Package box

• US 20050191900A1
• Filed: 02/25/2005
• Published: 09/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Noguchi, Yasuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,607,565 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/532
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/5011 formed by folding inwardly of extensions hinged to the upper or lower edges of the body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/6608 the lid being held in closed position by self-locking integral flaps

Abstract

An interior of the package box is partitioned by an intermediate partition plate into a first accommodation portion and a second accommodation portion. A small partition plate is folded into the package box to form a third accommodation portion. An instruction manual and a device body are accommodated in the first accommodation portion and the second accommodation portion, and a small article and the like are accommodated in the third accommodation portion. The small partition plate is prevented from unfolding open by an edge side of the first connection piece. Therefore, the small article and the like accommodated in the third accommodation portion do not move into the first accommodation portion. The third accommodation portion can be formed by a simple operation (inserting operation is unnecessary) only by folding the small partition plate into the package box.

Claims

1. A package box comprising:

a box body having an opening through which an article to be packaged can be put into and taken out of the box body;

a first connection piece which is integrally and continuously connected to one side of the opening and which is folded toward an inner wall of the box body;

a partition plate which is integrally and continuously connected to the first connection piece and which partitions an accommodation space surrounded by the box body into an upper first accommodation portion and a lower second accommodation portion when the partition plate is folded into the box body;

a second connection piece integrally and continuously connected to another side of the opening which is substantially perpendicular to the one side;

a held plate which is integrally and continuously connected to the second connection piece and which is folded toward the inside of the box body such that the first accommodation portion is formed with a third accommodation portion; and

an unfolding preventing portion which is provided on the first connection piece and which prevents the held plate folded toward the inside of the box body from unfolding open.

2. The package box according to claim 1, wherein the unfolding preventing portion includes a first engaging portion which is formed on the first connection piece to engage with an edge of the held plate.

3. The package box according to claim 1, wherein the unfolding preventing portion includes an insertion piece projecting from an edge of the held plate, and a second engaging portion which is formed on the first connection piece and which engages with an upper side of the insertion piece when the held plate is folded toward the inside of the box body.

4. The package box according to claim 3, wherein the insertion piece is provided with a hooking portion.

5. The package box according to claim 4, wherein the hooking portion is formed on a tip edge of the insertion piece, the hooking portion projecting from a free edge of the held plate, and is inserted into a third engaging portion formed on a corner of the partition plate nearest to the first connection piece.

6. The package box according to claim 3, wherein the unfolding preventing portion includes a first engaging portion which is formed on the first connection piece and which engages with an edge of the held plate and a side of the held plate, the side being formed by bending the held plate and the insertion piece.

7. The package box according to claim 3, wherein the insertion piece projects from the free edge of the held plate, and is inserted into a third engaging portion formed on a corner of the partition plate nearest to the first connection piece.

8. The package box according to claim 7, wherein the third engaging portion includes a notch into which a tip end of the insertion piece is inserted.

9. The package box according to claim 7, wherein the insertion piece is provided with a hooking portion.

10. The package box according to claim 9, wherein the hooking portion is formed on a tip edge of the insertion piece and is inserted into the third engaging portion.

11. The package box according to claim 1, wherein the unfolding preventing portion includes a bent portion which is formed such that the first connection piece is bent and projects toward the accommodation space, and which prevents the held plate from unfolding open.

12. The package box according to claim 1, wherein the held plate has such a size that when the held plate is folded into the box body, a predetermined gap is formed between the partition plate and a free edge of the held plate.

13. The package box according to claim 1, wherein a free edge of the held plate is formed with a finger hole.

14. The package box according to claim 1, wherein the unfolding preventing portion includes an engaging plate which projects toward the accommodation space and which prevents the held plate from unfolding open.

15. The package box according to claim 1, further comprising a lid which covers the opening through which an article to be packaged can be put into and taken out of the box body.

16. The package box according to claim 1, wherein a substantially rectangular plate is continuously connected to at least one of the sides of the partition plate except a side thereof which is integrally and continuously connected to the first connection piece, and

the plate is folded such that it is substantially perpendicular to the partition plate and which comes into surface contact with an inner side surface of the box body.

17. The package box according to claim 16, wherein the plate is continuously connected to a side of the partition plate, the side being opposite to a side thereof to which the first connection piece and the partition plate are integrally and continuously connected to each other, and

a substantially U-shaped hole is formed astride the plate and the partition plate.

18. A package box comprising:

a box body having an opening through which an article to be packaged can be put into and taken out of the box body;

a first connection piece which is integrally and continuously connected to one side of the opening and which is folded toward an inner wall of the box body;

a partition plate which is integrally and continuously connected to the first connection piece and which partitions an accommodation space surrounded by the box body into an upper first accommodation portion and a lower second accommodation portion when the partition plate is folded into the box body;

a second connection piece integrally and continuously connected to the other side of the opening which is substantially perpendicular to the one side;

a held plate which is integrally and continuously connected to the second connection piece and which is folded toward the inside of the box body such that the first accommodation portion is formed with a third accommodation portion; and

an unfolding preventing portion which is provided on an edge of the first connection piece nearest to the second connection piece, and which prevents the held plate folded toward the inside of the box body from unfolding open.

19. The package box according to claim 18, wherein the first connection piece is formed in a substantial L-shape having a portion whose width is narrower than a portion which is integrally and continuously connected to the one side of the opening.