Self-sealing foldable container
A foldable container and method of storing adhesive in which a single strip of adhesive material is attached to a single release liner featured on a side surface or a flap of the foldable container. The strips of adhesive material can be peeled off a surface of the container and applied to and used to seal the top and bottom surfaces of the container as needed. The container features one or more release liner(s) each with a single strip of adhesive material attached only to the release liner and not a surface of the container itself.
1. A container comprising:
an interior, an exterior, a plurality of side surfaces and a plurality of flaps attached to said side surfaces, wherein at least two of the plurality of flaps are major flaps connected to two of the plurality of side surfaces, respectively, and the major flaps have a length about equal to a length of the two of the plurality of side surfaces;
at least one release liner featured on a plurality of adjacent side surfaces of the container wherein the at least one release liner has a length longer than the length of the major flaps; and
a strip of adhesive material releasably attached to the at least one release liner such that the strip of adhesive material can be placed anywhere on the container, wherein the strip of adhesive material is longer than the length of the major flaps.
2. The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least one release liner is attached to a side surface of the foldable container.
3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least one release liner is attached to a flap of the foldable container.
4. The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least one release liner is attached to and extends partially across more than one of the side surfaces of the container.
5. The container of claim 1 , where in the at least one release liner is attached to and extends partially across a side surface and a flap.
6. The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least one release liner is attached to and extends entirely across more than one of the side surfaces of the container.
7. The container of claim 1 , further comprising providing the container with at least two release liners and providing each release liner with a single strip of adhesive material.
8. The container of claim 7 , wherein the at least two release liners are different sizes.