Opening arrangement for a box

摘要

A box for a quantity of loose objects is provided with a dispensing opening that inhibits and preferably prevents objects from becoming caught within the box in the process of being dispensed. The box comprises walls enclosing a chamber for carrying a quantity of loose objects. A tab is defined, preferably by a weakening line, in a first wall of the box, such that the tab forms a flap when the weakening line is broken or the tab is otherwise separated from the first wall. Then the flap is hingedly attached to the first wall of the box by the aid of an attachment line between the ends of the weakening line. The flap is then pivotable into the chamber of the box after the weakening line has been broken. The tab has a breadth in a direction substantially parallel to the attachment line and a height in a direction substantially perpendicular to the attachment line. The tab height from a free edge thereof to the attachment line is preferably longer than the distance between the attachment line and an edge between the first wall (in which the tab is defined) and a second wall to which the flap formed from the tab is pivoted. Thus, the flap blocks entrance of the objects into an area between the flap and the walls to which the flap is pivoted so that objects are not trapped within the box upon dispensing of the objects.

主权项

1. A box for carrying a quantity of loose objects, said box comprising:
walls enclosing a chamber for carrying said quantity of loose objects; and a flap defined within a first wall of said box, said flap being hingedly attached to said first wall of along an attachment line such that said flap is pivotable into said chamber of said box along said attachment line and towards a second wall coupled to an edge of said first wall at an angle, said flap having a breadth in a first direction and a height in a second direction substantially perpendicular to said breadth and extending from said attachment line to a free end of said flap; wherein: said attachment line is spaced apart from and runs along the direction of said edge of said first wall to which said second wall is coupled; said height of said flap is greater than a distance between said attachment line and said edge of said first wall to which said second wall is coupled; and said box comprises at least one outer casing, and at least one inner casing accommodated slidably within said outer casing while said flap is pivoted into said chamber of said box, said outer casing and inner casing being capable of relative movement between a first closed configuration and a second open configuration, wherein (i) said outer casing comprises a base presenting a bottom of said box, a side wall, and an open end opposite to said base and serving to accommodate said inner casing and (ii) said inner casing comprises a base presenting a top of said box and a side wall wherein said first wall is formed from said side wall of said inner casing.