REUSABLE BOX BLANK

摘要

A blank for being repeatably assembled into a box configuration without the use of adhesives. The blank has a bottom panel, a side panel foldably attached to the bottom panel, an end panel foldably attached to the bottom panel, and a locking structure configured to secure the side panel and the end panel in respective orthogonal positions with respect to the bottom panel. The locking structure includes an overlay panel foldably attached to the end panel and foldable toward an overlying position in which it overlies a portion of the side panel. The locking structure also includes a slot in the bottom panel, a flap foldably attached to the bottom panel and extending into the slot, and a tab foldably attached to the overlay panel for being lockingly received in the slot to secure the overlay panel in the overlying position.

主权项

1. A blank for being repeatably assembled into a box configuration without the use of adhesives, the blank comprising:
a bottom panel; a side panel foldably attached to the bottom panel; an end panel foldably attached to the bottom panel; and a locking structure configured to secure the side panel and the end panel in respective orthogonal positions with respect to the bottom panel, the locking structure comprising:
an overlay panel foldably attached to the end panel and being configured to be folded toward an overlying position in which the overlay panel overlies a portion of the side panel when the side panel and the end panel are in the respective orthogonal positions;a slot in the bottom panel;a flap foldably attached to the bottom panel and extending into the slot; anda tab foldably attached to the overlay panel for being lockingly received in the slot to secure the overlay panel in the overlying position, the tab comprising a spine and a pair of wings extending outwardly from the spine, each of the wings configured to bend away from the bottom panel from a coplanar position with respect to the spine as the tab is being inserted in the slot, each of the wings being further configured to resiliently return toward its respective coplanar position when the tab is received in the slot.