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US3145904A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Blanks for ready erection into box-like containers

Assignee: General American Transportation Corp
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Filing: 1963-03-20
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Granted: 1964-08-25
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Expires: 1983-03-20
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kenneth W Bromley

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 02:05
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/02; B65D5/10; B65D5/103; B65D1/00; B65D1/22; B65D1/225; B65D5/42; B65D5/44; B65D5/46; B65D5/46072; B65D5/4608; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/31

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 521 words
A BLANK CAPABLE OF READY ERECTION INTO A BOX-LIKE CONTAINER, WITHOUT THE USE OF TOOLS OR EXTERNAL FASTENER DEVICES; SAID BLANK COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE SHEET-LIKE CONSTRUCTION FORMED ENTIRELY OF AN INTEGRALLY MOLDED SINGLE MASS OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC RESIN; SAID BLANK ALSO COMPRISING A FIRST SIDE WALL AND A FIRST END WAL AND A SECOND SIDE WAL LAND A SECOND END WAL LARANGED IN ORDER NAMED IN A LINEAR ARRAY, WHEREIN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIDE WALLS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATIONS AND WHEREIN SAID FIRST AND SECOND END WALLS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATIONS, A PLURALITY OF STIFF FIRST TABS CARRIED BY ONE SIDE OF SAID FIRST SIDE WALL AND DISPOSED IN SPACED-APART RELATION THEREALONG AND IN UPSTANDING POSITION WITH RESPECT THERETO, FIRST HINGE STRUCTURE JOINING THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID FIRST SIDE WALL AND THE ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID FIRST END WALL, SECOND HINGE STRUCTURE JOINING THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID FIRST END WALL AND THE ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID SECOND SIDE WALL, THIRD HINGE STRUCTURE JOINING THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID SECOND SIDE WALL AND THE ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID SECOND END WALL, A PLURALITY OF STIFF SECOND TABS CARRIED BY THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID SECOND END WALL AND DISPOSED IN SPACED-APART RELATION THEREALONG AND IN UPSTANDING POSITION WITH RELATION THEREALONG AND IN UPSTANDING POSITION WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID FIRST AND SECOND TABS BEING DISPOSED IN COORDINATE STAGGERED POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER SO THAT THEY ARE ADAPTED TO BE ARRANGED IN INTERFITTING AND INTERLOCKING RELATION WITH EACH OTHER WHEN SAID BLANK IS ERECTED TO FORM THE BOX-LIKE CONTAINER, SAID FIRST TABS OVERLYING AND SUPPORTING THE ADJACENT SIDE PORTION OF SAID SECOND END WALL AND SAID SECOND TABS OVERLYING AND SUPPORTING THE ADJACENT SIDE PORTION OF SAID FIRST SIDE WALL WHEN SAID BLANK IS ERECTED TO FORM THE BOX-LIKE CONTAINER, FIRST AND SECOND BOTTOM WALL FLAPS RESPECTIVELY ARRANGED BELOW SAID FIRST AND SECOND END WALLS, FOURTH HINGE STRUCTURE JOINING THE BOTTOM OF SAID FIRST END WALL AND THE ADJACENT TOP OF SAID FIRST BOTTOM WALL FLAP, FIFTH HINGE STRUCTURE JOINING THE BOTTOM OF SAID SECOND END WALL AND THE ADJACENT TOP OF SAID SECOND BOTTOM WALL FLAP, SAID FIRST AND SECOND BOTTOM WALL FLAPS HAVING COMPLEMENTARY CONFIGURATIONS AND BEING ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER TO FORM A COMPOSITE BOTTOM WALL FOR THE BOX-LIKE CONTAINER, COMPLEMENTARY STRUCTURES RESPECTIVELY CARRIED BY THE BOTTOMS OF SAID BOTTOM WALL FLAPS AND DISPOSED IN COORDINATE POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER SO THAT THEY ARE ADAPTED TO BE ARRANGED IN INTERFITTING AND INTERLOCKING RELATION WITH EACH OTHER WHEN SAID BOTTOM WALL FLAPS ARE ARRANGED IN COOPERATING RELATION WITH EACH OTHER TO FORM THE COMPOSITE BOTTOM WALL OF THE BOX-LIKE CONTAINER, A STIFF ELONGATED FIRST FLANGE CARRIED BY THE BOTTOM OF SAID FIRST SIDE WALL AND DISPOSED IN UPSTANDING POSITION WITH RESPECT THERETO, AND A STIFF ELONGATED SECOND FLANGE CARRIED BY THE BOTTOM OF SAID SECOND SIDE WAL AND DISPOSED IN UPSTANDING POSITION WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID FIRST AND SECOND FLANGES RESPECTIVELY UNDERLYING AND SUPPORTING THE ADJACENT SIDE PORTIONS OF THE FORMED COMPOSITE BOTTOM WALL OF THE BOX-LIKE CONTAINER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 521 words
