Patent ID: 6024279
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A box formed from a blank of foldable material, said box comprising:a pair of adjacent walls folded about a wall fold line, demarcating said adjacent walls, to form a box corner;a pair of closure flaps extending generally along and orthogonal to respective ones of said adjacent walls, in overlapping relation to each other;a flap fold line extending generally perpendicular to the wall fold line and demarcating the pair of closure flaps from the respective walls along which the closure flaps extend;an elongated slot extending generally along said flap fold line and across said wall fold line, said slot serving to reduce bunching of the foldable sheet material in said corner and being substantially entirely closed-off by overlapping portions of said closure flaps, said elongated slot having a first elongate portion extending from said box corner generally along a first said adjacent walls and a second elongate portion extending from said box corner generally along a second of said adjacent walls; anda reinforcing support panel secured to and covering an inside portion of each of said adjacent walls, said support panel extending across and being folded along said wall fold line and having an edge extending parallel to said flap fold line across said wall fold line, said edge being spaced from said flap fold line and extending along and in close proximity to said first and second elongate portions.