Box for wrapping and transporting flexible cordlike structure

Claim 1

A box for transporting and storing a flexible cord-like material, comprising: (a) four sidewalls, said sidewalls being perpendicular to a first predetermined plane and arranged in end to end relationship to form an endless enclosure with front and rear openings, each of the sidewalls being perpendicular to adjacent sidewalls; (b) a first flap panel hingedly secured to one of the sidewalls about a first fold line extending parallel to said first predetermined plane, said first flap panel being foldable into the rear opening and at least partially closing the rear opening when positioned in parallel relationship to said first predetermined plane; (c) a second flap panel hingedly secured to another of the sidewalls about a second fold line parallel to the first fold line, said second flap panel being foldable into the rear opening and at least partially closing the rear opening when positioned in parallel relationship to said first predetermined plane, said first and second fold lines defining a second plane parallel to the first predetermined plane; and (d) a foldable core panel formed in both the first and second flap panels, each of said core panels being formed by opposing L-shaped slits, each of the L-shaped slits including a first leg extending inwardly toward the corresponding fold line from the side of the flap panel opposite the fold line with a second leg of each L-shaped slit extending parallel to the fold lines toward the opposing L-shaped slit, said foldable core panels being foldable along core fold lines extending parallel to the first and second fold lines and joining the second legs of the two opposing L-shaped slits, said core panels including a pair of fold lines extending from the ends of the second legs in a direction perpendicular to the core fold lines.