Patent ID: 6427907
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A single-piece side-loading box, comprising:a bottom; a plurality of wall panels; atop;and a side-opening panel; wherein the bottom, wall panels, top, and side-opening panel are fabricated in a unitary piece which is foldable from an unformed configuration to a box configuration with the side-opening panel openable in the box configuration to permit access to an interior of the box, the plurality of wall panels being connected between the top and the bottom in the box configuration, at least some of the wall panels in the box configuration overlapping to form one or more multi-panel walls; wherein the plurality of wall panels form a back wall and two side walls which are each connected between the top and the bottom in the box configuration, wherein the unitary piece includes the top attached to and foldable relative to a back wall panel, wherein the back wall panel is attached to and foldable relative to the bottom, wherein the bottom is attached to and foldable relative to a pair of side wall panels disposed on opposite sides of the bottom, wherein the top is attached to and foldable relative to a pair of depending side reinforcement panels disposed on opposite sides of the top, the pair of depending side reinforcement panels overlapping with the pair of side wall panels, respectively, to form the pair of multi-panel side walls, wherein the pair of side wall panels are each connected to and foldable relative to a reinforcing side-wing panel, the reinforcing side-wing panels overlapping with the pair of side wall panels and the pair of depending side reinforcement panels, respectively, to form the pair of multi-panel side walls.