IP Library Granted Patent US 11,117,704
Granted Patent B2
US 11,117,704 · App. 16/903,440 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Beverage box

Inventors: Shifeng Chen (Newport News, VA); Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, GA); Jamie Waltermire (Peachtree City, GA)
Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,117,704
App. No.
16/903,440
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A box includes a container portion, the container portion defining a top end and a bottom end, the container portion defining a cavity; a telescoping portion attached to the top end of the container portion, the telescoping portion selectively reconfigurable about and between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration, a portion of the telescoping portion being positioned within the cavity in the retracted configuration, the telescoping portion disposed external to the cavity in the extended configuration; and a dividing portion disposed within the cavity, the dividing portion defining a plurality of cells within the cavity.

Claims (93)

1. A box comprising:

a container portion, the container portion defining a top end and a bottom end, the container portion defining a cavity;

a telescoping portion attached to the top end of the container portion, the telescoping portion selectively reconfigurable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration, a portion of the telescoping portion being positioned within the cavity in the retracted configuration, the telescoping portion disposed external to the cavity in the extended configuration; and

a dividing portion disposed within the cavity, the dividing portion defining a plurality of cells within the cavity; and

wherein:

the container portion comprises a main panel and a side panel;

the side panel comprises a first side subpanel and a second side subpanel;

the first side subpanel is hingedly coupled to the main panel;

the dividing portion comprises a first dividing wing and a second dividing wing;

the first dividing wing is hingedly coupled to the first side subpanel; and

the second dividing wing is hingedly coupled to the second side subpanel.

2. The box of claim 1 , wherein the first dividing wing is attached to the second dividing wing to couple the first side subpanel to the second side subpanel.

3. The box of claim 1 , wherein:

the first dividing wing comprises an inner panel, a middle panel, and an outer panel;

the inner panel is coupled to the second dividing wing;

the middle panel extends from the inner panel to the outer panel; and

the outer panel is coupled to the main panel.

4. The box of claim 1 , wherein:

a telescoping panel of the telescoping portion is coupled to the main panel of the container portion;

the main panel at least partially defines a first cell of the plurality of cells; and

the telescoping panel defines a neck slot configured to align with the first cell when the telescoping panel is in the retracted configuration.

5. The box of claim 1 , further comprising a top portion configured to at least partially enclose the cavity when the top portion is in a closed configuration.

6. The box of claim 1 , wherein:

the container portion comprises the main panel;

the main panel at least partially defines an opening to the cavity at a top end of the container portion;

a telescoping panel comprises an upper securing panel and a lower securing panel;

the lower securing panel is coupled to the main panel at the top end;

the lower securing panel extends downwards into the cavity substantially parallel to the main panel in the retracted configuration; and

the upper securing panel is positioned within the cavity substantially perpendicular to the lower securing panel in the retracted configuration.

7. A box blank comprising:

a bottom panel;

a main panel coupled to the bottom panel by a main hinge;

a telescoping panel coupled to the main panel by a top hinge positioned opposite from the main hinge;

a side subpanel coupled to the main panel by a side hinge; and

a dividing wing coupled to the side subpanel opposite from the side hinge by an inner hinge, the inner hinge oriented parallel to the side hinge, the dividing wing configured to be folded about the inner hinge and coupled to the main panel to form a box.

8. The box blank of claim 7 , wherein:

the side hinge is a first side hinge;

the side subpanel is a first side subpanel;

the box blank further comprises a second side subpanel;

the second side subpanel is coupled to the main panel opposite from the first side hinge by a second side hinge; and

the dividing wing is configured to couple to a portion of the main panel that is substantially centered between the first side hinge and the second side hinge.

9. The box blank of claim 7 , wherein:

the dividing wing is configured to form a cell between the dividing wing and the main panel when the dividing wing is coupled to the main panel; and

the main panel defines a viewing port configured to align with the cell.

10. The box blank of claim 7 , wherein:

the dividing wing is configured to form a cell between the dividing wing and the main panel when the dividing wing is coupled to the main panel; and

the telescoping panel defines a slot configured to align with the cell.

