US 12,492,042 B2
Returnable shipping container
Lawrence D. Cutter, New Paltz, NY (US)
Filed by Lawrence D. Cutter, New Paltz, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/871,962.
Application 17/871,962 is a division of application No. 16/728,643, filed on Dec. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,427,385.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355977 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 43/16 (2006.01); B65D 25/10 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01); B65D 77/26 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 25/102 (2013.01) [B65D 25/101 (2013.01); B65D 43/16 (2013.01); B65D 51/245 (2013.01); B65D 77/26 (2013.01); B65D 2203/02 (2013.01); B65D 2203/10 (2013.01); B65D 2251/1016 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for shipping a package, said container comprising:
a rigid structure for containing said package and having a closable opening;
a flat panel providing closure for said closable opening;
a transparent window on said flat panel;
a first structure on one side of said flat panel holding a first removeable printed medium so as to be visible through said transparent window,
and a second structure that includes an opaque slidable portion moveable between a first position and a second position to hide or reveal a second set of printed medium,
said first printed matter medium containing information coded in a format which facilitates requires machine readability, said information including a first address and which also separately includes human readable information which also includes said first address, said printed medium also including, on its reverse side, a second address indicating an address in human readable form and also in a form which requires machine readability of an address to which said container is to be returned.