Patent ID: 6065669
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A fully-erected slanting-wall, one-piece, non-fastened, four-wall, rear-wall-reclinable box comprising:(a) a tray member comprising:(i) a bottom panel having a predetermined left-to-right width,(ii) a reclinable rear wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel and disposed thereto at a predetermined rear wall angle,(iii) a front wall attached to said bottom panel and disposed thereto at a predetermined front wall angle,(iv) left and right slanting side walls attached to said bottom panel and disposed thereto at predetermined left and right side wall angles, respectively, said left and right slanting side walls extending between said front and rear walls;(b) a cover member comprising:(i) a cover panel hingedly attached to a top edge of said reclinable rear wall and having a predetermined left-to-right width, the predetermined left-to-right width of said cover panel being longer than the predetermined left-to-right width of said bottom panel,(ii) a cover front flap attached to a front edge of said cover panel;wherein:said predetermined left and right side wall angles are greater than 100 degrees and at least one of said predetermined front wall angle and said predetermined rear wall angle is less than 95 degrees, whereby said slanting-wall, one-piece, non-fastened, four-wall, rear-wall-reclinable box provides a set of advantages not provided by either a standard one-piece carton having all non-slanting walls or a slanting-wall box of the prior art.