US 12,441,507 B2
Skip slot box blanks, boxes and methods of forming the same
Matthew David Castle, Chillicothe, OH (US)
Assigned to Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/371,470.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/409,902, filed on Sep. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0101302 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 5/42 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/4266 (2013.01) [B65D 5/4279 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A box blank for a corrugated box, the box blank comprising:
a plurality of panels including at least a first panel and a second panel, wherein the first panel defines a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, wherein the second panel defines a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, wherein the third edge of the first panel is connected to the first edge of the second panel along a panel score line portion, wherein the panel score line portion is foldable;
a plurality of flaps including at least a first flap and a second flap, wherein the first flap defines a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, wherein the second flap defines a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, wherein the second edge of the first flap is connected to the fourth edge of the first panel, wherein the second edge of the second flap is connected to the fourth edge of the second panel, wherein the third edge of first flap is connected to the first edge of the second flap along a flap score line portion, wherein the flap score line portion is foldable;
a first cross-cut extending across the flap score line portion between the first flap and the second flap;
a second cross-cut extending across the flap score line portion between the first flap and the second flap, wherein the second cross-cut is spaced apart from the first cross cut so as to define an uncut portion of the flap score line portion therebetween;
a first cut extending from the first cross-cut at least a portion of a first distance leading to the fourth edge of the first flap or the fourth edge of the second flap; and
a second cut extending from the second cross-cut at least a portion of a second distance leading to the second edge of the first flap or the second edge of the second flap.