Patent ID: 7290664
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A corrugated board packaging assembly having a corrugated board box body and a corrugated board pallet, said pallet being adapted for use with either a fork lift having forks to lift the assembly or a hand lift having forks with wheels at their tips, characterized in that said assembly may be folded into a compact unit and may be erected to provide a box body for containing a product to be shipped or stored, said corrugated board box body comprising a lid and a foldable shell frame, said corrugated board pallet comprising a top plate and a side flaps projecting above the top plate for fitting said shell frame into said corrugated board pallet, said shell frame when folded capable of being accommodated inside said side flaps, and when unfolded to be assembled by removably fitting the lower outside surface of the shell frame into the inside surfaces of said side flaps during the erection of said corrugated board packaging assembly, said pallet comprising a bottom plate spaced below said top plate, and access means below said top plate to afford entry of the forks to underlie the top plate for lifting the assembly, beams of corrugated board aligned parallel to each other and positioned between said top and bottom plates on both sides of said access means, said access means comprising openings in said side flaps below said top plate and at least two hollow sleeves extending between said beams to overlie said bottom plate, said bottom plate and said hollow sleeves having wheel openings registering with the wheels of the forks when the forks are inserted through said access means to underlie the top plate.