A BLANK CAPABLE OF READY ERECTION INTO A BOX-LIKE CONTAINER, WITHOUT THE USE OF TOOLS OR EXTERNAL FASTENER DEVICES; SAID BLANK COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE SHEET-LIKE CONSTRUCTION FORMED ENTIRELY OF AN INTEGRALLY MOLDED SINGLE MASS OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC RESIN; SAID BLANK ALSO COMPRISING A FIRST SIDE WALL AND A FIRST END WAL AND A SECOND SIDE WAL LAND A SECOND END WAL LARANGED IN ORDER NAMED IN A LINEAR ARRAY, WHEREIN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIDE WALLS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATIONS AND WHEREIN SAID FIRST AND SECOND END WALLS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATIONS, A PLURALITY OF STIFF FIRST TABS CARRIED BY ONE SIDE OF SAID FIRST SIDE WALL AND DISPOSED IN SPACED-APART RELATION THEREALONG AND IN UPSTANDING POSITION WITH RESPECT THERETO, FIRST HINGE STRUCTURE JOINING THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID FIRST SIDE WALL AND THE ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID FIRST END WALL, SECOND HINGE STRUCTURE JOINING THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID FIRST END WALL AND THE ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID SECOND SIDE WALL, THIRD HINGE STRUCTURE JOINING THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID SECOND SIDE WALL AND THE ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID SECOND END WALL, A PLURALITY OF STIFF SECOND TABS CARRIED BY THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID SECOND END WALL AND DISPOSED IN SPACED-APART RELATION THEREALONG AND IN UPSTANDING POSITION WITH RELATION THEREALONG AND IN UPSTANDING POSITION WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID FIRST AND SECOND TABS BEING DISPOSED IN COORDINATE STAGGERED POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER SO THAT THEY ARE ADAPTED TO BE ARRANGED IN INTERFITTING AND INTERLOCKING RELATION WITH EACH OTHER WHEN SAID BLANK IS ERECTED TO FORM THE BOX-LIKE CONTAINER, SAID FIRST TABS OVERLYING AND SUPPORTING THE ADJACENT SIDE PORTION OF SAID SECOND END WALL AND SAID SECOND TABS OVERLYING AND SUPPORTING THE ADJACENT SIDE PORTION OF SAID FIRST SIDE WALL WHEN SAID BLANK IS ERECTED TO FORM THE BOX-LIKE CONTAINER, FIRST AND SECOND BOTTOM WALL FLAPS RESPECTIVELY ARRANGED BELOW SAID FIRST AND SECOND END WALLS, FOURTH HINGE STRUCTURE JOINING THE BOTTOM OF SAID FIRST END WALL AND THE ADJACENT TOP OF SAID FIRST BOTTOM WALL FLAP, FIFTH HINGE STRUCTURE JOINING THE BOTTOM OF SAID SECOND END WALL AND THE ADJACENT TOP OF SAID SECOND BOTTOM WALL FLAP, SAID FIRST AND SECOND BOTTOM WALL FLAPS HAVING COMPLEMENTARY CONFIGURATIONS AND BEING ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER TO FORM A COMPOSITE BOTTOM WALL FOR THE BOX-LIKE CONTAINER, COMPLEMENTARY STRUCTURES RESPECTIVELY CARRIED BY THE BOTTOMS OF SAID BOTTOM WALL FLAPS AND DISPOSED IN COORDINATE POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER SO THAT THEY ARE ADAPTED TO BE ARRANGED IN INTERFITTING AND INTERLOCKING RELATION WITH EACH OTHER WHEN SAID BOTTOM WALL FLAPS ARE ARRANGED IN COOPERATING RELATION WITH EACH OTHER TO FORM THE COMPOSITE BOTTOM WALL OF THE BOX-LIKE CONTAINER, A STIFF ELONGATED FIRST FLANGE CARRIED BY THE BOTTOM OF SAID FIRST SIDE WALL AND DISPOSED IN UPSTANDING POSITION WITH RESPECT THERETO, AND A STIFF ELONGATED SECOND FLANGE CARRIED BY THE BOTTOM OF SAID SECOND SIDE WAL AND DISPOSED IN UPSTANDING POSITION WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID FIRST AND SECOND FLANGES RESPECTIVELY UNDERLYING AND SUPPORTING THE ADJACENT SIDE PORTIONS OF THE FORMED COMPOSITE BOTTOM WALL OF THE BOX-LIKE CONTAINER.

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