Patent ID: 6092659
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A one-piece blank of foldable sheet material for forming a shipping container for holding an article of manufacture therein, said blank comprising;a generally rectangular strip having a top side, a bottom side, and a free end;three parallel fold lines formed perpendicularly to said top side and said bottom side;a first closure tab disposed opposite said free end;a fourth fold line formed parallel with said three parallel fold lines and adjacent said closure tab;a top linear fold line and a bottom linear fold line along said top side and said bottom side, respectively, of said blank;a first pair of opposed side panels and a second pair of opposed side panels alternating along said strip and defined by said linear fold lines along said top side and said bottom side of said blank, said parallel fold lines and said free end;a pair of top closure panels hingedly attached along said top linear fold line to each of said first pair of opposed side panels;a pair of top panel closure tabs hinged attached with said pair of top closure panels;a pair of inner closure flaps hingedly attached along said top linear fold line to each of said second pair of opposed side panels;a plurality of foot panels, each foot panel hingedly attached along said bottom linear fold line to one of said second pair of opposed side panels; anda plurality of bottom closure panels, each bottom closure panel hingedly attached to one of said foot panels opposite said bottom linear fold line.