US 11,697,522 B2
Locking sliding box closure
Anton Steele, Naperville, IL (US); Isaac Hulbert, Downers Grove, IL (US); and Mitch Rydholm, Batavia, IL (US)
Assigned to Fellowes, Inc, Itasca, IL (US)
Filed by FELLOWES INC., Itasca, IL (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/332,617.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/030,772, filed on May 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0371154 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 5/10 (2006.01); B65D 85/18 (2006.01); B31B 100/00 (2017.01)
CPC B65D 5/106 (2013.01) [B65D 85/185 (2013.01); B31B 2100/0024 (2017.08)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A box, the box including four side panels and four top panels, a first side panel hingeably connected to a first sliding top panel, a second side panel hingeably connected to a first slotted top panel, a third side panel hingeably connected to a second sliding top panel, and a fourth side panel hingeably connected to a second slotted top panel,
the first sliding top panel having a first sliding top panel terminal edge, the second sliding top panel having a second sliding top panel terminal edge,
the first sliding top panel including a first sliding top panel fold line located between a connection to the first side panel and the first sliding top panel terminal edge,
the second sliding top panel including a second sliding top panel fold line located between a connection to the third side panel and the second sliding top panel terminal edge,
the first slotted top panel includes a first slot of the first slotted top panel and a second slot of the first slotted top panel,
the second slotted top panel includes a first slot of the second slotted top panel and a second slot of the second slotted top panel,
the first slot of the first slotted top panel receiving the first sliding top panel terminal edge,
the second slot of the first slotted top panel receiving the second sliding top panel terminal edge,
the first slot of the second slotted top panel receiving the second sliding top panel terminal edge and the second slot of the second slotted top panel receiving the first sliding top panel terminal edge when the four top panels are posited to close the box,
the first slot of the first slotted top panel includes a first slotted top panel first cut, the first slotted top panel first cut extending from the connection of the first slotted top panel to the second side panel toward the first slotted top panel terminal edge, the first slotted top panel first cut laterally displaced from a longitudinal midline of the first slotted top panel,
further including a first slot flap located adjacent the first slot of the first slotted top panel second cut, and a second slot flap located adjacent to the first slot of the first slotted top panel first cut.