Sandra Bishop Freeman

US Patent:

45306850, Jul 23, 1985

Filed:

Feb 17, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/467342

Inventors:

Sandra D. Freeman - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

B31B 162

US Classification:

493151

Abstract:

A box assembly comprising a series of three corner connected boxes is formed from a unitary blank of sheet material. The unitary blank is suitably cut and scored to include along the length thereof twelve body panels, two pairs of tabs, each pair spaced apart by an even number of body panels, and a flap on the end of the blank. In addition, closing flaps are suitably cut and scored on the tops and bottoms of selected ones of the body panels for use in closing off the openings on the tops and bottoms of the individual boxes of the assembly. To fabricate the box assembly from the blank, the tabs of each pair of tabs are folded and glued back on themselves to form a joining flap. An adhesive is then placed on the surfaces of each of the joining flaps and the end flap. The blank is then folded over on itself such that six of the body panels on the blank are superimposed over the remaining six. When so folded and glued, the blank is formed into a body assembly which is in a collapsed condition and need be merely opened up to provide the series of three corner connected boxes.