Envelopes – wrappers – and paperboard boxes – Paperboard box – Including a polygonal – nonrectangular wall
Patent
1995-05-09
1996-04-02
Elkins, Gary E.
Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
Paperboard box
Including a polygonal, nonrectangular wall
229120, 229122, 229916, 229939, B65D 510, B65D 21032
Patent
active
055033245
ABSTRACT:
A shipping and display box is provided that has stacking holes in a bottom wall and stacking tabs protruding above a top wall for being received in stacking holes of a second shipping and display box stacked on top of the shipping and display box to prevent relative movement of the stacked boxes and to align the stacked boxes and facilitate drainage of water from the second shipping and display box into lower shipping and display boxes. Drain holes are formed proximate edges of the bottom wall of the shipping and display box, and diverter tabs are formed in side walls. The holes formed proximate the edges of the bottom wall facilitate drainage of water from an upper stacked box into holes formed by the diverter tabs in the side walls of lower stacked boxes. The shipping and display boxes are in the form of truncated pyramids to facilitate the cascading of water from upper boxes down through lower stacked boxes and to facilitate air ventilation by forming air passageways when the boxes are tightly stacked on a pallet. The shipping and display box is assembled using integrally formed flaps and slots. A blank for forming the shipping and display box and a method of assembling the blank into the shipping and display box are also described.
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Eight photographs of "Grandmom's Box" manufactured by Surpack S. A. of Peru (cited by Applicant on Mar. 6, 1995 but not previously considered).
Bacchetti Mark R.
Heiskell Ronald E.
Pheys Ezra E.
Advanced Container Corporation
Elkins Gary E.
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