	US 12,187,504 B2
	Container with locking tab closure
Richard Throup, Nottinghamshire (GB); and Athal S. Nathanson, Nottinghamshire (GB)
Assigned to Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited, (GB)
Appl. No. 17/642,915
Filed by Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited, Nottinghamshire (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/052195 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/048562, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1913239 (GB), filed on Sep. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402646 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 5/10 (2006.01); B65D 5/02 (2006.01); B65D 5/44 (2006.01)

CPC B65D 5/106 (2013.01) [B65D 5/0254 (2013.01); B65D 5/443 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A container comprising;

a plurality of sidewalls connected to one another along foldlines; and

a base, wherein the base comprises;

a first base flap connected along a foldline to a first one of the sidewalls;

second and third opposed base flaps connected along respective foldlines to respective ones of the sidewalls adjacent the first sidewall on either side thereof, wherein the second and third base flaps are folded over the first base flap;

and a fourth base flap connected along a foldline to a sidewall opposite the first sidewall, wherein the fourth base flap is folded over the second and third base flaps;

wherein the fourth base flap comprises a base panel portion which forms part of the exterior of the base and a locking tab portion connected to a distal end of the base panel portion, wherein the locking tab portion of the fourth base flap is inserted into the interior of the container through a slot defined by the first, second and third base flaps to retain the base in a closed configuration;

and wherein a cutline is provided extending inwardly from the side edge of the fourth base flap on each side of the fourth base flap at a transition between the base panel portion and the locking tab portion of the fourth base flap.