Box Wall Patents (Class 229/125.29)
  • Patent number: 11370577
    Abstract: Example aspects of a main body blank for a storage box, a tray blank for a storage box, and a storage box blank are disclosed. The main body blank can comprise a planar sidewall assembly comprising a plurality of sidewalls, each of the sidewalls defining a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge; and a first fastener panel formed monolithically with the sidewall assembly and hingedly connected to the bottom edge of a first one of the sidewalls by a first fastener bend line, the first fastener panel coplanar with the sidewall assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Sollie, Paul Ott, Jamie Waltermire, Shifeng Chen
  • Patent number: 11365034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a childproof container comprising a store, for housing a product, and a closure system configured to define a closing condition and an opening condition of the container. The container comprises a safety device having a first coupling portion carried by the closure system and a second coupling portion engaged to the store and configured to cooperate with the first coupling portion to define a locking condition in which the first and second coupling portions prevent the closure system from switching from the closing to the opening condition. The store comprises an unlocking portion located on a side wall of the store and defining a through access configured to allow, in the locking condition, the insertion in the store of an opening device to allow the disengagement between the first and second coupling portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.R.L
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Patent number: 11040797
    Abstract: A tamper evident feature for a container is provided. The tamper evident feature may include a locking tab connected to a wall panel of the container and a receiving slot provided on a cover panel of the container. The locking tab may include a locking end portion with an outer terminal edge and a slit extending laterally across the locking tab. The slit may provide a cut edge extending partially across an intermediate portion of the locking tab and allow for a tab end portion to bend relative to the remainder of the locking tab. The receiving slot may include a receiving slit defined into the cover panel of the container and configured to receive the locking end portion of the locking tab. The receiving slit may provide a receiving edge that engages with the cut edge of the locking tab to secure the cover panel in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HUHTAMAKI, INC.
    Inventor: George Zeiler
  • Patent number: 9187205
    Abstract: The present application thus provides a tray for use with a number of products. The tray may include a base and a lid enclosing the base. The base may include a first wall and a second wall. The lid may include a first lid tab and a second lid tab such that the first lid tab of the lid is attached to an exterior of the first wall of the base and the second lid tab of the lid is attached to the exterior of the second wall of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest B. Widner
  • Patent number: 7798391
    Abstract: A container assembly having an inner container and an outer cover that fits over the inner container. The inner container is positioned within the outer cover. The outer cover includes an overlay formed in the outer cover sidewalls by a tear line allowing the overlay to be detached from the outer cover. An adhesive secures the inner container and the outer cover together with the adhesive being provided between the inner container and the overlay so that the overlay can detach from the outer cover and remain attached to the inner container over the adhesive when the outer cover is removed from the inner container. A knockdown assembly that can be erected into a container assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Innovative Packaging Designs L.P.
    Inventors: Brian Tibbels, Carl Jeffrey Jolley
  • Patent number: 7721940
    Abstract: A box for packaging objects, said box including a first belt made up of four vertical panels and terminated by a return tab, each vertical panel being extended by two opposite side flaps designed so that, once they have been folded over at right angles, they form a bottom and a first top for said box, each of at least two of the side flaps having a cutout on a fold line parallel to its outside edge, which cutout enables a tongue to be detached from said flap, said box further including a second belt made up of four other vertical panels and terminated by another return tab, each vertical panel being extended by a single other side flap designed to form a second top for the box, each of two other side flaps being provided with at least one opening or at least one notch for receiving said tongues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: NEOPOST Technologies
    Inventors: Guillaume Moenne-Loccoz, Alexandre Nisse, Christophe Peynet
  • Publication number: 20080149654
    Abstract: A tongue shaped friction lock is integrally formed in a dust cover or a bottom panel of an open-topped container and positioned to capture the stacking tabs of an adjacent open-topped container. The friction lock provides a small opening through which a stacking tab may be inserted, while at the same time pushing up a locking flap, which pivots up and frictionally engages the stacking tab. A strip of reinforcing tape is embedded within the dust cover and allows one to remove and reuse the dust cover without tearing the tongue lock or the surrounding portions of the dust cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Stanley L. Fry
