Granted Patent B2

US 12,304,705 · App. 18/631,910 · Granted May 20, 2025

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

Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.

B65D5/5014B65D5/106B65D5/3621B65D5/4204B65D5/4608

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A box comprising:

a body portion comprising a front portion, a rear portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the body portion at least partially defining a cavity; and

a telescoping panel comprising:

a lower telescoping subpanel coupled to the body portion by a top hinge and extending into the cavity; and

an upper telescoping subpanel coupled to the lower telescoping subpanel by a telescoping hinge and extending across the cavity, wherein in a collapsed configuration, every other hinge is folded.

2. The box of claim 1 , wherein the front portion, the rear portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion are each separated by four hinges, and in the collapsed configuration, two pairs of adjacent panels of the body portion are positioned in facing engagement with one another.

3. The box of claim 1 , wherein in an erected configuration, each body portion is perpendicular to an adjacent body portion and coupled by hinges, and each of the hinges is oriented in a perpendicular configuration.

4. The box of claim 1 , wherein the telescoping panel defines a clearance slot extending across the telescoping hinge and through the lower telescoping subpanel and the upper telescoping subpanel, and wherein the clearance slot is sized to receive a neck of a container when the container is positioned within the cavity.

5. The box of claim 1 , wherein at least one body panel of the body portion comprises a notch that receives a locking tab on an upper telescoping subpanel of the telescoping panel in an erected configuration.

6. The box of claim 1 , further comprising a viewing port that extends across a plurality of body portions and at least one hinge.

7. The box of claim 1 , further comprising a bottom portion coupled to a bottom of the body portion by a bottom hinge, the bottom portion comprising:

a bottom notch flap defining a notch;

a pair of bottom side flaps folded at least partially over the bottom notch flap; and

a bottom tab flap defining a locking tab, the bottom tab flap folded at least partially over each bottom side flap, the locking tab engaging the notch.

8. The box of claim 1 , wherein:

the front portion comprises a notch positioned opposite from the rear portion of the body portion; and

the telescoping panel comprises a locking tab and the telescoping panel is coupled to the rear portion and extends across the cavity from the rear portion to the front portion, wherein the locking tab of the telescoping panel engages the notch on the front portion.

9. A box comprising:

a body portion comprising body panels separated by hinges, in a collapsed configuration, the body portion is folded about half of the hinges wherein every other hinge is folded, and in an erected configuration, each body panel is folded about an adjacent hinge to define a cavity; and

a telescoping panel comprising an upper telescoping subpanel and a lower telescoping subpanel, the lower telescoping subpanel coupled to one of the body panels of the body portion by a top hinge and extending into the cavity and positioned in facing engagement with a first panel of the body panels, the upper telescoping subpanel coupled to the lower telescoping subpanel by a telescoping hinge and extending across the cavity.

10. The box of claim 9 , wherein the body portion comprises four body panels separated by four hinges and in the collapsed configuration two pairs of adjacent panels are positioned in facing engagement with one another.

11. The box of claim 9 , wherein the body portion comprises a front panel, a rear panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, wherein the front panel is positioned opposite from the rear panel, and wherein the telescoping panel is coupled to the rear panel and extends through the cavity from the rear panel to the front panel.

12. The box of claim 9 , wherein in the erected configuration, each body panel is perpendicular to an adjacent body panel, and each of the hinges is oriented in a perpendicular configuration.

13. The box of claim 9 , wherein the telescoping panel defines a clearance slot extending across the telescoping hinge and through the lower telescoping subpanel and the upper telescoping subpanel, and wherein the clearance slot is sized to receive a neck of a container when the container is positioned within the cavity.

14. The box of claim 9 , wherein at least one body panel of the body portion comprises a notch that receives a locking tab of the upper telescoping subpanel in the erected configuration.

15. The box of claim 9 , further comprising a viewing port that extends across a plurality of body panels and at least one hinge in the erected configuration.

16. The box of claim 9 , further comprising a bottom portion folded to enclose a bottom end of the body portion, the bottom portion comprising a bottom notch flap folded at a perpendicular angle about a bottom hinge coupled to one of the body panels and a pair of bottom side flaps folded over the bottom notch flap.

17. The box of claim 16 , wherein each of the pair of bottom side flaps comprises a side tab and the bottom notch flap comprises a notch, and wherein the side tab of each of the pair of bottom side flaps covers the notch defined by the bottom notch flap.

18. A method of erecting a box comprising:

positioning a body portion comprising a front portion, a rear portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion coupled by a plurality of hinges such that when each portion is perpendicular to an adjacent portion and the body portion at least partially defines a cavity; and

orienting a telescoping panel comprising a lower telescoping subpanel coupled to the body portion by a top hinge and extending into the cavity and an upper telescoping subpanel comprising a locking tab coupled to a notch in the body portion; wherein:

in a collapsed configuration, the body portion is folded about half of the hinges, and every other hinge is folded; and

in an erected configuration, each body panel is folded about an adjacent hinge to define the cavity.

19. A box comprising:

a body portion comprising a front portion, a rear portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the body portion at least partially defining a cavity, the front portion, rear portion, first side portion, and the second side portion each separated by one of four hinges, wherein in a collapsed configuration, two pairs of adjacent panels of the body portion are positioned in facing engagement with one another; and

a telescoping panel comprising:

a lower telescoping subpanel coupled to the body portion by a top hinge and extending into the cavity; and

an upper telescoping subpanel coupled to the lower telescoping subpanel by a telescoping hinge and extending across the cavity.

20. A box comprising:

a body portion comprising four body panels separated by hinges, in a collapsed configuration, the body portion is folded about half of the hinges and two pairs of adjacent panels are positioned in facing engagement with one another, and in an erected configuration, each body panel is folded about an adjacent hinge to define a cavity; and

a telescoping panel comprising an upper telescoping subpanel and a lower telescoping subpanel, the lower telescoping subpanel coupled to one of the four body panels of the body portion by a top hinge and extending into the cavity and positioned in facing engagement with a first panel of the four body panels, the upper telescoping subpanel coupled to the lower telescoping subpanel by a telescoping hinge and extending across the cavity.

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