US4962859A
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Literature display box and foldable blank for forming same
Assignee: Fasteners for Retail Inc
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Filing: 1989-04-10
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Granted: 1990-10-16
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Expires: 2009-04-10
Abstract
Abstract A fold-up blank die cut from a planar sheet of thin plastic material is readily assembled into a literature display box having rectangular bottom, front and rear walls with the rear wall being substantially higher. The side edges of the bottom wall include fold-up slit forming tabs, and the front and back walls both include side wall panels which on the edges contiguous with the bottom wall have arrowhead tabs which may be inserted into the respective slits as the front and back walls are folded up and the side wall panels folded toward each other. The side wall panels on the front wall overlap the side wall panels on the back wall, with the latter including rearwardly inclined outer edges against which the front wall abuts, and which forms a substantial continuation of the side edges of the front wall.
Inventors
- 👤 Danny J. Kump
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 17:33
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47F; A47F5/00; A47F5/10; A47F5/11; A47F5/112
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
A literature display box comprising a bottom wall, a front wall hinged to the front edge of said bottom wall, a back wall hinged to the back edge of said bottom wall, first side wall panels hinged to each side of said back wall and secured to the respective side edge of said bottom wall, and second side wall panels hinged to each side of said front wall and secured to the respective side edge of said bottom wall, said second side wall panels overlapping the respective first side wall panels.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
A literature display box comprising a bottom wall, a front wall hinged to the front edge of said bottom wall, a back wall hinged to the back edge of said bottom wall, first side wall panels hinged to each side of said back wall and secured to the respective side edge of said bottom wall, and second side wall panels hinged to each side of said front wall and secured to the respective side edge of said bottom wall, said second side wall panels overlapping the respective first side wall panels.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
A display box as set forth in claim 1 wherein the edge of said side wall panels hinged to the sides of the front wall contiguous with the bottom wall extends at an acute angle with respect to the side of said front wall whereby the front wall extends rearwardly inclined from the bottom wall.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A display box as set forth in claim 2 wherein the side wall panels hinged to the sides of the back panel include an inclined outer edge abutting against said front wall at the side edges thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A display box as set forth in claim 1 wherein said bottom wall includes fold-up tabs at each side edge fitting within the overlapped side wall panels.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A display box as set forth in claim 4 including a slit in said fold-up tabs, each side wall panel including a fastening tab fitting through the respective such slit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A display box as set forth in claim 5 wherein each fastening tab comprises an arrowhead tab.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A display box as set forth in claim 1 wherein said back wall is higher than said front wall, and said front wall is inclined rearwardly.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
A display box as set forth in claim 7 wherein said side wall panels hinged to each side of the back wall include an outer edge at substantially the same angle of inclination as said front wall.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A display box as set forth in claim 1 wherein said display box is formed of thin plastic.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
88 words
A literature display box comprising a bottom wall hinged to the front edge of said bottom wall, a back wall hinged to the back edge of said bottom wall, first side wall panels hinged to each side of said back wall and secured to the respective side edge of said bottom wall, and second side wall panels hinged to each side of said front wall and secured to the respective side edge of said bottom wall, said second side wall panels overlapping the respective first side wall panels.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
88 words
A literature display box comprising a bottom wall hinged to the front edge of said bottom wall, a back wall hinged to the back edge of said bottom wall, first side wall panels hinged to each side of said back wall and secured to the respective side edge of said bottom wall, and second side wall panels hinged to each side of said front wall and secured to the respective side edge of said bottom wall, said second side wall panels overlapping the respective first side wall panels.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
48 words
A display box as set forth in claim 10 wherein the edge of the second side wall panels contiguous with said bottom wall extends at an acute angle with respect to the side of said front wall whereby said front wall extends rearwardly inclined from said bottom wall.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
A display box as set forth in claim 10 wherein said first side wall panels include an outer edge substantially aligned with said front wall.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
A display box as set forth in claim 12 wherein said first side wall panel outer edge and said front wall are rearwardly inclined from said bottom wall.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
A display box as set forth in claim 10 wherein said bottom wall includes fold-up tabs at each side edge fitting within the overlapped side wall panels.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
30 words
A display box as set forth in claim 10 including a slit in said fold-up tabs, each side wall panel including a fastening tab fitting through the respective such slit.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
A display box as set forth in claim 15 wherein each fastening tab comprises an arrowhead tab.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
A display box as set forth in claim 10 wherein said back wall is higher than said front wall, and said front wall is inclined rearwardly.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
A display box as set forth in claim 10 wherein said display box is formed of thin plastic sheet.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
127 words
A fold-up blank for a literature display box comprising a bottom wall, a front wall and a back wall connected to front and back edges of said bottom wall by score lines, fold-up tabs at each side of said bottom wall connected thereto by score lines and a center slit, side walls connected to each side of said front and back walls by score lines, said side walls each including projecting fastener tabs on the edge thereof contiguous with the bottom wall whereby when the fold-up tabs are folded up, the front and back walls are folded up, and the side walls folded toward each other, said fastener tabs may be inserted into the center slits of each fold-up tab to secure the box in assembled condition.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
127 words
A fold-up blank for a literature display box comprising a bottom wall, a front wall and a back wall connected to front and back edges of said bottom wall by score lines, fold-up tabs at each side of said bottom wall connected thereto by score lines and a center slit, side walls connected to each side of said front and back walls by score lines, said side walls each including projecting fastener tabs on the edge thereof contiguous with the bottom wall whereby when the fold-up tabs are folded up, the front and back walls are folded up, and the side walls folded toward each other, said fastener tabs may be inserted into the center slits of each fold-up tab to secure the box in assembled condition.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
15 words
A blank as set forth in claim 19 wherein said fastening tabs are arrowhead tabs.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
42 words
A blank as set forth in claim 19 wherein said score lines connecting the front and back walls to the bottom wall include U-shape slits adapted to form stabilizing feet for the box when the front and back walls are folded up.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
38 words
A blank as set forth in claim 19 wherein said front, back and bottom walls are each the same width, but said back wall extends more than twice the distance as said front wall from said bottom wall.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
55 words
A blank as set forth in claim 19 wherein the fastening tab edges of the side walls connected to the front wall extend at an acute angle to the edge of the front wall whereby the front wall will extend upwardly at a rearwardly inclined angle when fastening the tab is inserted in the slit.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
37 words
A blank as set forth in claim 23 wherein the side walls connected to the back wall include an angled edge which is in substantial alignment with the front wall when the box is in assembled condition.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
22 words
A blank as set forth in claim 19 wherein said blank is die cut from a planar sheet of thin plastic material.
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