US Patent Class 229
ENVELOPES, WRAPPERS, AND PAPERBOARD BOXES
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| DF | CLASS NOTES | |
| 100 | DF | PAPERBOARD BOX |
| 101 | DF | .~ Variable volume |
| 101.1 | DF | .~.~ Plural, parallel tearing means for sequentially reducing the box volume |
| 101.2 | DF | .~.~ Tearing provides a reclosable box having reduced volume when reclosed |
| 102 | DF | .~ Tamper indicating |
| 102.5 | DF | .~ Having fixed upwardly extending display card |
| 103 | DF | .~ Convertible |
| 103.1 | DF | .~ Combined with drinking tube (e.g., straw) |
| 103.11 | DD | .~ Thermally insulated |
| 103.2 | DF | .~ Wrapper type (i.e., box formed around content) |
| 103.3 | DF | .~.~ Top or bottom wall includes four folded flaps or panels |
| 104 | DF | .~ Elevated bottom wall included in a one-piece box construction |
| 105 | DF | .~ Edges of rectangular bottom wall are at 45 degrees to edges of rectangular stock material |
| 106 | DF | .~ Including a polygonal bottom wall and a curved sidewall |
| 107 | DF | .~ Including a sector-shaped wall (e.g., pie-shaped, semicircular, etc.) |
| 108 | DF | .~ Including a polygonal, nonrectangular wall |
| 108.1 | DF | .~.~ Collapsible along supplemental fold line |
| 109 | DF | .~.~ Octagonal |
| 110 | DF | .~.~ Hexagonal |
| 111 | DF | .~.~ Trapezium-shaped |
| 112 | DF | .~.~ Trapezoidal |
| 113 | DF | .~.~.~ Three or more trapezoidal walls (e.g., truncated pyramid-shaped box) |
| 114 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including a sidewall which slants upwardly and outwardly |
| 115 | DF | .~.~ Triangular |
| 116 | DF | .~.~.~ Three or more triangular walls (e.g., pyramid-shaped box) |
| 116.1 | DF | .~ Decoration or novelty feature |
| 116.2 | DF | .~.~ Heart-shaped box |
| 116.3 | DF | .~.~ Including a representation of an animate being |
| 116.4 | DF | .~.~ Including a representation of a vehicle or building |
| 116.5 | DF | .~.~ Decorative wrapping or lamination (e.g., gift wrap) |
| 117 | DF | .~ Automatic bottom (i.e., multipart bottom wall forms automatically during erection of collapsed box) |
| 117.01 | DF | .~ Collapsible along supplemental fold line |
| 117.02 | DF | .~.~ Separate end cap contains the sidewalls in collapsed configuration |
| 117.03 | DF | .~.~ Including anticollapse feature |
| 117.04 | DF | .~.~.~ Flat anticollapse element overlies supplemental fold line |
| 117.05 | DF | .~.~ Two opposed sidewalls and the bottom wall fold upon themselves |
| 117.06 | DF | .~.~.~ Bottom wall collapses outwardly |
| 117.07 | DF | .~.~ Two opposed sidewalls fold inwardly and downwardly |
| 117.08 | DF | .~.~.~ Two other opposed sidewalls fold outwardly and downwardly |
| 117.09 | DF | .~ Lifting or suspending element (e.g., handle) |
| 117.11 | DF | .~.~ Element portion or extension crosses all or part of the box bottom |
| 117.12 | DF | .~.~ One-piece with the box |
| 117.13 | DF | .~.~.~ Box includes hand-receiving aperture |
| 117.14 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Handle elements or portions located above the box top include aligned, hand-receiving apertures |
| 117.15 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ A handle element or portion extends through a hole or gap in the box |
| 117.16 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Hand-receiving aperture extends through a box sidewall |
| 117.17 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Apertured sidewall includes a downwardly folded extension of itself |
| 117.18 | DF | .~.~.~ Box includes aperture for rodlike support |
| 117.19 | DF | .~.~ Detachable |
| 117.21 | DF | .~.~ Wire |
| 117.22 | DF | .~.~ With provision for positioning element in a nonuse location |
| 117.23 | DF | .~.~ Single lifting or suspending element |
| 117.24 | DF | .~.~.~ Element extends through a hole or gap in the box |
| 117.25 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Element extends through a hole in each of two opposed side walls |
| 117.26 | DF | .~.~.~ Elements secured to opposed sidewalls |
| 117.27 | DD | .~ With inner flexible or flaccid bag liner |
| 117.28 | DD | .~.~ Including a paperboard liner |
| 117.29 | DD | .~.~ Means for venting air trapped between the liner and the box |
| 117.3 | DD | .~.~ Bag interior accessible through aperture in box material |
| 117.31 | DD | .~.~.~ Means for tearing or cutting box and bag material simultaneously to form aperture |
| 117.32 | DD | .~.~ Movable box and bag portions secured together for simultaneous movement (e.g., bag opens automatically when flattened box is squared up) |
| 117.33 | DD | .~.~ Including means for securing the bag walls together in closed configuration |
| 117.34 | DD | .~.~.~ Bag securing means is part of, or attached to, the box |
| 117.35 | DD | .~.~ Removable bag |