  • Patent number: 7337905
    Abstract: A tongue shaped friction lock is integrally formed in a dust cover or a bottom panel of an open-topped container and positioned to capture the stacking tabs of an adjacent open-topped container. The friction lock provides a small opening through which a stacking tab may be inserted, while at the same time pushing up a locking flap, which pivots up and frictionally engages the stacking tab. A strip of reinforcing tape is embedded within the dust cover and allows one to remove and reuse the dust cover without tearing the tongue lock or the surrounding portions of the dust cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventor: Stanley L Fry
  • Patent number: 7140493
    Abstract: A substantially flat and planar dust cover has at least one opening formed through it near at least one edge for receiving a stacking tab on an open-topped container when the dust cover is applied to the container. A narrow strip of material is defined between the opening and an outer edge of the dust cover, and a strip of reinforcing tape is embedded within the edge of the dust cover to reinforce the narrow strip of material and prevent tearing of it or surrounding portions of the dust cover. A tongue shaped friction lock is integrally formed in the opening to capture the stacking tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventor: Stanley L. Fry
  • Patent number: 6702179
    Abstract: A paperboard box is made of a piece of paperboard with split lines and folding lines to form a shape like a boat so as to make the food or the like inside worthwhile and enhance the purchase desire of the consumer. Further, the paperboard box is easy to be disposed after using without creating a problem of contamination to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventor: Shih-Jen Chang
  • Publication number: 20030213836
    Abstract: A tongue shaped friction lock is integrally formed in a dust cover or a bottom panel of an open-topped container and positioned to capture the stacking tabs of an adjacent open-topped container. The friction lock provides a small opening through which a stacking tab may be inserted, while at the same time pushing up a locking flap, which pivots up and frictionally engages the stacking tab. A strip of reinforcing tape is embedded within the dust cover and allows one to remove and reuse the dust cover without tearing the tongue lock or the surrounding portions of the dust cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventor: Stanley L. Fry
  • Patent number: 6607089
    Abstract: A plastic cover for a produce container which when laid out is flat. The cover is collapsible and has a plurality of ventilators. Each ventilator has a ventilator flap and a corresponding ventilator aperture. The cover has a plurality of container binding members. Each container binding member has a container flap. Each container flap has a first small flap and a second small flap. Each container flap has a corresponding container receiving aperture. Each container binding member receives a portion of the container to assist in binding the cover to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Chantler Packaging, Inc
    Inventor: Roy G. Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20030102363
    Abstract: A paperboard box is made from a piece of paperboard with split lines and folding lines to form a shape like a ship so as to make the food or the like inside worthwhile and enhance the purchase desire of the consumer. Further, the paperboard box is easy to be treated after using without a problem to the environment protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Shih-Jen Chang
  • Publication number: 20020195450
    Abstract: A plastic cover for a produce container which when laid out is flat. The cover is collapsible and has a plurality of ventilators. Each ventilator has a ventilator flap and a corresponding ventilator aperture. The cover has a plurality of container binding members. Each container binding member has a container flap. Each container flap has a first small flap and a second small flap. Each container flap has a corresponding container receiving aperture. Each container binding member receives a portion of the container to assist in binding the cover to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Roy G. Ferguson
  • Patent number: 6354487
    Abstract: A combined stacking tab is provided for use with a container having a containment portion and a lid. The containment portion includes a lateral panel and an upright wall. The upright wall includes an upper edge with a stacking tab. The lid also includes a lateral panel and an upright wall connected to the lateral panel. A lid stacking tab is cut from portions of the lid lateral panel at its connection to the lid upright wall, thereby resulting in an opening in the lid lateral panel. As erected, the lid stacking tab remains in the plane of the lid upright wall, with the containment portion stacking tab being located within the opening of the lid lateral panel. The combination of the containment portion stacking tab and the lid stacking tab forms a combined stacking tab of at least double-ply material thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser Company
    Inventor: H. Donald Muise, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6253952
    Abstract: A packaging box has a box with at least a pair of parallel sidewalls having an upper profile with a longitudinal recess that contains two or more fixing tabs and a cover with a cover area of the shape and size of the box and at least two cover flaps having slots to receive the tabs of the box and hold the cover to the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventor: Ignacio Vial B.