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Granted Patent B2
US 12,729,037 · App. 18/984,836 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Box for cards

Inventor: Gregory Long (Mount Pleasant, WI)
B65D5/4266
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,729,037
App. No.
18/984,836
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A box having a front section, a back section having a space reducing tab, two symmetrical side sections, each having a fold down tab, and a cover section. The box is for two or more different sized products comprising a box configuration that may be shipped and stored in flat condition.

Claims (10)

1 . A box having a front section,

a back section having a space reducing tab,

two symmetrical side sections, each having a fold down tab, and

a cover section,

the front section being attached to the back section along a first front fold line with a second parallel front fold line spaced apart from the first front fold line, the front section being dimensioned to overlap all the back section,

the cover section being dimensioned to overlap at least part of the back section, the cover section being attached to the front section along a first cover fold line with a second parallel cover fold line spaced apart from the first cover fold line,

the two side sections being attached to opposed sides of the back section by four spaced apart side fold lines so that the size of the box is reduced as needed in one plane, and being dimensioned to fold over at least part of the back section,

each fold down tab being detached on at least one side from its respective side section with a first fold line attached to the side section and a second fold line spaced apart from the first fold line so that a first part of the fold down tab can be folded towards the inside of the box when the side section is folded over the back section so that the fold down tab acts as a weak spring and a space reducer in a second plane, and

the space reducing tab being detached along two opposed sides from the back section, the space reducing tab being attached to the back section along a first space reducing tab fold line toward the outside of the back section so that the space reducing tab folds upward.

2 . The box according to claim 1 wherein the cover section has a tear strip parallel to the cover fold line.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63615126 · Dec 27, 2023
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