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Granted Patent B2
US 11,780,636 · App. 18/095,310 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Perforated collapsible box

Inventors: Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, GA); Shifeng Chen (Newport News, VA)
Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc
B65D5/3614B65D5/4266B65D5/5415
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Patent No.
US 11,780,636
App. No.
18/095,310
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for collapsing a collapsible box can include pressing inward on a first side panel and a second side panel of the collapsible box along a lateral hinge, the collapsible box defining the lateral hinge extending at least partially across a front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and a rear panel of the collapsible box; and pressing a top panel and a bottom panel of the collapsible box together until the collapsible box is substantially flattened, the top panel and the bottom panel being hingedly coupled to the rear panel.

Claims (48)

1. A method for opening and collapsing a box, the method comprising:

opening the box comprising:

tearing a perforation on a front panel; and

folding a flap portion; and

collapsing the box comprising:

pressing a first side panel and a second side panel along a lateral hinge extending at least partially across the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel;

pressing a top panel and a bottom panel together, the top panel and the bottom panel hingedly coupled to a rear panel; and

reconfiguring the rear panel from a substantially planar shape to a truncated pyramidal shape.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein collapsing the box comprises folding the first side panel substantially in half.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

tearing the perforation on the front panel separates a lower flap portion from a frame portion of the front panel; and

folding the flap portion comprises folding the lower flap portion away from the frame portion.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein a lower flap portion is hingedly attached to a first top subpanel of the top panel by a front hinge.

5. A method comprising:

opening a box comprising:

tearing a perforation on a front panel; and

folding the front panel; and

collapsing the box comprising:

pressing a first side panel and a second side panel of the box along a lateral hinge extending at least partially across the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel;

pressing a top panel and a bottom panel of the box together until the box is substantially flattened; and

reconfiguring a rear panel from a substantially planar shape to a truncated pyramidal shape.

6. The method of claim 5 , closing the box comprises folding the first side panel substantially in half.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein:

tearing the perforation on the front panel separates a lower flap portion from a frame portion of the front panel; and

folding the lower flap portion comprises folding the lower flap portion away from the frame portion.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the lower flap portion is hingedly attached to a first top subpanel of the top panel by a front hinge.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein:

the lower flap portion is hingedly attached to a first top subpanel by a front hinge; and

the top panel comprises the first top subpanel hingedly attached to the lower flap portion.

10. A method for opening and collapsing a box, the method comprising:

opening the box comprising:

tearing a perforation on a front panel and separating a lower flap portion from a frame portion of the front panel; and

folding a flap portion by folding the lower flap portion away from the frame portion; and

collapsing the box comprising:

pressing a first side panel and a second side panel along a lateral hinge extending at least partially across the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel; and

pressing a top panel and a bottom panel together, the top panel and the bottom panel hingedly coupled to a rear panel.

11. A method comprising:

opening a box comprising:

tearing a perforation on a front panel to separate a lower flap portion from a frame portion of the front panel;

folding the lower flap portion comprises folding the lower flap portion away from the frame portion; and

folding the front panel; and

collapsing the box comprising:

pressing a first side panel and a second side panel of the box along a lateral hinge extending at least partially across the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel; and

pressing a top panel and a bottom panel of the box together until the box is substantially flattened.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the lower flap portion is hingedly attached to a first top subpanel of the top panel by a front hinge.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the lower flap portion is hingedly attached to a first top subpanel by a front hinge; and

the top panel comprises the first top subpanel hingedly attached to the lower flap portion.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 17493474 · Oct 4, 2021
Division 16886040 · May 28, 2020
Provisional Application 62940436 · Nov 26, 2019
Related Publication 20230159214A1 · May 25, 2023
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