Patent ID: 9636884
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B31B,B65B,B65D

Claim:
1. A box configuring tool, comprising: a base having a planar surface; a first stop positioned at a first end of said base and extending from said planar surface; a second stop positioned at a second end of said base opposing said first end of said base, said second stop extending away from said planar surface; and an open-ended chute including a portion of said planar surface and a pair of spaced-apart contiguous-surface walls coupled to said base, said contiguous-surface walls extending along and away from said planar surface and located between said first stop and said second stop, said open-ended chute having a tapered-width portion contiguous with a constant-width portion, wherein said tapered-width portion and said constant-width portion extend successively along said planar surface and wherein said tapered-width portion terminates at a first open end of said open-ended chute and said constant-width portion terminates at a second open end of said open-ended chute.