US 12,391,429 B2
Shipping box and method for using shipping box
Laura Carmen López Crespo, Barcelona (ES); and Manuel López Masagué, Barcelona (ES)
Assigned to Embalajes Capsa, S.L., Barcelona (ES)
Filed by Embalajes Capsa, S.L., Barcelona (ES)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/400,014.
Application 17/400,014 is a continuation of application No. PCT/ES2020/070112, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19382109 (EP), filed on Feb. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0371152 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 5/54 (2006.01); B65D 5/20 (2006.01); B65D 5/66 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/5455 (2013.01) [B65D 5/2052 (2013.01); B65D 5/6652 (2013.01); B65D 5/6661 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shipping box, comprising:
a bottom;
side walls;
a lid having a greater surface area than each of the side walls;
a flap extending from the lid and having an outer perimeter bounded by a plurality of sides, including a connection side connecting the flap to the lid, a free side opposing the connection side, and lateral sides extending between the connection side and the free side;
a sealing element arranged on the flap to seal the lid, the sealing element comprising an adhesive strip provided with a removable protective tape; and
a temporary closure structure arranged on the flap inboard of the plurality of sides of the flap, the temporary closure structure comprising a tab with a folding line to temporarily close the lid, the flap having an opening extending across a portion of the folding line, the tab being hinged along the folding line to enable insertion into a complementary slot on a surface of the shipping box in a temporarily closed configuration, wherein the complementary slot has a narrow portion defined by a projection of the surface of the box into the complementary slot, the opening on the flap being positioned along the narrow portion of the complementary slot in the temporarily closed configuration,
wherein the sealing element is located between the free side of the flap and the temporary closure structure such that the shipping box is capable of being temporarily closed a plurality of times before and after sealing the shipping box with the sealing element.