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Box construction

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1959-03-02
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Granted: 1963-01-08
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Expires: 1979-03-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Leonard R Baxter
  • 👤 Leonard E Lockert

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 16:40
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D19/00; B65D19/02; B65D19/06; B65D19/14; B65D19/16; B65D9/00; B65D9/12; B65D2519/00; B65D2519/00004; B65D2519/00009; B65D2519/00014; B65D2519/00029; B65D2519/00049; B65D2519/00064; B65D2519/00154; B65D2519/00169; B65D2519/00258; B65D2519/00263; B65D2519/00273; B65D2519/00283; B65D2519/00288; B65D2519/00313; B65D2519/00323; B65D2519/00328; B65D2519/00333; B65D2519/00492; B65D2519/00497; B65D2519/00547; B65D2519/00577; B65D2519/00582; B65D2519/00587; B65D2519/00611; B65D2519/00636; B65D2519/00641; B65D2519/00661; B65D2519/00736; B65D2519/008

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 251 words
A TOTE BOX CONSTRUCTION CAPABLE OF DISASSEMBLY COMPRISING A RECTANGULAR PLYWOOD BASE PANEL AND FOUR RECTANGULAR PLYWOOD SIDE WALL PANELS MAKING UP THE SIDES OF THE BOX, EACH OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PANELS BEING A UNITARY PLYWOOD PIECE OF CROSS BONDED VENEER AND SEPARABLE FROM THE OTHER PANELS, SAID BASE AND SIDE WALL PANELS HAVING ELONGATED SLOTS FORMED THEREIN, SAID SLOTS TERMINATING SHORT OF THE EDGES OF THE RESPECTIVE PANELS TO LEAVE CONTINUOUS OUTER MARGINS EXTENDING ABOUT THE PERIMETERS OF THE PANELS, EACH OF SAID SIDE WALL PANELS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AN EDGE OF THE BASE PANEL AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND BEING DISPOSED SLIGHTLY INWARDLY FROM THE EDGE, BRACE MEMBERS DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF EACH OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS AND AFFIXED ALONG THEIR LENGTHS TO THE CONTINUOUS OUTER MARGIN OF THE PANEL, THE BRACE MEMBERS ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGES OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS OCCUPYING A SUPERIMPOSED POSITION OVER MARGINAL PORTIONS OF THE BASE PANEL, A BRACE MEMBER FIXED ALONG EACH OF OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BASE PANEL AND ARRANGED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SLOTS THEREIN, THE LAST-NAMED BRACE MEMBER CONSTITUTING SKID MEMBERS, ELONGATED FASTENER MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE BRACE MEMBERS ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGES OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS AND THE BRACE MEMBERS OF THE BASE PANEL DETACHABLY SECURING THESE BRACE MEMBERS IN PLACE, AND ELONGATED FASTENER MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH ADJACENT ENDS OF THE BRACE MEMBERS ALONG THE TOP EDGES OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS THUS DETACHABLY TO SECURE THESE ENDS TOGETHER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 251 words
A TOTE BOX CONSTRUCTION CAPABLE OF DISASSEMBLY COMPRISING A RECTANGULAR PLYWOOD BASE PANEL AND FOUR RECTANGULAR PLYWOOD SIDE WALL PANELS MAKING UP THE SIDES OF THE BOX, EACH OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PANELS BEING A UNITARY PLYWOOD PIECE OF CROSS BONDED VENEER AND SEPARABLE FROM THE OTHER PANELS, SAID BASE AND SIDE WALL PANELS HAVING ELONGATED SLOTS FORMED THEREIN, SAID SLOTS TERMINATING SHORT OF THE EDGES OF THE RESPECTIVE PANELS TO LEAVE CONTINUOUS OUTER MARGINS EXTENDING ABOUT THE PERIMETERS OF THE PANELS, EACH OF SAID SIDE WALL PANELS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AN EDGE OF THE BASE PANEL AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND BEING DISPOSED SLIGHTLY INWARDLY FROM THE EDGE, BRACE MEMBERS DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF EACH OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS AND AFFIXED ALONG THEIR LENGTHS TO THE CONTINUOUS OUTER MARGIN OF THE PANEL, THE BRACE MEMBERS ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGES OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS OCCUPYING A SUPERIMPOSED POSITION OVER MARGINAL PORTIONS OF THE BASE PANEL, A BRACE MEMBER FIXED ALONG EACH OF OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BASE PANEL AND ARRANGED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SLOTS THEREIN, THE LAST-NAMED BRACE MEMBER CONSTITUTING SKID MEMBERS, ELONGATED FASTENER MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE BRACE MEMBERS ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGES OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS AND THE BRACE MEMBERS OF THE BASE PANEL DETACHABLY SECURING THESE BRACE MEMBERS IN PLACE, AND ELONGATED FASTENER MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH ADJACENT ENDS OF THE BRACE MEMBERS ALONG THE TOP EDGES OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS THUS DETACHABLY TO SECURE THESE ENDS TOGETHER.

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