Patent ID: 6186393
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A cardboard box for packing and transportation of agricultural and industrial products, said cardboard box comprising:a paperboard base having longitudinal edges and end edges;respective paperboard longitudinal walls connected to said base along said longitudinal edges and perpendicular to said base;respective paperboard end walls connected to said base at said end edges by strips on one of said end walls and said base glued to the other of said end walls and said base respectively, said end walls being perpendicular to said base, each of said end walls having inwardly folded extensions clued to inner surfaces of said end walls along vertical sides thereof to form respective vertical columns along junctions between said end walls and said longitudinal walls, said longitudinal walls being formed with respective extensions folded over and glued to outer surfaces of said end walls at said junctions; andprojections on said end walls and slots formed in said base whereby, upon stacking of the box with a similar box, the projections of one of the boxes engages in the slots of the other box, each of said longitudinal walls having an inwardly folded longitudinal flap along an upper edge thereof glued to an inner surface of the respective longitudinal wall, each of said longitudinal flaps having an extension glued to a respective one of said columns.