Patent ID: 6349877
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A tote box with a self-locking top rail comprising:a box formed from a foldable box blank of a uniform thickness, said box having a bottom, two opposed side walls and two opposed end walls, said side walls and end walls having upper edges defining a top edge of the box, at least two of said walls each having at least one tab, a plurality of corner enhancers, each of said corner enhancers having first and second open leg channels, each open leg channel being formed between a pair of leg channel walls, each of said open leg channels having an uninterrupted width defined between planar inside surfaces of said leg channel walls, said width of said open leg channels being substantially the same as the thickness of the box blank, one of said end walls being located inside one of said first and second open leg channels and one of said side walls being located inside the other of said first and second open leg channels, and a top rail extending around the top edge of said box, said top rail comprising two side pieces, two end pieces and four corner pieces, each of said side pieces and each of said end pieces of said top rail having a downwardly open channel formed between a pair of channel side walls, said downwardly open channel being fitted over said upper edges of said side walls and said end walls of said box, at least two of said pieces of said top rail having a hook extending inwardly from at least one of said channel side walls for engaging said tabs and locking said pieces over said upper edges of said box walls.