Dual use box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11332274-B2
Application number	US-202117164883-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2021
Priority date	Sep 12, 2019
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

Example aspects of a method of using a box are disclosed. The box can comprise a primary sealing flap comprising a primary adhesive, a secondary flap connected to the primary sealing flap and comprising a secondary adhesive, and a covered top panel opposite the secondary flap. The method can comprise removing a secondary peelable backing from the secondary adhesive; leaving a primary peelable backing adhered to the primary adhesive; and adhering the secondary flap to the covered top panel with the secondary adhesive.

First claim

That which is claimed is:

1. A method of using a box comprising a primary sealing flap comprising a primary adhesive, a secondary flap connected to the primary sealing flap and comprising a secondary adhesive, and a covered top panel opposite the secondary flap, the method comprising:
removing a secondary peelable backing from the secondary adhesive;
leaving a primary peelable backing adhered to the primary adhesive;
folding a covering top panel, the covering top panel comprising the primary sealing flap and the secondary flap, over a supporting superjacent panel;
bending a connecting-superjacent fold line that connects the covering top panel to the supporting superjacent panel; and
adhering the secondary flap to the covered top panel with the secondary adhesive.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
pulling a tear strip on the secondary flap;
releasing a proximal portion from a distal end of the secondary flap; and
opening the box.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
removing the primary peelable backing from the primary adhesive; and
sealing the box by adhering the primary adhesive to the covered top panel.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising ripping a perforated line connecting the primary sealing flap to the secondary flap.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising bending a superjacent-subjacent fold line that connects the supporting superjacent panel to a supporting subjacent panel.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising collapsing the box by bending a collapsing fold line on a second bottom panel connected to a side panel, the side panel connected to the covering top panel.

7. A method of using a box comprising:
orienting the box in a first open configuration, the box comprising a first top panel and a second top panel, the first top panel comprising a primary sealing flap comprising a primary adhesive and a secondary sealing flap comprising a secondary adhesive;
sealing the box in a first closed configuration by adhering the secondary sealing flap to the second top panel with the secondary adhesive;
orienting the box in a second open configuration; and
sealing the box in a second closed configuration by adhering the primary sealing flap to the second top panel with the primary adhesive.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein sealing the box in the first closed configuration comprises removing a secondary peelable backing from the secondary adhesive and leaving a primary peelable packing adhered to the primary adhesive.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein sealing the box in a second closed configuration comprises removing the primary peelable backing from the primary adhesive.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein orienting the box in the second open configuration comprises pulling a tear strip on the secondary sealing flap, releasing a proximal portion of the secondary sealing flap from a distal end of the secondary sealing flap, and opening the box.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the secondary adhesive is located on the distal end of the secondary sealing flap, and wherein the distal end remains adhered to the second top panel in the second open configuration.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising positioning the primary sealing flap under the second top panel in the first closed configuration and positioning the primary sealing flap over the second top panel in the second closed configuration.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the primary sealing flap is attached to the secondary sealing flap by a perforated line, the method further comprising ripping the perforated line to detach the primary sealing flap from the secondary sealing flap.

14. The method of claim 7 , wherein:
the secondary sealing flap is a first secondary sealing flap and the secondary adhesive is a first secondary adhesive;
the first top panel further comprises a second secondary sealing flap comprising a second secondary adhesive; and
the method further comprises adhering the second secondary sealing flap to the second top panel with the second secondary adhesive in the first closed configuration.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the primary sealing flap is oriented laterally between the first and second secondary sealing flaps.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein:
the primary sealing flap is attached to each of the first and second secondary sealing flaps by a perforated line; and
the method further comprising ripping each of the perforated lines to detach the primary sealing flap from the first and second secondary sealing flaps.

17. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first top panel comprises a connecting portion and an overlapping portion, the overlapping portion hingedly connected to the connecting portion at a top central fold line, the connecting portion comprising the primary sealing flap and the secondary sealing flap.

18. The method of claim 7 , wherein the box is configurable in a collapsed configuration and an erect configuration.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein:
the box further comprises a plurality of side panels and a plurality of bottom panels;
the method further comprises collapsing the box from the erect configuration to the collapsed configuration; and
collapsing the box comprises bending a collapsing fold line on a first bottom panel of the plurality of bottom panels, the first bottom panel connected to a first side panel of the plurality of side panels, the first side panel connected to the first top panel.

20. A method of using a box comprising a primary sealing flap comprising a primary adhesive, a secondary flap connected to the primary sealing flap and comprising a secondary adhesive, and a covered top panel opposite the secondary flap, the method comprising:
removing a secondary peelable backing from the secondary adhesive;
leaving a primary peelable backing adhered to the primary adhesive;
adhering the secondary flap to the covered top panel with the secondary adhesive; and
collapsing the box by bending a collapsing fold line on a second bottom panel connected to a side panel, the side panel connected to the covering top panel.

Assignees

• Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Sollie Greg
• Chen Shifeng
• Ball Randy

Classifications

• B65D5/54

  Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing ({B65D5/06, B65D5/5233, B65D5/5253 take precedence } ; break-in flaps, or members adapted to be torn-off, to provide pouring openings B65D5/70) · CPC title

• B65D5/3621

  collapsed along two fold lines of the tubular body · CPC title

• B65D5/4266

  Folding lines, score lines, crease lines · CPC title

• B65D5/0227 Primary

  with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by heat-sealing, by applying adhesive to the flaps or by staples · CPC title

• B65D5/0263

  with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps, three of them being formed of a continuous strip, the fourth being a separate flap · CPC title