Patent ID: 7222745
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A box, comprising: a base having a substantially rectangular perimeter; a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls extending upward from the perimeter of the base to form a box bottom having rounded corners and vertices, the box bottom having a mouth at the top thereof, the mouth having a substantially rectangular perimeter; reinforcing ridges formed at the corners and vertices of the box bottom; a lip formed at the perimeter of the mouth; a lid fitting over the mouth of the box bottom, the lid including a collar having a cuff that engages the lip to hold the lid in position over the mouth; at least one air hole formed in the base and in the lid; and a plurality of inwardly protruding panels formed in the walls and lid, wherein the base includes at least one panel indentation, and wherein the lid includes at least one panel indentation corresponding in position to the base panel indentation, the lid panel indentation fitting closely within the base panel indentation, such that the lid may be locked into the base by seeing the lid panel indentation into the base panel indention, the base including a plurality of base panel indentations and corresponding lid panel indentations, wherein the base panel indentations and corresponding lid panel indentations are triangular, and wherein the base panel indentations and corresponding lid panel indentations are arranged to form a rectangle.