Patent ID: 8770466

Claim:
A box for separately holding two items, the box made of a foldable corrugated blank comprising: a base portion comprising a box bottom, two foldable opposing side walls, a foldable front wall opposed to a foldable rear wall, each side wall terminating at a forward side wall flap and a rearward side wall flap, each side wall including a curved locking cut at a top edge thereof; a shelf portion comprising a center shelf foldably fixed with the front wall opposite the box bottom and including two foldable center shelf support flaps at opposing side edges thereof and one foldable center shelf support flap at a forward side thereof, the center shelf further including a vent and a center locking tab mutually formed at a single cut line, the box bottom including a tab locking slot adjacent the front wall; and a lid portion comprising a top lid foldably fixed with the rear wall opposite the box bottom and including two foldable side lid flaps at opposing side edges thereof and a foldable front lid flap at a forward side thereof opposite the box bottom; whereby with the box in a flat blank configuration, the forward and rearward side wall flaps may be folded upward and each side wall then folded upward, the front wall may then be folded up and around the forward side wall flaps such that the center locking tab engages the tab locking slot of the box bottom, allowing a first of the items to be placed on the box bottom and opening the vent in the center shelf, each center shelf support flap then folded down to support the center shelf on the box bottom as the center shelf is folded down towards the box bottom, whereupon a second of the items may be placed on the center shelf, the side and front lid flaps then being folded upward to allow the top lid to be folded around the rearward side wall flaps to be supported by the center shelf, whereby the items are separately contained within the box, the box being in a fully folded configuration, and whereby the center shelf support flaps at opposing side edges of the center shelf may be engaged with the curved locking cuts to retain the center shelf in a raised position while the first item is placed onto the box bottom.