Box template with integrated corner protectors

1. A box template configured to be arranged into a box, the box template comprising:

at least four side surfaces that are adapted to be folded to form at least four sides of the box;

a top surface that is adapted to be folded to form a top of the box;

a bottom surface that is adapted to be folded to form a bottom of the box; and

one or more corner protectors integrally formed with, and connected to, the box template and configured to be folded to protect an item placed inside the box, at least one of the one or more corner protectors is formed by a series of cuts and creases, and the at least one of the one or more corner protectors includes six rectangles arranged in a two-by-three pattern.

2. The box template of claim 1 , wherein the top surface and the bottom surface are each composed of at least two surfaces, and wherein the at least two surfaces of the top surface are integrally formed with, and connected to, two of the at least four side surfaces, and wherein the at least two surfaces of the bottom surface are integrally formed with, and connected to, the same two of the at least four side surfaces.

3. The box template of claim 2 , wherein the one or more corner protectors are integrally formed with at least one of the other two of the at least four side surfaces.

4. The box template of claim 1 , wherein the one or more corner protectors define eight corner protectors.

5. The box template of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more corner protectors is formed by a series of cuts and creases, wherein each corner protector includes six rectangles arranged in a two-by-three pattern.

6. The box template of claim 1 , wherein the corner protectors are formed from four surfaces, each of which defines two corner protectors.

7. The box template of claim 5 , wherein a right corner protector includes upper-right, upper-middle, upper-left, lower-left, lower-middle, and lower-right rectangles in the two-by-three pattern.

8. The box template of claim 7 , wherein:

the upper-right rectangle is separated from the lower-right and upper-middle rectangles by crease lines;

the upper-middle rectangle is separated from the lower-middle and upper-left rectangles by crease lines;

the upper-left rectangle is separated from the lower-left rectangle by a cut;

the lower-left rectangle is separated from the lower-middle rectangle by a crease line; and

the lower-middle rectangle is separated from the lower-right rectangle by a crease line.

9. The box template of claim 8 , wherein a left corner protector has a minor image of the right corner protector, and wherein the upper-left and lower-left rectangles of the right corner protector are separated from the upper-right and lower-right rectangles of the left corner protector, respectively, by a cut.

10. The box template of claim 9 , wherein the left corner protector and the right corner protector are integrally connected to a respective side surface by a lateral portion.

11. The box template of claim 10 , wherein the lower-left and lower-middle rectangles of the right corner protector are separated from the lateral portion by a cut, and wherein the lower-right rectangle is separated from the lateral portion by a crease line.

12. A foldable box template that is configured to be arranged into a folded box, the foldable box template comprising:

at least four side surfaces that are adapted to be folded to form four sides of said folded box;

a top surface that is adapted to be folded to form a top of said folded box, wherein the top surface is integrally formed with and extends from one of the at least four side surfaces;

a bottom surface that is adapted to be folded to form a bottom of said folded box, wherein the bottom surface is integrally formed with and extends from one of the at least four side surfaces; and

one or more corner protector sections that are adapted to be folded and positioned within said folded box to protect an object placed within said folded box, wherein each of the one or more corner protector sections are integrally formed with and extend from one of the at least four side surfaces, wherein at least one of the one or more corner protector sections is formed by a series of cuts and creases, wherein the at least one of the one or more corner protector sections includes six rectangles arranged in a two-by-three pattern.

13. The foldable box template of claim 12 , wherein the one or more corner protector sections comprises at least four corner protector sections.

14. The foldable box template of claim 13 , wherein two of the at least four corner protector sections are integrally formed with and extend from a bottom portion of their respective side surfaces.

15. The foldable box template of claim 14 , wherein two of the at least four corner protector sections are integrally formed with and extend from a top portion of their respective side surfaces.

16. The foldable box template of claim 12 , wherein each of the one or more corner protector sections is configured to be folded into two corner protectors.

17. The foldable box template of claim 12 , wherein each of the one or more corner protector sections comprises a plurality of cuts and a plurality of crease lines to facilitate folding of each of the one or more corner protector sections into a plurality of corner protectors.

18. A box template that is configured to be folded into a box, said box template having a plurality of identifiable sections that are arranged in first, second, third, and fourth columns, wherein

said first column of said box template comprises:

a first middle surface that is configured to form a first side of said box, the first middle surface having first, second, third, and fourth edges; and

first and second corner protector sections that are integrally formed with and extend from the second and fourth edges of the first middle surface, wherein each of the first and second corner protector sections is configured to be folded to form two corner protectors;

said second column of said box template comprises:

a second middle surface that is configured to form a second side of said box, the second middle surface having first, second, third, and fourth edges, wherein the first edge of the second middle section is integrally formed with and extends from the third edge of the first middle surface;

a first top surface that is configured to be folded to form at least a portion of a top of said box, wherein the first top surface is integrally formed with and extends from the second edge of the second middle surface; and

a first bottom surface that is configured to be folded to form at least a portion of a bottom of said box, wherein the first bottom surface is integrally formed with and extends from the fourth edge of the second middle surface;

said third column of said box template comprises:

a third middle surface that is configured to form a third side of said box, the third middle surface having first, second, third, and fourth edges, wherein the first edge of the third middle section is integrally formed with and extends from the third edge of the second middle surface; and

third and fourth corner protector sections that are integrally formed with and extend from the second and fourth edges of the third middle surface, wherein each of the third and fourth corner protector sections is configured to be folded to form two corner protectors; and

said fourth column of said box template comprises:

a fourth middle surface that is configured to form a fourth side of said box, said fourth middle surface having first, second, third, and fourth edges, wherein the first edge of the fourth middle section is integrally formed with and extends from the third edge of the third middle surface;

a second top surface that is configured to be folded to form at least a portion of the top of said box, wherein the second top surface is integrally formed with and extends from the second edge of the fourth middle surface; and

a second bottom surface that is configured to be folded to form at least a portion of the bottom of said box, wherein the second bottom surface is integrally formed with and extends from the fourth edge of the fourth middle surface

wherein at least one of the corner protector sections is formed by a series of cuts and creases, and the at least one of the corner protector sections includes six rectangles arranged in a two-by-three pattern.

19. The box template of claim 18 , wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth corner protector sections comprises a plurality of crease lines and cuts to facilitate folding of each of the corner protector sections into two corner protectors.

20. The box template of claim 19 , wherein each of the two corner protectors formed by each of the first, second, third, and fourth corner protector sections can be formed by a six step folding process.