Patent ID: 6640971
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A unitary blank of foldable material for forming a carton for containing an object during transport and storage, said blank comprising:(a) a back panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge; (b) a first side panel having a front edge, a top edge, a bottom edge and a rear edge hingedly connected to the first side edge of said back panel; (c) a front panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge hingedly connected to said front edge of said first side panel; (d) a second side panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front edge hingedly connected to said first side edge of said front panel and a rear edge hingedly connected to said second side edge of said back panel; (e) a lid including a front edge and a rear edge hingedly connected to said back panel top edge; (f) a first bottom tab having a bottom edge and a top edge hingedly connected to said bottom edge of said second side panel; (g) a second bottom tab having a bottom edge and a top edge hingedly connected to said bottom edge of said back panel and a first support flap slit located in said second bottom tab; (h) a third bottom tab having a bottom edge and a top edge hingedly connected to said bottom edge of said first side panel; (i) a fourth bottom tab having a bottom edge and a top edge hingedly connected to said bottom edge of said front panel and a second support flap slit located in said fourth bottom tab; (j) a first one-piece support flap having a top edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a bottom edge hingedly connected to the bottom edge of the second bottom tab; (k) a second one-piece support flap having a top edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a bottom edge hingedly connected to the bottom edge of said fourth bottom tab; (l) a first split support flap having a top edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a bottom edge hingedly connected to the bottom edge of said first bottom tab, said first split support flap including a slit extending the entire span between said bottom and top edges; and (m) a second split support flap having a top edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a bottom edge hingedly connected to the bottom edge of said third bottom tab, said second split support flap including a slit extending the entire span between said bottom and top edges.