IP Library Granted Patent US 10,167,106
Granted Patent B2
US 10,167,106 · App. 15/293,892 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Storage box with fill viewer

Inventors: Joseph A Kasper (Lexington, KY); Steven B Ruble (Lexington, KY)
Assignee: Valvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,167,106
App. No.
15/293,892
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage box having a fill viewer created when the negative space of the box flaps are combined when the flaps are folded to close the box.

Claims (8)

1. A storage box having a vertical sight port for viewing the volume of an internally stored collapsible container comprising a box having at least three side walls for housing a collapsible container having a dispensing apparatus at its base to control the flow of contained material from said collapsible container; said box having an interior height, width, and depth; said box further possessing flaps which fold together to close at least one side wall of said box, said flaps being configured so as to fold to form a side wall having a vertical sight port for observing the material level in said collapsible container, said vertical sight port created from combining the negative space from said flaps upon folding; and wherein at least one said flap possesses a dispensing apparatus port that permits the dispensing apparatus affixed to said collapsible container to pass through said side wall and below said vertical sight port for operation of said dispensing apparatus outside of said storage box.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said storage box protective housing possesses chamfered base walls.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said storage box is constructed of cardboard.

4. A storage box having a vertical sight port for viewing the volume of an internally stored collapsible container comprising a box having at least three side walls for housing a collapsible container having a dispensing apparatus at its base to control the flow of contained material from said collapsible container; said box having an interior height, width, and depth; said box further possessing flaps which fold together to close at least one side wall of said box, said flaps being configured so as to fold to form a side wall having a vertical sight port for observing the material level in said collapsible container, said vertical sight port created from combining the negative space from said flaps upon folding, wherein at least one said flap possesses a dispensing apparatus port that permits the dispensing apparatus affixed to said collapsible container to pass through said side wall and below said vertical sight port for operation of said dispensing apparatus outside of said storage box.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein said storage box possesses chamfered walls.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein said storage box is constructed of cardboard.

7. A storage box having a vertical sight port for viewing the volume of an internally stored collapsible container comprising a box having at least three side walls for housing a collapsible container having a dispensing apparatus at its base to control the flow of contained material from said collapsible container; said box having an interior height, width, and depth; said box further possessing flaps which fold together to close at least one side wall of said box, said flaps being configured so as to fold to form a side wall having a vertical sight port for observing the material level in said collapsible container, said vertical sight port created from combining the negative space from said flaps upon folding, wherein at least one said flap possesses a dispensing apparatus port that permits the dispensing apparatus affixed to said collapsible container to pass through said side wall and below said vertical sight port for operation of said dispensing apparatus outside of said storage box, said storage box possessing chamfered base walls.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein said storage box is constructed of cardboard.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2023
From: VALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
To: VGP IPCO LLC
Reel/Frame 063411/0655 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2023
From: VALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
To: VGP IPCO LLC
Reel/Frame 063174/0450 →
Continuity (1)
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