Envelopes – wrappers – and paperboard boxes – Paperboard box – Box material includes a coating or a nonpaperboard...
Patent
1993-05-03
1994-03-15
Elkins, Gary E.
Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
Paperboard box
Box material includes a coating or a nonpaperboard...
206457, 2064595, 229186, 229922, B65D 524, B65D 542
Patent
active
052940403
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a container which is folded from a flat blank of material being provided with a plurality of fold lines forming a bottom wall, side walls and top wall panels in the blank. The side walls are coupled to one another by bellows-type coupling members which are adapted to be inwardly folded during assembly to draw up the adjacent side walls to which there are attached. The top walls are dimensioned such that upon folding into a substantially parallel relationship with the bottom wall will form a closed container which is especially suitable to be used as a gift box or the like. A portion of the bellows-type coupling member may be non-structurally adhered to a side wall of the container acting to greatly enhance subsequent folding and assembling of the container into its finished form. Predetermined fold lines may be pre-folded to allow more convenient assembly, which still enable packaging and handling of the container in a substantially flat form as desired. The top walls of the container may be constructed to allow a plurality of blanks to be interlocked with one another to allow very tight packing of a large number of blanks on a given sheet of material, to thereby reduce the generation of scrap during the manufacturing process. The blank of material may be advantageously printed on one or both sides thereof using conventional printing techniques to achieve enhanced graphics, and the container may also be formed with punch-outs to provide an interactive container being usable as a container and subsequently forming a toy, game or having other distinct and appealing characteristics.
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Cohen Laura L.
Kay Roy M.
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