Scored blank to be folded into disposable savings bank

Claim 1

A scored blank adapted to be folded into the form of a closed container suitable for use as a disposable bank comprising when unfolded an elongated blank body of uniform width between longitudinal boundaries scored transversely into a plurality of side panels each having longitudinal and transverse boundaries, the said blank being adapted upon folding along the transverse score lines to be joined in a box-like structure of predetermined peripheral configuration and dimensions; an adherable tab protruding from the transverse boundary of a side panel at one extremity of the blank body; adhesive for securing the said tab to the opposite extremity of the blank body to retain the side panels as so joined; an end panel, conforming in its periphery to the peripheral configuration and dimensions of the said box-like structure, joining the elongated body at one of its longitudinal boundaries along an inner score line co-extensive with one of said side panels and extending laterally therefrom; an infolding tab joining the said end panel at an outer score line; locking notches at both ends of said outer score line; one of the side panels being positioned opposite said inner score line when the side panels are folded into the said box-like structure; each of the side panels lying contiguous to said opposite panel when so folded having a transverse boundary in engagement with said opposite panel and having a flap which joins the said contiguous side panel at a score line and which extends laterally from the elongated body in the same direction as the said end panel extends, and a shoulder formed in each of said flaps in proximity to said opposite panel adapted to interlock with said notches to secure the end panel in closed position; the said shoulder of each flap being recessed from alignment with the said boundary in engagement with said opposite panel to afford a spacing slot for the reception of said infolding tab between the shoulder and the inner surface of said opposite panel; the blank having two such end panels extending laterally in opposite directions from the said blank body to form the top and bottom closing panels of the box-like structure; and one of said panels being slotted for the reception of coins.