US 12,319,478 B2
Box blanks, systems, and methods
Bryan Justin Robert Crosby, Knoxville, TN (US); and Ammar Al Tawil, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to GBS HOLDINGS LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Appl. No. 18/249,757
Filed by GBS HOLDINGS LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/056569
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/093758, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/105,593, filed on Oct. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391492 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 5/20 (2006.01); B65D 5/468 (2006.01); B65D 77/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/2076 (2013.01) [B65D 5/4608 (2013.01); B65D 77/065 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blank for forming a box comprising:
a rectangular central portion;
a rectangular left internal portion extending from a first foldable boundary of the central portion;
a rectangular right internal portion extending from a second foldable of the central portion, the second foldable boundary of the central portion being opposite the first foldable boundary of the central portion;
a rectangular front external portion extending from a third foldable boundary of the central portion, the third foldable boundary of the central portion being adjacent to the first foldable boundary of the central portion and the second foldable boundary of the central portion;
a rectangular back external portion extending from a fourth foldable boundary of the central portion, the fourth foldable boundary of the central portion being opposite the third foldable boundary of the central portion and adjacent to the first foldable boundary of the central portion and the second foldable boundary of the central portion;
a first pair of external flaps comprising (i) a front-left external flap that is extending from a foldable boundary of the front external portion that is adjacent to the third foldable boundary of the central portion, and (ii) a front-right external flap that is extending from a foldable boundary of the front external portion that is opposite the front-left external flap;
a second pair of external flaps comprising (i) a back-left external flap that is extending from a foldable boundary of the back external portion that is adjacent to the fourth foldable boundary of the central portion, and (ii) a back-right external flap that is extending from a foldable boundary of the back external portion that is opposite the back-left external flap;
a bottom-left external flap extending from a foldable boundary of the left internal portion that is opposite to the first foldable boundary of the central portion;
a bottom-right external flap extending from a foldable boundary of the right internal portion that is opposite to the second foldable boundary of the central portion;
a front-bottom internal flap extending from a foldable boundary of the front external portion that is opposite to the third foldable boundary of the central portion;
a back-bottom internal flap extending from a foldable boundary of the back external portion that is opposite to the fourth foldable boundary of the central portion,
wherein when the blank is in a folded configuration:
(i) the left internal portion is hidden by the front-left external flap of the first pair of external flaps and by the back-left external flap of the second pair of external flaps,
(ii) the right internal portion is hidden by the front-right external flap of the first pair of external flaps and by the back-right external flap of the second pair of external flaps, and
(iii) the front-bottom internal flap and the back-bottom internal flap are hidden by the bottom-left external flap and the bottom-right external flap.