US5148942A
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Filing box with adjustable and selectible position dividers, having corrugated box and divider walls
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-11-22
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Granted: 1992-09-22
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Expires: 2011-11-22
Abstract
Abstract A reinforced box, with adjustable dividers, the box having a bottom wall, and laterally extending upright, opposite end walls, the box also having longitudinally extending, upright side walls and partition walls extending between and connected to the opposite end walls; there being angled slots cut into the side walls and partition walls to intersect the tops thereof, the slot extending at acute angles relative to a top plane defined by the tops of the side walls and partition walls; and panel-shaped dividers carried by and extending between certain of the longitudinally extending walls, each divider having wings respectively received in two of the angled slots, and the dividers having lower portions extending below the levels of the wings and slots, and between the longitudinal walls; whereby the dividers and longitudinal walls between which they extend form cells to receive cards in ordered face-to-face relation.
Inventors
- 👤 Steven E. Snook
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 19:29
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D25/00; B65D25/02; B65D25/04; B65D25/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
A reinforced box, with adjustable dividers, comprising in combination: a) the box having a bottom wall, and laterally extending upright, opposite end walls, the box also having longitudinally extending, upright side walls and partition walls extending between and connected to said opposite end walls, b) there being angled slots cut into said side walls and partition walls to intersect the tops thereof, the slot extending at acute angles relative to a top plane defined by the tops of said side walls and partition walls, c) and panel-shaped dividers carried by and extending between certain of said longitudinally extending walls, said each divider having wings respectively received in two of the angled slots, and said dividers having lower portions extending below the levels of said wings and slots, and between said longitudinal walls, d) whereby the dividers and longitudinal walls between which they extend form cells to receive cards in ordered face-to-face relation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
152 words
A reinforced box, with adjustable dividers, comprising in combination: a) the box having a bottom wall, and laterally extending upright, opposite end walls, the box also having longitudinally extending, upright side walls and partition walls extending between and connected to said opposite end walls, b) there being angled slots cut into said side walls and partition walls to intersect the tops thereof, the slot extending at acute angles relative to a top plane defined by the tops of said side walls and partition walls, c) and panel-shaped dividers carried by and extending between certain of said longitudinally extending walls, said each divider having wings respectively received in two of the angled slots, and said dividers having lower portions extending below the levels of said wings and slots, and between said longitudinal walls, d) whereby the dividers and longitudinal walls between which they extend form cells to receive cards in ordered face-to-face relation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said walls consist of cardboard laminate that includes a corrugated layer between and adherent to two outer parallel sheets.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein the dividers also consist of cardboard laminate that includes a corrugated layer between and adherent to two outer parallel sheets.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
65 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said slots extend from the tops of said longitudinally extending walls toward the bottoms of said walls, the slots having length substantially less than the vertical height dimensions of said longitudinally extending walls, the divider lower portions having opposite edges below the slots that engage the sides of the longitudinally extending walls to resist lateral deflection of said walls.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The combination of claim 3 wherein wings of two separate dividers are received in the same partition wall slot and enter the slot from opposite sides thereof, whereby each wing is received in only a portion of said slot.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The combination of claim 3 wherein the tops of said longitudinally extending walls are flat.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein the walls into which said wings extend consist of doubled thickness laminate acting to engage and position the wings.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
The combination of claim 5 wherein said partition wall into which said wings of said two separate dividers extend has two cardboard laminate thickness, each laminate including a corrugated layer between and adherent to two outer parallel sheets, whereby each wing extends substantially completely through that portion of the slot defined by one laminate and each wing is carried by one said laminate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
The combination of claim 8 wherein said two laminates are defined by a single laminate layer folded downwardly at said top plane to bring said two laminates into adjacent, vertical, side-by-side relation, the slot cut through both said laminates.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said wings have lowermost edges that are angled to extend downwardly and sidewardly from within said slots to the exterior of said slots.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
65 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said walls of the box have multiple face-to-face laminate thickness, that end wall laminate having a section closest to a divider, with said section a) folded downwardly from said top plane and between the longitudinal walls that carry the divider, and b) having a lowermost tab which is received in a retention slot formed by the box bottom wall.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein gaps are formed between successive slots, said gaps being about 38 millimeters.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein the slot acute angularity is between 75° and 85°.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The combination of claim 11 wherein each slot has a length dimension of about 2.5 centimeters, and each divider has length of about 93 millimeters.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The combination of claim 13 wherein each divider has width at said wings of about 74 millimeters.
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