Patent ID: 8857702
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A foldable box adapted to be folded into a three-dimensional position from a stored-flat position, comprising: a bottom panel; a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel and a fourth side panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel and the fourth side panel being connected to the bottom panel; a cover, the cover being connected to the first side panel; a lip, the lip being attached to the cover; a first connector, the first connector extending between the first side panel and the second side panel; a second connector, the second connector extending between the second side panel and the third side panel; a third connector, the third connector extending between the third side panel and the fourth side panel; a fourth connector, the fourth connector extending between the fourth side panel and the first side panel; a first securing arrangement, the first securing arrangement including a first two securing strips placed in a corner of the first side panel and a second two securing strips placed in a corner of the third side panel, the first two securing strips ensuring that the first side panel is tightly secured to the first connector and the fourth connector when the first side panel is in an upright position, and the second two securing strips ensuring that the third side panel is tightly secured to the second connector and the third connector when the third side panel is in an upright position; a second securing arrangement, the second securing arrangement including a securing panel attached the third side panel, the securing panel folding between the second side panel and the fourth side panel and adjacent the third panel when the second side panel, the third side panel and the fourth side panel are in an upright position; a third securing arrangement, the third securing arrangement including a first locking device on the lip and a second locking device on the third side panel, the first locking device and the second locking device being secured to one another permitting securement of the lip to the third side panel when in the box is in a closed, three-dimensional position.