Patent ID: 6705515
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A rigid corrugated plastic box, the box material comprisinga series of substantially evenly spaced plastic corrugations; the box comprising a plurality of box sides connected to one another at intermediate hinge lines, at least one of the box sides comprising a side panel and an upper panel being connected to and folded over against the inner surface of the side panel to form a strong, smooth vertical box side and a strong, smooth, top horizontal edge, and an end panel extending from one box side hinge; said end panel having an L-shape and comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion of the end panel being adapted to extend over a number of corrugations of an adjacent box side panel to which the L-shaped end panel can be affixed, and the lower portion of the end panel being adapted to extend over a substantially greater number of corrugations of said adjacent box side panel, whereby to avoid the concentration of bowing force and strain at any one side panel corrugation, the upper panel of one box side extending only partly over the side panel to which the upper panel is attached and being shaped to fit closely adjacent to the edges of the end panel L-shape upper portion and lower portion.