Patent ID: 6702179
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A paperboard box made of a piece of paperboard, comprising:a bottom with two opposite ends and two lateral sides, being a middle area of the paperboard; two folded lower pieces, extending from the two ends of the bottom respectively; and two folded lateral pieces, being disposed at the two lateral sides of the bottom respectively and each of the lateral pieces having two end parts beside the lower pieces with a respective slant split in-between; characterized in that one of the lateral pieces at the end parts thereof has a respective first vertical split extending a distance from an inner side edge thereof and the other one of the lateral pieces at the end parts thereof has a respective second vertical split extending a distance from an outer side edge thereof corresponding to the first vertical splits such that the two lateral pieces at the end parts thereof can be crossly interlocked to each other behind the lower pieces so as to form two ends of the paperboard box like both ends of a boat.