IP Library Granted Patent US 9,533,790
Granted Patent B2
US 9,533,790 · App. 14/633,368 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Foldable and stackable barn box

Inventor: Sarah N. Williams (Morton Grove, IL)
Assignee: Southern Champion Tray, LP
B65D5/001B65D5/029B65D5/46112
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,533,790
App. No.
14/633,368
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A foldable box with a base and a sidewall extending from the base is provided. The sidewall includes an upper edge forming an opening into the box. The box further includes a first flap foldably attached to the upper edge of the sidewall and a second flap foldably attached to the upper edge of the sidewall opposite the first flap. A pair of side flaps are each foldably attached to the upper edge of the sidewall on opposite sides of one another. Each of the side flaps include a side flap slit. Each of the first flap and the second flap include a handle hole formed through an upper portion, and at least one tab extending from an upper edge. At least one of the first flap and the second flap include a flap slit. The tabs are formed to fit and secure within the side flap slits in an extended position and the flap slit in a stackable position.

Claims (11)

1. A foldable box comprising:

a base;

a sidewall extending from the base and comprising an upper edge forming an opening into the box;

a first flap foldably attached to the upper edge of the sidewall;

a second flap foldably attached to the upper edge of the sidewall opposite the first flap; and

a pair of side flaps each foldably attached to the upper edge of the sidewall and opposite of one other, wherein each of the side flaps comprises a side flap slit,

wherein each of the first flap and the second flap comprise a handle hole formed through an upper portion, a pair of flap slits, and a pair of tabs extending from an upper edge,

wherein a first pair of the tabs of the first flap and the second flap secures within one of the side flap slits and a second pair of the tabs of the first flap and the second flap secures within the other of the side flap slits in an extended position and, wherein the pair of the tabs of the first flap secures within the pair of flap slits of the second flap in a stackable position.

2. The foldable box of claim 1 , wherein the stackable position comprises the pair of side flaps folded substantially perpendicular relative to the sidewall, and the first and second flap folded over the pair of side flaps substantially perpendicular relative to the sidewall.

3. The foldable box of claim 1 , wherein the extended position comprises the first flap folded towards the second flap so that the handle holes align, and wherein the pair of side flaps are folded towards the first flap and the second flap so that the tabs are within the side flap slits.

4. The foldable box of claim 1 , wherein the side flap slits are vertical slits and the flap slit is a horizontal slit.

Assignments (1)
CONVERSION Recorded Sep 15, 2023
From: SOUTHERN CHAMPION TRAY, L.P.
To: SOUTHERN CHAMPION TRAY, LLC
Reel/Frame 064923/0799 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62035833 · Aug 11, 2014
Related Publication 20160039559A1 · Feb 11, 2016