Glove package box with interchangeable identification

• US 4,004,691 A
• Filed: 12/22/1975
• Issued: 01/25/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Medical Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Arbrook Incorporated
• Inventors: Wihksne, Allen
• Primary Examiner(s): Dixson, Jr., William T.
• Application Number:
  US05/643,442
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• Field of Search: 206/459, 206/44.11, 206/44.12, 206/45.31, 206/534, 206/232, 206/491, 40/312, 40/109, 40/107, 229/37, 229/38, 229/73, 229/6 R, 229/17 B
• US Class Current: 206/459.1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/422 as an extra panel or panels folded against or inside the container B65D5/4237 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4229 in the form of a detachable panel

Abstract

A box for holding and enclosing a plurality of fixed size and character packages, from amongst a plurality of predetermined character packages, is provided having preferably six sides, each rectangularly shaped and positioned to define a rectangular enclosure. A bottom end may be provided to close one end of this rectangular enclosure while an identification end may be provided to close the other end. Included as part of this identification end may be a plurality of symbols, one each identifying one among the plurality of predetermined character packages as contained in the box. The symbol representing the contents may be selectively displayed via a removable display window located on an outer panel comprising this identification end. Identification symbols may be located on panels folded under the outer panel. As additional symbols are needed they are supplied on additional under-folded panels. The order in which these under panels are folded determines which one will be to the outside and which group of symbols may be available for display.

Claims

1. A box with interchangeable identification including a rectangular enclosure having four walls, a bottom closure at one end of said rectangular enclosure and an identification closure at the other end thereof, said identification closure comprising:

first means for making available for display, exclusively, a first plurality of symbols, this plurality being a portion of the total symbols available, said means being attached to two said opposing walls of said rectangular enclosure;

second means for making available for display, exclusively, a second plurality of symbols, this plurality being the remaining portion of the total symbols available, said means being attached to a wall of said rectangular enclosure adjacent to said first means attachment; and

means connected to said remaining of said rectangular closure walls for selectively displaying one of said symbols made available.

2. The box of claim 1 wherein said identification closure also includes means for accessing the interior of the box, said interior accessing means being associated with second symbol display making means.

3. The box of claim 2 wherein said first symbol display making means includes:

a pair of dust flaps, said flaps each extending from an opposing wall of said rectangular enclosure and being foldable inwardly towards one another to completely extend behind said selective display means; and

a first plurality of symbols, said symbols being located on the outer side of both flaps and each representing one, exclusively, of the possible contents for the box.

4. The box of claim 3 wherein said second symbol display making means includes:

an inner major panel, said panel extending from a wall of said rectangular enclosure adjacent to said walls of said dust flaps attachment, said inner major panel being foldable inwardly to completely extend behind said selective display means; and

a second plurality of symbols, this second plurality being the remaining portion of the total symbols available, each representing one, exclusively, of the possible contents for the box.

5. The box of claim 4 wherein said selective display means includes:

an outer major panel, said panel extending from the remaining of said rectangular closure walls and being foldable inwardly to overlap said pair of dust flaps and said inner major panel; and

a plurality of tear tab display windows through said outer major panel and located inboard away from the edges of said outer major panel, said tear tabs being selectively removable to display a symbol made available behind said outer major panel.

6. The box of claim 5:

wherein said inner major panel includes an access flap, said access flap being separable from said inner panel via a perforation line;

wherein said outer major panel includes a thumb hole to facilitate produce removal;

wherein said outer major panel does not extend into said inner panel access flap area; and

wherein said pair of dust flaps do not extend into said inner panel access flap area nor into said outer panel inspection window area.

7. A one piece blank comprising:

four rectangular main panels connected to one another along the entire length of their longer edges;

first and second smaller rectangular end panels extending one each from the same end of two non-adjacent of said four main panels along their entire width;

first and second larger rectangular end panels extending one each from the other two non-adjacent of said four main panels along their entire width at their end adjacent to said small extending rectangular end panels;

a glue tab extending the entire free length of one of said four main panels;

a first and second end tab extending one each from opposite edges of the same end of the two main panels opposite the small rectangular end panels, said first and second end tabs being smaller rectangular sections and extending along only part of the width of said main panels;

a first and second end flap extending one each from opposite edges of the two main panels as said first and second end tabs said first and second end flaps being adjacent to said first and second end tabs, respectively, and extending for the remaining width of said respective main panel, said end flaps each having their outer corners truncated and having a rectangular cut-out in their outer end;

an inner major end panel extending from said remaining panel free end adjacent to an end tab and extending for the entire width, said panel having a pair of opposing rectangular cut-outs extending inwardly from its opposing free edge and a semicircular cut-out in its outer free edge; and

an outer major end panel extending from said remaining main panel free end adjacent to an end flap and extending for the entire width of the panel, said panel having four tear-tab windows located inboard from outer edges thereof and extending therethrough and having a semicircular cut-out in its outer free edge.