Patent ID: 8025207

Claim:
A blank for a box having a unique cover-locking structure, this blank being of foldable material cut and scored to define: a bottom panel ( 20 ), a rear wall ( 22 ) attached to the bottom panel, a front wall assembly ( 50 ) opposing the rear wall and comprising a front wall ( 52 ) attached to the bottom panel, a side wall assembly ( 30 ) comprising a side wall panel ( 32 ) attached to the bottom panel, a corner panel ( 36 ) attached to a front end of the side wall panel and having a front end edge ( 40 ) and a bottom edge ( 39 ), and a connector panel ( 38 ) attached to the bottom edge of the corner panel, and a cover assembly ( 60 ) comprising a cover panel ( 62 ) attached to the rear wall and a cover front flap ( 66 ) opposing the rear wall and attached to a front edge ( 68 ) of the cover panel; wherein the corner panel has a tab ( 46 ) projecting from the front end edge and the cover assembly has a tab engaging edge ( 65 ), said tab engaging edge being of a disposition and configuration to enable this edge to engage with the tab after said blank has been erected into a box; and further wherein, the front wall assembly further comprises an end flap ( 55 ) attached to an end of the front wall at an end flap fold line ( 56 ), the front wall is attached to the bottom panel at a front wall fold line ( 54 ), an angle (A 1 ) exists between the front wall fold line and the end flap fold line, wherein this angle is an obtuse angle.