Patent ID: 9180997
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A container comprising: a top having a planar top surface, a top front side, a top left side, a top right side, and a top back side; a bottom having a planar bottom surface, a bottom front side, a bottom left side, a bottom right side, and a bottom back side; a horizontal opening edge that extends parallel to the planar top surface and the planar bottom surface, said horizontal opening edge divides and separates the top front side from the bottom front side, the top left side from the bottom left side and the top right side from the bottom right side; a back side horizontal fold extending longitudinally across and creating a fold line between the top back side and the bottom back side; a horizontal divider connected to the bottom front side and foldable along a horizontal divider fold line, wherein the horizontal divider extends above and parallel to a bottom inside surface of the bottom of the multi-tiered container when the horizontal divider is folded along the horizontal divider fold line; a locking tab formed on the top left side and extending downward and receivable in an aperture formed on the bottom left side; a locking tab formed on the top right side and extending downward and receivable in an aperture formed on the bottom right side, wherein the locking tab on the top left side and the locking tab on the top right side hold the top to the bottom when the container is in the closed position; and a locator tab formed on the bottom left side and extending upward toward and received in a recess on the top left side, a locator tab formed on the bottom right side and extending upward and received in a recess formed on the top right side, wherein the locator tab of the bottom left side and the locator tab on the bottom right side function to align the top and bottom of the multi-tiered container when the multi-tiered container is in the closed position, in addition to preventing articles placed on the horizontal divider from sliding out of the multi-tiered container on the bottom left side or bottom right side, wherein the locator tab of the bottom left side and the locator tab of the bottom right side are positioned within recesses formed on an inside surface of the top of the container, which confirms alignment of the top and the bottom when the container is closed.