US 12,252,309 B2
Binder box
Dennis M. Kucharczyk, Grandville, MI (US); and Anthony S. Trevino, Grandville, MI (US)
Assigned to GRANDVILLE PRINTING CO., Grandville, MI (US)
Filed by GRANDVILLE PRINTING CO., Grandville, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/226,848.
Application 18/226,848 is a continuation of application No. 16/930,404, filed on Jul. 16, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,690, filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0365296 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 5/52 (2006.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65D 5/20 (2006.01); G09F 3/02 (2006.01); B42F 3/04 (2006.01); B42F 13/16 (2006.01); G09F 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/5253 (2013.01) [B65B 5/024 (2013.01); B65B 5/06 (2013.01); B65D 5/2052 (2013.01); G09F 3/02 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0226 (2013.01); G09F 3/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A binder box assembly for shelf tags, comprising:
a binder box having a front wall, a back wall, a pair of sidewalls, a top surface, and a bottom surface, wherein said bottom surface has at least one first binder opening that is in general alignment with at least one second binder opening that is formed in the transition between said bottom surface and said back wall such that a portion of said at least one second binder opening is located on said bottom surface and a portion on said back wall;
wherein said pair of sidewalls includes a pocket located adjacent to said front wall;
wherein said front wall has tabs that are received in said pockets;
wherein said top surface includes tabs that are configured to be received in said pockets in said sidewalls when said binder box is closed;
a plurality of sheets of shelf tags with at least one third binder opening;
at least one binder that is inserted through said at least one first binder opening, said at least one second binder opening, and said at least one third binder opening to couple said plurality of sheets of shelf tags to said binder box;
wherein said binder includes at least one shoulder that engages said second binder opening adjacent to an interior surface of said back wall and an interior surface of said bottom surface; and
wherein said binder includes another shoulder that engages an exterior surface of said bottom surface of said first binder opening.
 
8. A binder box, comprising:
a back wall, a pair of sidewalls with pockets, a top surface, and a bottom surface having tabs received in said pockets of said sidewalls, including:
at least one first binder opening in said bottom surface;
at least one second binder opening located partly in said bottom surface and in said back wall;
at least one fourth binder opening located in said top surface that aligns with said at least one second binder opening when said top surface is rotated over said back wall; and
at least one fifth binder opening located in said top surface that overlaps said at least one first binder opening when said top surface is rotated over said back wall adjacent to at least a portion of said bottom surface.
 
15. A method of coupling sheets of shelf tags to a binder box, comprising:
forming a binder box with a front wall, a back wall, a pair of sidewalls with pockets, a top surface, and a bottom surface having tabs that are positioned within said pockets, including:
at least one first binder opening in said bottom surface; and
at least one second binder opening located partly in said bottom surface and in said back wall;
printing a plurality of sheets of shelf tags on a plurality of sheets, said sheets having at least one third binder opening;
positioning said plurality of sheets of shelf tags inside said binder box such that said at least one third binder opening generally overlaps with said at least one first binder opening; and
inserting a first end of at least one binder through said generally overlapping at least one third binder opening and said at least one first binder opening to engage an exterior surface of said bottom surface, positioning said at least one binder over said back wall, and inserting a second end of said at least one binder through the exterior surface of said back wall and said at least one second binder opening to engage an interior surface of said back wall to couple said plurality of sheets of shelf tags to said binder box.