Patent ID: 6105855
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A releasable locking lid formed from a planar blank of material for a box type container comprising, in combination:a) a top wall defined between two pairs of opposing first fold lines, each pair of first fold lines intersecting an end of said opposing pair of first fold lines;b) a first and second pair of opposing side walls extendable from said top wall along said first fold lines to form a four sided enclosure surrounding said top wall;c) each of said first pair of opposing side walls having a double ply configuration and provided with a second fold line disposed parallel to one of said first fold lines and spaced from an outer free edge to define a pair of side wall portions, said side wall portions being foldable along said second fold line in overlying relationship to one another and adhesively bonded to one another to form said double ply configuration; said side wall portion including said outer free edge being provided with a pair of opposing end flaps, each of said end flaps defined by a fold line disposed generally perpendicular to and intersecting one of said second fold lines;d) each of said outer free edges of said first pair of side walls including at least one cut-out portion having an open end facing said top wall when said side wall portions are folded over one another to form at least one recess in an inwardly facing portion of said double ply configuration;e) each of said second pair of opposing side walls being adhesively fixed to one of said end flaps of a respective one of said first pair of opposing side walls when said end flaps are folded in overlapping relationship to an adjacent end portion of said second pair of opposing side walls to maintain said first and second pair of opposing side walls in said four-sided enclosure configuration surrounding said top wall.