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Closable box

  • US 5,431,333 A
  • Filed: 06/20/1994
  • Issued: 07/11/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A closable container comprising a bottom tray having a bottom wall, a set of bottom side walls, a fold line connecting each bottom side wall of said set of bottom side walls to an adjacent portion of said bottom wall, said set of bottom side walls including a first pair of opposed bottom side walls, means connecting one of said first pair of bottom walls to each of a pair of opposite sides of said bottom walk said first pair of bottom side walls forming a front bottom side wall and a rear bottom side wall of said tray, means for connecting adjacent sides of said bottom side walls of said set of bottom side walls to form said bottom tray with said bottom side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall and flaring outward to provide an open top defined by free-end edges of said bottom side walls, said open top being larger in area than said bottom wall, a gabled top having a top wall and a set of top side walls, means connecting each top side wall of said set of top side walls with said top wall and means for interconnecting sides of adjacent pairs of said top side walls to form said gabled top with an open end remote from said top wall defined by free edges of said top side walls remote from said top wall, said open end being larger in area than said top wall, said set of top side walls including a first pair of opposed top side walls forming a front top side wall and rear top side wall of said gabled top and a second pair of opposed top side walls, said means interconnecting sides of adjacent pairs of said top side walls including flaps foldably connected to corners of each of said first pair of top side walls in a position to be secured to an adjacent corner of an adjacent side wall of said second pair of top side walls, a projection extending from each of said flaps, each said projection extending beyond its adjacent said top side wall of said second pair of top side walls to overlap an adjacent corner of said bottom tray when said container is in closed position, a foldable connection between said rear bottom side wall and said rear top side wall to foldably connect said gabled top with said bottom tray.

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