Patent ID: 8177060
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A tie box suitable for receiving one or more ties comprising: a base structure having a floor and upstanding peripheral walls that extend outwardly therefrom to define an interior compartment; a protective floor cover member that is configured to be disposed along the floor; a cover that is constructed to mate with the base structure; a pair of elastic tie retaining members that are in the form of a pair of endless elastic bands, the elastic bands being disposed within the interior compartment for receiving and holding the tie between the elastic bands and the floor, wherein the elastic bands surround the protective floor cover member such that bottom sections of the elastic bands are not visible since they lie below the protective floor cover member and upper sections of the elastic bands extend across a top surface of the protective floor cover member; and a ribbon member that is disposed within the interior compartment for tying around the tie, the ribbon member having two free ends and being disposed partially below the floor protective floor cover member by extending tranversely across an underside thereof such that the free ends are accessible above the protective floor cover member, the ribbon member being disposed between the pair of elastic bands, wherein attachment of the protective floor cover member to the base securely holds the ribbon member and the elastic bands in place and prevents free access thereto.