IP Library Granted Patent US 10,947,004
Granted Patent B1
US 10,947,004 · App. 16/568,714 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Dual use box

Inventors: Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, GA); Shifeng Chen (Newport News, VA); Randy Ball (Peachtree City, GA)
Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
B65D5/0227B65D5/4266B65D5/54B65D2543/00425
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Patent No.
US 10,947,004
App. No.
16/568,714
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

A box comprising: a side panel; a covering top panel connected to the side panel by a fold line, the covering top panel comprising an overlapping portion comprising: a primary sealing flap, the primary sealing flap comprising a primary adhesive; a secondary flap connected to the primary sealing flap by a perforated line, the secondary flap comprising a distal end and a proximal portion that is proximal the side panel relative to the distal end, the distal end comprising a secondary adhesive, the distal end joined to the proximal portion by a tear strip.

Claims (33)

1. A box comprising:

a plurality of side panels comprising a first side panel and a second side panel opposite the first side panel;

a first top panel comprising a connecting portion and an overlapping portion, the connecting portion connected to the first side panel by a first fold line, the overlapping portion connected to the connecting portion distal to the first fold line, the overlapping portion comprising:

a primary sealing flap extending from the connecting portion and comprising a primary adhesive;

a first secondary flap extending from the connecting portion and comprising a secondary adhesive and a tear strip; and

a second secondary flap, wherein the primary sealing flap is located between the first and second secondary flaps; and

a second top panel connected to the second side panel by a second bend line opposite the first bend line, wherein the primary adhesive adheres to the second top panel in a first closed configuration of the box and the secondary adhesive adheres to the second top panel in a second closed configuration of the box.

2. The box of claim 1 , wherein the primary adhesive and the secondary adhesive each comprise a peelable backing.

3. The box of claim 2 , wherein:

the peelable backing of the secondary adhesive is configured to peel off; and

the secondary adhesive is configured to adhere to the second top panel in the second closed configuration.

4. The box of claim 2 , wherein:

the peelable backing of the primary adhesive is configured to peel off; and

the primary adhesive is configured to adhere to the second top panel in the first closed configuration.

5. The box of claim 1 , wherein:

the first secondary flap defines a proximal portion connected to the connecting portion and a distal end distal to the connecting portion;

the secondary adhesive is located at the distal end; and

the tear strip is configured to be removed and to release the proximal portion from the distal end.

6. The box of claim 1 , wherein:

the primary sealing flap is connected to the first secondary flap by a perforated line;

the perforated line is configured to rip and to release the primary sealing flap from the first secondary flap; and

the primary sealing flap is configured to lay under the second top panel in the second closed configuration.

7. The box of claim 1 , the connecting portion comprising:

a side panel end joined to the first side panel by the first fold line, the first fold line being a first top panel fold line; and

a connecting portion end distal to the side panel end and joined to the overlapping portion by a top central fold line.

8. The box of claim 1 , wherein the box further comprises:

a third side panel extending between the first and second side panels and a fourth side panel opposite the third side panel and extending between the first and second side panels;

a supporting subjacent panel joined to the third side panel by a subjacent-side fold line; and

a supporting superjacent panel joined to the supporting subjacent panel by a superjacent-subjacent fold line and joined to the connecting portion by a connecting-superjacent fold line.

9. The box of claim 1 , further comprising a box bottom comprising:

a second bottom panel attached to an adjacent first bottom panel; and

a third bottom panel attached to an adjacent fourth bottom panel;

wherein the box is collapsible.

Assignments (2)
AMENDED AND RESTATED GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2021
From: PRATT CORRUGATED HOLDINGS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 058556/0898 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2019
From: SOLLIE, GREG; CHEN, SHIFENG; BALL, RANDY
To: PRATT CORRUGATED HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 050431/0949 →