Patent ID: 6289651
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
Panel interlocking means for securing together first and second panels in overlapping relationship, said first panel comprising a locking tab struck from said first panel adjacent a free edge thereof and extending away from the free edge of said first panel, the locking tab defining a first aperture in said first panel, the locking tab having a neck portion hinged at a base thereof to said first panel and terminating in a shoulder portion, wherein said second panel includes a second aperture struck from said second panel adjacent a free edge thereof, wherein said second aperture is adapted to receive the locking tab such that when the panels are locked together the free edge of said second panel, outboard of said second aperture, is located along the locking tab between the base of said neck portion and said shoulder portion, and wherein said locking tab comprises a locking edge adapted to engage with a complementary edge of said first aperture of the first panel.