IP Library Granted Patent US 12,479,623
Granted Patent B2
US 12,479,623 · App. 18/774,330 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Shipping container with removable display window

Inventors: Robert W. Bley (Long Valley, NJ); Edward A. Hughes (Lake Hopatcong, NJ); Scott Miller (Trenton, OH)
B65D5/542B31B50/26B31B50/624B65D5/0227B31B2105/00B31B2110/35B31B2120/302
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Patent No.
US 12,479,623
App. No.
18/774,330
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A corrugated fiberboard blank and container formed therefrom includes an interior portion and an exterior portion that are combined form a doubled-wall construction, in at least some portions of the container. In certain embodiments, the interior portion is hingedly coupled to the exterior portion, and a first front side wall comprises a first removable panel, a second front side wall comprises a second removable panel, and a first top section comprises a third removable panel.

Claims (17)

1 . A corrugated paperboard box comprising:

an exterior portion comprising a first front side wall, a first rear side wall, a first left side wall, a first right side wall, a first bottom section, and a first top section;

an interior portion comprising a second front side wall, a second left side wall, and a second right side wall, wherein a plurality of outside surfaces of the interior portion are adhered to a plurality of inside surfaces of the exterior portion; and

a removable section that includes a first removable portion of the exterior portion and a second removable portion of the interior portion;

wherein the second front side wall at least partially overlaps with the first front side wall, the second left side wall at least partially overlaps with the first left side wall, and the second right side wall at least partially overlaps with the first right side wall,

wherein the exterior portion comprises a first plurality of cut lines that define the first removable portion, the first plurality of cut lines including a first cut line on the first front side wall, a second cut line on the first left side wall, and a third cut line on the first right side wall,

wherein the interior portion comprises a second plurality of cut lines that define the second removable portion, and

wherein the interior portion is hingedly coupled to the exterior portion by one or more connecting portions.

2 . The corrugated paperboard box of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of cut lines are aligned with the first plurality of cut lines.

3 . The corrugated paperboard box of claim 1 , wherein the first removable portion comprises at least a portion of each of the first front side wall, the first left side wall, and the first right side wall of the exterior portion and the second removable portion comprises at least a portion of each of the second front side wall, the second left side wall, and the second right side wall of the interior portion.

4 . The corrugated paperboard box of claim 3 , wherein the first removable portion further comprises the first top section.

5 . The corrugated paperboard box of claim 3 , wherein the second cut line on the first left side wall, and the third cut line on the first right side wall extend horizontally at front areas of the first left side wall and first right side wall, respectively, and extend upward at an angle a rear areas of the first left side wall and first right side wall, respectively.

6 . The corrugated paperboard box of claim 1 , wherein the one or more connecting portions extend from the first top section.

7 . The corrugated paperboard box of claim 6 , wherein the one or more connecting portions is a single connecting panel that extends from the first top section.

8 . The corrugated paperboard box of claim 6 , wherein the one or more connecting portions are two connecting panels that extend from the first top section.

9 . The corrugated paperboard box of claim 1 , wherein the first bottom section of the exterior portion comprises a right side bottom wall and a left side bottom wall, and the one or more connecting portions extend from the right side bottom wall and left side bottom wall.

10 . The corrugated paperboard box of claim 1 , wherein the second removable portion include at least one cutout to facilitate removal of the first and second removable portions.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 17397578 · Aug 9, 2021
Provisional Application 63063894 · Aug 10, 2020
Related Publication 20240367849A1 · Nov 7, 2024
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