Patent ID: 7607566
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A single sheet of foldable material cut and scored to define a container blank, comprising: a first side panel; a second side panel connected with the first side panel along a first fold line; a first top panel connected with the first side panel along a second fold line; a first bottom panel connected with the first side panel along a third fold line; a second top panel connected with the second side panel along a fourth fold line; a second bottom panel connected with the second side panel along a fifth fold line; a removable panel formed in the first side panel and the first top panel, said removable panel defining an inner periphery of the first top panel; a rotatable stacking tab formed in one of said first bottom panel or said second bottom panel the tab being attached to the bottom panel by a sixth fold line; and, a stacking slot formed in the other of said first bottom panel or said second bottom panel; wherein said stacking tab and said stacking slot are positioned in either said first bottom panel or second bottom panel remote from the third fold line or fifth fold line, respectively, and wherein the stacking tab and stacking slot are positioned whereby the stacking tab can extend through the stacking slot into a locking position when the bottom panels are overlapped in an erect container and the stacking tab is rotated around the fold line.