US 12,330,845 B2
Damage-resistant packaging box for shipping planar articles
Gregory T. Tost, Indian Trail, NC (US); Daniel E-Lee Yen, Waxhaw, NC (US); and Brian E. Marzano, Monroe, NC (US)
Assigned to Movie Mars, Inc., Indian Trail, NC (US)
Filed by Movie Mars, Inc., Indian Trail, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/105,070.
Application 18/105,070 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/862,224, filed on Dec. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190606 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 5/50 (2006.01); B65D 5/02 (2006.01); B65D 5/54 (2006.01); B65D 75/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/5016 (2013.01) [B65D 5/0236 (2013.01); B65D 5/541 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A damage-resistant packaging box for shipping planar articles, the damage-resistant packaging box comprising:
a base box portion, the base box portion comprising opposed side wall attachment portions, opposed top flap attachment portions, and opposed pairs of posterior box corner extensions,
the opposed side wall attachment portions each comprising a side wall attachment length,
the opposed top flap attachment portions each comprising a top flap attachment length, the side wall attachment length being less than the top flap attachment length,
the opposed pairs of posterior box corner extensions extending obliquely and outwardly relative to the opposed side wall attachment portions;
a pair of opposed side wall flap portions extending from the opposed side wall attachment portions, each of the side wall flap portions comprising an outer side flap terminal edge, opposed side flap edges, opposed oblique side flap edges, a side flap inner first fold line, and a side flap outer second fold line, the opposed oblique side flap edges extending obliquely relative to the opposed side flap inner first fold lines and the opposed side flap edges; and
a pair of opposed top flap portions extending from the opposed top flap attachment portions, each of top flap portions comprising an outer top flap terminal edge, opposed inner top flap side edges, opposed oblique top flap edges, opposed outer top flap side edges, a top flap inner first fold line and a top flap outer second fold line, the opposed oblique top flap edges extending obliquely relative to the opposed inner top flap side edges and the opposed outer top flap side edges;
the pair of opposed side wall flap portions being firstly folded along the side flap inner first fold lines and secondly folded along the side flap outer second fold lines thereby defining laterally opposed box side walls and the pair of opposed side wall flap portions thereby covering opposed first portions of an article received in anterior adjacency to the base box portion;
the pair of opposed top flap portions being firstly folded along the top flap inner first fold lines and secondly folded along the top flap outer second fold lines thereby defining longitudinally opposed box side walls and the pair of opposed top flap portions thereby covering second opposed portions of the article received in anterior adjacency to the base box portion thereby forming the damage-resistant packaging box;
the damage-resistant packaging box longitudinally opposed side walls each comprising opposed side wall extension portions, the laterally opposed outer top flap edges and the laterally opposed oblique top flap edges together providing laterally opposed pairs of anterior corner extensions terminating centrally relative to the longitudinally opposed box side walls at the laterally opposed inner top flap side edges, each outer top flap portion having an outer top flap edge length equal to a combined exposed length of the laterally opposed inner top flap edges thereby providing a butterfly shaped configuration of the damage-resistant packaging box when viewed in plan;
the opposed pairs of posterior box corner extensions, the opposed pairs of anterior box corner extensions, and
the side wall extension portions extending orthogonally outwardly relative to the laterally opposed box side walls thereby providing laterally opposed pairs of three-sided, box-reinforcing corner extension features such that the posterior box corner extensions extend in spaced parallel relation to the anterior box corner extensions, and the opposed side wall extension portions orthogonally interconnect the posterior box corner extensions to the anterior box corner extensions.