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US3246830A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Fruit box and foldable blank for making same

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-07-29
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Granted: 1966-04-19
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Expires: 1984-07-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Maurice A Smith

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 04:15
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/20; B65D5/30; B65D5/42; B65D5/4295; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S229/00; Y10S229/915; Y10S229/916

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 205 words
AN OPEN TOP FRUIT BOX COMPRISING A FLAT RECTANGULAR BOTTOM PANEL, TWO UPSTANDING SIDE PANELS INTEGRALLY CONNECTED ALONG THEIR LOWER EDGES TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BOTTOM PANEL, OUTWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY FOLDED RIM FLANGES EXTENDING ALONG UPPER EDGES OF SAID SIDE PANELS, TWO UPSTANDING END PANELS INTEGRALLY CONNECTED ALONG THEIR LOWER EDGES TO THE OTHER TWO SIDES OF SAID BOTTOM PANEL, AN ELONGATED CAP PORTION INTEGRALLY CONNECTED AT AT UPPER PORTION OF EACH SIDE EDGE OF EACH END PANEL AND FOLDED INTO CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ADJACENT SIDE PANEL UPPER EDGE OUTERWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY FOLDED RIM FLANGES EXTENDING ALONG SAID CAP PORTIONS, SOMEWHAT NARROWER FOLDED RIM FLANGES EXTENDING ALONG THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID END PANELS AND DEFINING INCLINED SLITS IN THE END PORTIONS THEREOF FOR RECEIVING THE RIM FLANGES ON SAID SIDE PANEL, AT LEAST ONE TAB DEPENDING IN INCLINED RELATIONSHIP FROM EACH OF SAID CAP PORTIONS, EACH SIDE PANEL HAVING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL SLIT ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGE THEREOF TO RECEIVE EACH TAB SO AS TO RELEASABLY RETAIN SAID CAP PORTIONS IN SAID FOLDED POSITIONS, AND EACH OF SAID ELONGATED CAP PORTIONS BEING FOLDED WITH RESPECT TO SAID END PANELS ABOUT A LINE SPACED LATERALLY FROM THE ADJACENT SIDE EDGES OF SAID PANELS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 205 words
AN OPEN TOP FRUIT BOX COMPRISING A FLAT RECTANGULAR BOTTOM PANEL, TWO UPSTANDING SIDE PANELS INTEGRALLY CONNECTED ALONG THEIR LOWER EDGES TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BOTTOM PANEL, OUTWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY FOLDED RIM FLANGES EXTENDING ALONG UPPER EDGES OF SAID SIDE PANELS, TWO UPSTANDING END PANELS INTEGRALLY CONNECTED ALONG THEIR LOWER EDGES TO THE OTHER TWO SIDES OF SAID BOTTOM PANEL, AN ELONGATED CAP PORTION INTEGRALLY CONNECTED AT AT UPPER PORTION OF EACH SIDE EDGE OF EACH END PANEL AND FOLDED INTO CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ADJACENT SIDE PANEL UPPER EDGE OUTERWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY FOLDED RIM FLANGES EXTENDING ALONG SAID CAP PORTIONS, SOMEWHAT NARROWER FOLDED RIM FLANGES EXTENDING ALONG THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID END PANELS AND DEFINING INCLINED SLITS IN THE END PORTIONS THEREOF FOR RECEIVING THE RIM FLANGES ON SAID SIDE PANEL, AT LEAST ONE TAB DEPENDING IN INCLINED RELATIONSHIP FROM EACH OF SAID CAP PORTIONS, EACH SIDE PANEL HAVING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL SLIT ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGE THEREOF TO RECEIVE EACH TAB SO AS TO RELEASABLY RETAIN SAID CAP PORTIONS IN SAID FOLDED POSITIONS, AND EACH OF SAID ELONGATED CAP PORTIONS BEING FOLDED WITH RESPECT TO SAID END PANELS ABOUT A LINE SPACED LATERALLY FROM THE ADJACENT SIDE EDGES OF SAID PANELS.

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