US 11,679,925 B2
Modular box assembly
Greg Sollie, Sharpsburg, GA (US); Jamie Waltermire, Peachtree City, GA (US); and Shifeng Chen, Newport News, VA (US)
Assigned to Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC, Brookhaven, GA (US)
Filed by Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC, Brookhaven, GA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/951,465.
Application 16/951,465 is a division of application No. 16/552,277, filed on Aug. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,954,058.
Application 16/552,277 is a continuation of application No. 15/845,545, filed on Dec. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,507,968, issued on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0070530 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 81/38 (2006.01); B65D 5/48 (2006.01); B65D 5/46 (2006.01); F25D 3/14 (2006.01); B65D 5/42 (2006.01); B65D 5/36 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/3862 (2013.01) [B65D 5/3678 (2013.01); B65D 5/4295 (2013.01); B65D 5/46016 (2013.01); B65D 5/46072 (2013.01); B65D 5/48012 (2013.01); B65D 81/3858 (2013.01); F25D 3/14 (2013.01); F25D 2303/0844 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of collapsing a box from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration, the box comprising a pair of side panels, a pair of end panels, and a bottom panel attached to each of the side panels and each of the end panels, the box further comprising a wing disposed between each side panel and each adjacent end panel, and wherein, in the expanded configuration, each of the wings are folded to lie against the adjacent end panel, the method comprising:
bending a center fold line of a first side panel of the pair of the side panel;
unbending a length fold line defined between the first side panel and the bottom panel;
bending a first corner fold line that extends from a bottom panel corner of the bottom panel to an edge fold line of a center subpanel of the bottom panel;
bending a second corner fold line that extends from the bottom panel corner to a longitudinal center line that bisects a bottom panel edge of the bottom panel;
positioning an insulating liner adjacent to the box in the collapsed configuration;
positioning a box top adjacent to the insulating liner, the insulating liner oriented between the box and the box top; and
securing the insulating liner and the box top to the box;
wherein securing the insulating liner and the box top to the box comprises wrapping a side tab of the box top around a portion of the insulating liner and a portion of the box.