Patent ID: 6688514
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A box, comprising:opposed pairs of parallel side walls defining an enclosure; opposed pairs of bottom flaps foldably connected along score lines at one edge to respective pairs of said opposed side walls, said bottom flaps having free edges opposite their connection with the respective side walls; a first pair of said bottom flaps being first folded inwardly toward one another over the bottom of the box, with the free edges thereof lying in confronting substantially contiguous and abuttingly coplanar relationship with one another to define a substantially smooth inner bottom surface in the box; a second pair of said bottom flaps being folded inwardly toward one another over the bottom of the box, with the free edges thereof lying in adjacent confronting relationship with one another, and the free edge of at least one flap of said second pair of opposed bottom flaps having a notch therein, said notch forming a central opening between the adjacent confronting edges of said second pair of flaps when they are folded inwardly over the bottom of the box; and a single T-shaped locking tab on the free edge of one of the flaps of the first pair of opposed bottom flaps, said locking tab joined to said one flap by a score line at one end and having outwardly extending arms at its other end, said locking tab being adapted to be flexed about the score line and inserted through said central opening to a position external of the box, with the locking tab projecting forwardly from the score line and lying against the adjacent edges of the second pair of opposed bottom flaps and with the outwardly extending arms lying over said adjacent edges of the second pair of opposed bottom flap to lock the flaps in their inwardly folded position over the box bottom.