| 118 | DF | .~ With detachable product-information band |
| 119 | DF | .~ With drainage feature |
| 120 | DF | .~ With venting or ventilation means |
| 120.1 | DF | .~.~ Live animal shipping box (e.g., chick box, etc.) |
| 120.01 | DF | .~ Plural |
| 120.011 | DF | .~.~ Severably attached boxes (i.e., the boxes include means which facilitate severing a connecting element or box material uniting them) |
| 120.012 | DF | .~.~.~ Including means which facilitate severing by a sharp-edged cutting implement |
| 120.02 | DF | .~ Compartmented |
| 120.03 | DF | .~.~ Including independently operable closures for at least two compartments |
| 120.04 | DF | .~.~.~ A closure includes a folded flange which forms a partition when the box is closed |
| 120.05 | DF | .~.~ Partition includes securing means for a closure |
| 120.06 | DF | .~.~ Partition detached from box blank |
| 120.07 | DF | .~.~ Partition made of plastic |
| 120.08 | DF | .~.~ Partition unitary (i.e., of one-piece construction) with and folded from a box wall |
| 120.09 | DF | .~.~.~ Relatively movable compartments |
| 120.11 | DF | .~.~.~ Partition includes adjoining walls of tubular box sections |
| 120.12 | DF | .~.~.~ Oblique partition |
| 120.13 | DF | .~.~.~ Partition folded from a downwardly extending sidewall extension |
| 120.14 | DF | .~.~.~ Partition cut and folded from a box wall |
| 120.15 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Sidewall |
| 120.16 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Bottom wall |
| 120.17 | DF | .~.~.~ Partition folded from bottom wall |
| 120.18 | DF | .~.~.~ Partition folded from a sidewall |
| 120.19 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including a nonunitary horizontal partition (i.e., in addition to the unitary partition) |
| 120.21 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Unitary partition is horizontal |
| 120.22 | DF | .~.~ Curved partition |
| 120.23 | DF | .~.~ Oblique partitions folded from a single sheet of material |
| 120.24 | DF | .~.~ Parallel partitions folded from a single sheet of material |
| 120.25 | DF | .~.~.~ Including a nonunitary transverse partition (i.e., not of one-piece construction with the parallel partitions) |
| 120.26 | DF | .~.~.~ Including a transverse partition which is part of the single sheet of material |
| 120.27 | DF | .~.~.~.~ The parallel partitions are cut and folded from the transverse partition |
| 120.28 | DF | .~.~.~.~ The transverse partition is horizontal |
| 120.29 | DF | .~.~ Perpendicular partitions are part of a single sheet of material |
| 120.31 | DF | .~.~ Collapsible compartments formed by partitions permanently attached to each other |
| 120.32 | DF | .~.~ Horizontal partition |
| 120.33 | DF | .~.~ Including partition retaining means which is not unitary with the partition |
| 120.34 | DF | .~.~.~ Retaining means includes channels or grooves for ends of the partition |
| 120.35 | DF | .~.~ Oblique partition |
| 120.36 | DF | .~.~ Nonunitary, intersecting partitions |
| 120.37 | DF | .~.~ Self-sustaining container-like compartment-forming structure |
| 120.38 | DF | .~.~ Partition folded from an entire sheet of material separate from the box |
| 121 | DF | .~ Including two or more separate access openings |
| 122 | DF | .~ Including an access opening in a sidewall intended to permit lateral insertion or removal of content |
| 122.1 | DF | .~.~ Contents gravity-fed to access opening |
| 122.2 | DF | .~ Including an access opening in the box bottom |
| 122.21 | DD | .~ Box includes two side walls which are not formed from the same piece of box material |
| 122.22 | DD | .~.~ One of the walls is made of wood, metal, or rigid thermoplastic material |
| 122.23 | DD | .~.~ Each of two pieces of box material folded into a "U" shape to form a pair of opposed box walls connected by an intermediate wall panel (e.g., "crossed blanks") |
| 122.24 | DD | .~.~ First and second opposed side walls and the bottom wall formed from a single piece of material, and third and fourth opposed side walls formed from two other pieces of material (e.g., "Bliss box" type) |
| 122.25 | DD | .~.~.~ The third and fourth walls framed by lengths of rigid material (e.g., wood, metal, rigid thermoplastic) |
| 122.26 | DD | .~.~.~ Each of the third and fourth walls includes at least one folded flap which is attached to the single piece of material |
| 122.27 | DD | .~ Rectangular box having a bottom wall initially separate from all of the side walls |
| 122.28 | DD | .~.~ Bottom wall hingedly attached to a side wall so that the box can be folded flat along its side wall fold lines |
| 122.29 | DD | .~.~ The bottom wall and a side wall interconnected by means of a portion of one extending through an aperture in the other (e.g., tabs on the bottom wall extended through slots in a side wall) |