11. The box blank of claim 7 , wherein:

the dividing wing comprises an inner panel, a middle panel, and an outer panel;

the inner panel is coupled to the side subpanel by the inner hinge;

the middle panel is coupled to the inner panel by a middle hinge;

the outer panel is coupled to the middle panel by an outer hinge; and

the outer panel is configured to couple to couple to the main panel to form the box.

12. The box blank of claim 11 , wherein:

the main panel, the side subpanel, and the dividing wing are a first main panel, a first side subpanel, and a first dividing wing;

the main hinge, the side hinge, and the inner hinge are a first main hinge, a first side hinge, and a first inner hinge;

the box blank further comprises a second main panel coupled the bottom panel by a second main hinge, a second side subpanel coupled to the second main panel by a second side hinge, and a second dividing wing coupled to the second side subpanel by a second inner hinge; and

the inner panel is configured to attach to an inner panel of the second dividing wing to couple the first side subpanel to the second side subpanel when the outer panel is coupled to the first main panel.

13. The box blank of claim 7 , wherein a top flap is coupled to the side subpanel.

14. A box comprising:

a container portion comprising a main panel, the container portion defining a top end and a bottom end, the container portion defining a cavity, the main panel at least partially defining an opening to the cavity at the top end of the container portion;

a telescoping portion attached to the top end of the container portion, a telescoping panel of the telescoping portion comprising an upper securing panel and a lower securing panel, the lower securing panel coupled to the main panel at the top end, the telescoping portion selectively reconfigurable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration, a portion of the telescoping portion being positioned within the cavity in the retracted configuration, the lower securing panel extending downwards into the cavity substantially parallel to the main panel in the retracted configuration, the upper securing panel positioned within the cavity substantially perpendicular to the lower securing panel in the retracted configuration, the telescoping portion disposed external to the cavity in the extended configuration; and

a dividing portion disposed within the cavity, the dividing portion defining a plurality of cells within the cavity.

15. The box of claim 14 , wherein:

the container portion comprises a main panel and a side panel;

the side panel comprises a first side subpanel and a second side subpanel;

the first side subpanel is hingedly coupled to the main panel;

the dividing portion comprises a first dividing wing and a second dividing wing;

the first dividing wing is coupled to the first side subpanel; and

the second dividing wing is coupled to the second side subpanel.

16. The box of claim 15 , wherein:

the first dividing wing comprises an inner panel, a middle panel, and an outer panel;

the inner panel is coupled to the second dividing wing;

the middle panel extends from the inner panel to the outer panel; and

the outer panel is coupled to the main panel.

17. A box blank comprising:

a bottom panel;

a main panel coupled to the bottom panel by a main hinge;

a telescoping panel coupled to the main panel by a top hinge positioned opposite from the main hinge;

a side subpanel coupled to the main panel by a side hinge;

a top flap coupled to the side subpanel; and

a dividing wing coupled to the side subpanel opposite from the side hinge by an inner hinge, the dividing wing configured to be folded about the inner hinge and coupled to the main panel to form a box.

18. The box blank of claim 17 , wherein:

the dividing wing comprises an inner panel, a middle panel, and an outer panel;

the inner panel is coupled to the side subpanel by the inner hinge;

the middle panel is coupled to the inner panel by a middle hinge;

the outer panel is coupled to the middle panel by an outer hinge; and

the outer panel is configured to couple to couple to the main panel to form the box.

19. The box blank of claim 18 , wherein:

the main panel, the side subpanel, and the dividing wing are a first main panel, a first side subpanel, and a first dividing wing;

the main hinge, the side hinge, and the inner hinge are a first main hinge, a first side hinge, and a first inner hinge;

the box blank further comprises a second main panel coupled the bottom panel by a second main hinge, a second side subpanel coupled to the second main panel by a second side hinge, and a second dividing wing coupled to the second side subpanel by a second inner hinge; and

the inner panel is configured to attach to an inner panel of the second dividing wing to couple the first side subpanel to the second side subpanel when the outer panel is coupled to the first main panel.

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 Oct 12, 2020
From: CHEN, SHIFENG; SOLLIE, GREG; WALTERMIRE, JAMIE
To: PRATT CORRUGATED HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 054025/0413 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62933726 · Nov 11, 2019
Related Publication 20210139189A1 · May 13, 2021
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