Granted Patent B2

US 12,286,281 · App. 18/612,065 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Inventors: Shifeng Chen (Newport News, VA); Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, GA); Jamie Waltermire (Peachtree City, GA)

Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.

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Abstract

Claims (63)

1. A box comprising:

a container portion comprising:

a main panel; and

a side panel coupled to the main panel; and

a dividing portion comprising:

a first dividing wing comprising an outer panel coupled to the main panel; and

a second dividing wing coupled to the first dividing wing;

wherein:

in an assembled collapsed configuration, the main panel is substantially parallel to the side panel, and the first dividing wing is adhered to the second dividing wing; and

in an erected configuration, the dividing portion is disposed within the container portion, and the side panel is substantially perpendicular to the main panel.

2. The box of claim 1 , wherein the first dividing wing is coupled to the second dividing wing, and in the erected configuration the dividing portion forms a cell between the first dividing wing and the main panel defines a viewing port to the cell.

3. The box of claim 1 , wherein in the assembled collapsed configuration, the main panel and the side panel are coupled to a bottom subpanel, and the bottom subpanel is substantially parallel to the main panel and the side panel.

4. The box of claim 1 , wherein the main panel defines an adhesive zone and the outer panel of the first dividing wing is adhered to an outer panel of the second dividing wing at the adhesive zone of the main panel.

5. The box of claim 1 , wherein in the erected configuration, the first dividing wing and the second dividing wing are articulated and define a plurality of cells, and wherein the first dividing wing is substantially perpendicular to the second dividing wing.

6. The box of claim 1 , further comprising a telescoping panel, comprising an upper securing panel and a lower securing panel coupled to the main panel; wherein in a retracted configuration:

the lower securing panel extends in facing contact with the main panel; and

the upper securing panel is positioned within a cavity.

7. The box of claim 6 , wherein in the retracted configuration:

the main panel at least partially defines a first cell;

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

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

8. The box of claim 1 , wherein the first dividing wing comprises an inner hinge, a middle hinge, and an outer hinge, the outer panel extending from the outer hinge.

9. The box of claim 8 , wherein the first dividing wing further comprises:

an inner panel between the inner hinge and the middle hinge; and

a middle panel between the middle hinge and the outer hinge;

wherein the outer panel extends from the outer hinge opposite the middle panel.

10. The box of claim 9 , wherein:

the inner panel is articulated about the inner hinge between the assembled collapsed configuration and the erected configuration;

in the assembled collapsed configuration, the outer panel is adhered to an outer panel of the second dividing wing; and

in the erected configuration, the outer panel of the first dividing wing is adhered to the outer panel of the second dividing wing and substantially perpendicular to the side panel.

11. A box comprising:

a container portion defining a cavity and comprising a main panel and a side panel coupled to the main panel, the main panel defining a portion of a cell;

a dividing portion disposed within the container portion and selectively reconfigurable between an assembled collapsed configuration and an erected configuration, wherein the main panel defines a viewing port to the cell in the erected configuration; and

a telescoping portion attached to the container portion and selectively reconfigurable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration.

12. The box of claim 11 , wherein in the erected configuration and the retracted configuration:

a dividing wing of the dividing portion forms the cell between the dividing wing and the main panel; and

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

13. The box of claim 11 , wherein in the erected configuration and the retracted configuration:

the telescoping portion is coupled to the main panel; and

the telescoping portion defines a neck slot configured to align with the cell.

14. The box of claim 11 , wherein in the assembled collapsed configuration, a dividing wing is coupled to the main panel at an adhesive zone of the main panel, the dividing wing configured to form the cell between the dividing wing and the main panel, and the main panel defines a viewing port configured to align with the cell in the retracted configuration.

15. The box of claim 11 , wherein the main panel is a first main panel coupled to a bottom panel by a first main hinge, and the box further comprises a second main panel coupled to the bottom panel by a second main hinge, and wherein in the assembled collapsed configuration, the first main panel, the second main panel, and the bottom panel are substantially parallel to one another.

16. The box of claim 11 , wherein the dividing portion further comprises:

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

a first dividing wing comprising:

an inner panel coupled to the first side subpanel by an inner hinge;

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

an outer panel coupled to the main panel by an outer hinge.

17. The box of claim 16 , wherein the dividing portion further comprises a second side subpanel coupled to the main panel by a second side hinge, and a second dividing wing is coupled to the second side subpanel by a second inner hinge wherein:

a second inner panel of the second dividing wing couples the first side subpanel to the second side subpanel when a second outer panel of the second dividing wing is coupled to the first outer panel of the first dividing wing at an adhesive zone on the main panel.

18. A box blank comprising:

a main panel defining a portion of a cell;

a side subpanel coupled to the main panel;

a dividing portion selectively reconfigurable between an assembled collapsed configuration and an erected configuration, wherein the main panel defines a viewing port to the cell in the erected configuration; and

a telescoping portion selectively reconfigurable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration.

19. The box blank of claim 18 , wherein:

a top flap is coupled to the side subpanel;

the dividing portion comprises a dividing wing configured to form the cell between the dividing wing of the dividing portion and the main panel in the erected configuration; and

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

20. The box blank of claim 18 , wherein:

a first side hinge couples the side subpanel to the main panel;

a second side hinge on the main panel is positioned opposite the first side hinge; and

the dividing portion comprises a dividing wing configured to be coupled to the main panel substantially centered between the first side hinge and the second side hinge in the erected configuration.

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