US 11,731,800 B2
Method of using a locking box
Kendrick Michael Borst, Sr., Stockbridge, GA (US); and Robert F. Humberstone, Port Charlotte, FL (US)
Assigned to Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc., Brookhaven, GA (US)
Filed by Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc., Brookhaven, GA (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/830,020.
Application 17/830,020 is a division of application No. 16/915,556, filed on Jun. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,377,252.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,215, filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289423 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 5/02 (2006.01); B65D 5/42 (2006.01); B65D 5/24 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/0254 (2013.01) [B65D 5/247 (2013.01); B65D 5/42 (2013.01); B65D 2301/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a box, the method comprising:
obtaining the box, the box comprising:
a box top comprising:
a first main panel; and
a first end panel extending from an end of the first main panel, at least one of the first main panel and the first end panel defining a locking tab separable from the box top, the locking tab comprising:
a first tab subpanel,
a second tab subpanel, and
a third tab subpanel; the first tab subpanel extending from at least one of the first main panel and the first end panel, the second tab subpanel extending from the first tab subpanel and joined to the first tab subpanel, and the third tab subpanel extending from the second tab subpanel and joined to the second tab subpanel; and
a box bottom comprising:
a second main panel;
a second end panel extending from and joined to the second main panel; and
a tab connected to the second main panel and defining a locking opening;
bending the third tab subpanel of the locking tab with respect to the second tab subpanel of the locking tab;
inserting the locking tab into a gap defined at least in part by the second end panel; and
engaging the locking tab with the locking opening, engaging the locking tab with the locking opening comprising hiding the locking opening behind the locking tab relative to an observer outside of the box when the box is in an assembled position.