Patent ID: 11945627
Assignee: PRATT CORRUGATED HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A locking device for a box, the locking device comprising:
a first panel defining a locking tab, the locking tab separable from a remaining portion of the first panel and comprising a first tab subpanel, a second tab subpanel, and a third tab subpanel; the first tab subpanel extending from the first panel, the second tab subpanel extending from the first tab subpanel, and the third tab subpanel extending from the second tab subpanel, the third tab subpanel of the locking tab configured to bend with respect to the second tab subpanel of the locking tab toward the inside of the box;
a second panel defining a locking opening, the locking opening sized to receive and capture the third tab subpanel of the locking tab, the third tab subpanel of the locking tab configured to engage an edge of the locking opening when the second tab subpanel and the third tab subpanel are in facing arrangement and thereby configured to prevent movement of the locking tab with respect to the locking opening in an opening direction of the locking device;
a third panel offset towards the outside of the box from at least a portion of the second panel, the third panel and the portion of the second panel receiving the locking tab therebetween; and
a fourth panel offset towards the inside of the box from the portion of the second panel, each of the portion of the second panel, the third panel, and the fourth panel defining a front wall of the box, the front wall defining an opening between the third panel and the fourth panel, the opening sized to receive at least a portion of the locking tab therethrough.