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Container for produce and the like having releasably securable flaps

  • US 4,277,015 A
  • Filed: 11/07/1979
  • Issued: 07/07/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A container for produce or the like comprising:

  • a floor panel;

    a pair of sidewalls;

    at least one cover flap movable between open and closed positions and having at least one end tab;

    a pair of endwalls to which said floor panel and said sidewalls are attached, at least one of said endwalls having a recess on a top surface thereof to receive said tab when said flap is in said closed position, said recess including an undercut portion adapted to interlock with said tab and prevent said flap from moving toward said open position; and

    a joiner strip bendably connected to one of said sidewalls along one edge thereof and bendably connected to said flap along an opposite edge thereof, whereby said joiner strip permits both lateral and pivotal movement of said flap to engage and disengage said tab from said undercut portion.

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