Patent ID: 6460724
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A tote box with a self-locking top rail comprising:a box formed from a foldable box blank of a uniform thickness, said box having a bottom, two opposed side walls and two opposed end walls, said side walls and end walls having upper edges defining a top edge of the box, at least two of said side walls and end walls each having a groove extending horizontally below said upper edge of said box wall, and a top rail extending around the top edge of said box, said top rail having a downwardly open channel formed between a pair of channel side walls, said downwardly open channel being fitted over said upper edges of said side walls and said end walls, at least one of said channel side walls having an inwardly extending hook, said inwardly extending hook engaging said grooves and locking said top rail over said upper edges of said end and side walls.