Patent ID: 6126067
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B26F,B31B,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A container for drying and long-term storage of leaf products, comprising:a body defined by folding a blank of a fibrous sheet material scored to define two opposing end panels and two opposing side panels and adhering together opposing distal ends thereof, said body openable from a first position which is substantially flat to a second position squared-open for receiving a plurality of leaf products therein;at least one of the panels defining a field of spaced apart bores for communicating moisture through the panel, said bores defined by operation of a high-speed, non-fluted drill pushing through the panel;a bottom that closes a first open end of the tubular body; anda top cap that closes a second open end of the tubular body,whereby the leaf products, being held within the tubular body, emit moisture which communicates through the field of bores in the panel to atmosphere for drying and long-term storage of the leaf products.