Patent ID: 6364199
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A container having a plurality of selectable volumes comprising:a bottom portion having a substantially rectangular shape with two substantially parallel side edges and two substantially parallel end edges; two side panels attached to and extending upwardly from said two side edges of said bottom portion; two end panels attached to and extending upwardly from said two end edges of said bottom portion, each of said two end panels having edges which are attached to edges of each of said two side panels to thereby form four corner edges of said container; at least one line of perforations laterally extending substantially across said two side panels and said two end panels to allow at least one of folding and removal of at least a portion of said two side panels and said two end panels; wherein each of said two end panels includes a plurality of sets of hypotenuse creases adapted to allow selective inward folding of said two end panels to thereby form a top closure for said container with a portion of said two side panels and to allow selection of a volume for said container, said plurality of sets of hypotenuse creases being nested on said two end panels, and extending upwardly toward a central axis of said two end panels, each of said plurality of sets of hypotenuse creases terminating at an intersection with said central axis.