Patent ID: 6401917
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B42F,B65D,G03D

Abstract:
A collapsible and reclosable container for film cartridges, photographs, negatives and other articles, comprising:a rear panel; a pair of front flaps foldably connected to the sides of the rear panel and extending laterally inwardly over said rear panel; a front panel foldably connected to the bottom of said rear panel and extending upwardly over said front flaps. and a cover panel foldably connected to the top of said rear panel and extending in a closed position downwardly over said front panel; said rear panel, said front flaps and said front panel defining a first compartment; and said front flaps and said front panel defining between the overlapped portions thereof a second compartment in front of said first compartment; said container having a first slit on or near said front panel, and said cover panel having a first locking tab that is releasably engageable with said first slit to maintain said container in a collapsed, substantially flat condition wherein said front flaps are closely adjacent to and substantially parallel with said rear panel said front panel is closely adjacent to and substantially parallel with said front flaps, and said cover panel is closely adjacent to and substantially parallel with said front panel; side panels being disposed between and foldably connected to said rear panel and said front flaps, a top panel being disposed between and foldably connected to said rear panel and said cover panel and a bottom panel being disposed between and foldably connected to said rear panel and said front panel said side panels, said top panel and said bottom panel being, of substantially the same width; wherein, when said container is in an assembled condition, said front flaps are substantially parallel to and spaced from said rear panel, said side panels are substantially perpendicular to said rear panel and said front flaps, said bottom panel is substantially perpendicular to said rear panel and said front panel, and said top panel is substantially perpendicular to said rear panel and said cover panel when said cover panel is in said closed position: said front panel having a second slit therein, and said first locking tab oil said cover panel being removably engageable with said second slit when said cover panel is in said closed position and said container is in said assembled condition.