One-piece multiple-compartment shipping and display box

• US 6,095,408 A
• Filed: 07/20/1998
• Issued: 08/01/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Adaptec Incorporated (Steel Partners Holdings LP)
• Inventors: Nguyen, Dat K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Garbe, Stephen P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mai, Tri M.
• Application Number:
  US09/119,716
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• Field of Search: 229/120.21, 229/167, 229/168, 229/121, 229/227, 229/247, 229/150, 229/151
• US Class Current: 229/120.21
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/2009 all formed by folding extensions of the side walls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/48018 formed by folding extensions of side panels of a "cross-like" body blank B65D5/4801 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/5021 Integral elements for containers formed by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides

Abstract

A multiple compartment shipping and display box includes a plurality of compartments and is made from a single piece of material. The box includes two channel-beam structures that are used to form two end compartments. A shelf extends between the two-channel-beam structures and defines two more compartments. A box beam extends between the two channel-beam structures, and has a portion of the shelf as one side of the beam. The interior volume of the box beam provides yet another compartment. In addition to defining the various compartments, the channel-beam structures and the box beam provide rigidity and strength to the box. Also, three strips are each glued to a different side wall of the box to provide additional strength and rigidity. All of the components in the box are formed from a single piece of die-cut material.

Claims

1. A one-piece container comprising:

a bottom;

a first side wall connected along a first edge to said bottom and substantially perpendicular to said bottom;

a second side wall connected along a second edge to said bottom and substantially perpendicular to said bottom;

an upper side wall connected along a third edge to said first side wall and substantially parallel to said bottom;

a first interior wall substantially perpendicular to said bottom, said first side wall, said second side wall and said upper side wall, said first interior wall extending between said bottom and said upper side wall;

a first exterior end wall connected along a fourth edge to said bottom, said first exterior end wall being substantially parallel to said first interior wall and extending between said bottom and said upper side wall, wherein a first storage compartment is defined by said bottom, said first side wall, said second side wall, said upper side wall, said interior wall and said exterior end wall;

a closure flap connected along a fifth edge to said first exterior end wall and substantially perpendicular to said first exterior end wall, said closure flap being inserted into said first compartment; and

a shelf extending from said first interior wall, said shelf bounding the top of a second storage compartment, said shelf bounding the bottom of a third storage compartment, wherein said first, second, and third storage compartments are formed using only said one-piece.

2. The one-piece container of claim 1 further comprising:

a box beam side connected along a sixth edge to said upper side wall and perpendicular to said upper side wall, wherein said first side wall, said upper side wall, said box beam side and said shelf define a box beam.

3. The one-piece container of claim 2 wherein an interior volume of said box beam is a forth storage compartment.

4. The one-piece container of claim 3 wherein said forth storage compartment is visible from said first storage compartment.

5. The one-piece container of claim 1 further comprising a top rail, said upper side wall being connected to said interior wall by said top rail.