| 122.3 | DD | .~.~ The bottom wall includes upwardly extending flanges which overlap the side walls on the outside of the box |
| 122.31 | DD | .~.~ The bottom wall is spaced upwardly from the bottom edges of the side walls |
| 122.32 | DD | .~ Multi-layer side or bottom wall having two or more layers of paperboard which are initially separate from each other and are coextensive with each other throughout substantially the entire extent of the wall |
| 122.33 | DD | .~.~ Including a vertically extending open-ended tube |
| 122.34 | DD | .~.~ Including a multilayer bottom wall |
| 123 | DF | .~ Tiltable sidewall provides enlarged access opening in box top |
| 123.1 | DF | .~ Nonunitary, peelable closure or securing element (i.e., not of one-piece construction with the box) |
| 123.2 | DF | .~ Including tearing or breaking means for opening a nonunitary closure or releasing a nonunitary securing element (i.e., the closure or securing element is not of one-piece construction with the box) |
| 123.3 | DF | .~.~ Tearing or breaking provides hinged reclosure element |
| 200 | DF | .~ Having means to facilitate opening the box by severing (e.g., tearing, cutting, piercing, etc.) box material or outer wrapper |
| 201 | DF | .~.~ Box includes a curved sidewall (e.g., cylindrical, conical, etc.) |
| 202 | DF | .~.~.~ Helical severing path |
| 203 | DF | .~.~ Box includes flexible outer wrapper |
| 204 | DF | .~.~ Combined with, or modified for opening by, a sharp-edged cutting implement or a piercing implement |
| 205 | DF | .~.~ Tearing facilitated by specified fiber or molecular orientation |
| 206 | DF | .~.~ Including a coating or lamination (e.g., adhesive tape) covering a line of weakness |
| 207 | DF | .~.~ Tearing means includes offset score lines in opposite faces of a layer of box material |
| 208 | DF | .~.~ Surface portion of box material stripped away during opening (e.g., delaminating, tearing surface fibers, etc.) |
| 209 | DF | .~.~.~ Coating of adhesive-repelling material adjacent the surface portion |
| 210 | DF | .~.~ Tearing provides reusable closure |
| 211 | DF | .~.~.~ Reusable closure includes an initially separate box closure |
| 212 | DF | .~.~.~ Including a releasable or frangible bond (e.g., peel seal) for securing the reusable closure in position prior to tearing |
| 213 | DF | .~.~.~ Gable-top box (e.g., milk carton) |
| 214 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Pour spout |
| 215 | DF | .~.~.~ Pour spout |
| 216 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Pour spout formed by tearing a sealing fin |
| 217 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Pour spout includes at least part of the top wall |
| 218 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Pour spout located in top wall at the intersection of only two sidewalls |
| 219 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Pour spout includes joined parts of two or more overlapped closure flaps |
| 220 | DF | .~.~.~ Reusable slide closure |
| 221 | DF | .~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure |
| 222 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure includes interlocking closure flaps hingedly attached to opposite box walls |
| 223 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure provides an access opening which is coextensive with the entire top wall of the box |
| 224 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure includes three depending flanges or tabs |
| 225 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Each flange or tab is detachably secured to a sidewall prior to tearing |
| 226 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Including a segment of box material bonded to a sidewall and severably attached to a flange or tab prior to tearing |
| 227 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Segment severably attached via a removable strip of box material (i.e., tear strip) |
| 228 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Only one of the flanges or tabs is detachably secured to a sidewall prior to tearing |
| 229 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure provides an access opening which is coextensive with only a portion of the top wall |
| 230 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Hinge line located in a sidewall and spaced from the top wall |
| 231 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure includes two or more downwardly depending tabs or flanges |
| 232 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure includes only one depending tab or flange |
| 233 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure includes bonded segments of two overlapped flaps which are attached to the sidewalls by fold lines prior to tearing (e.g., plug-type) |
| 234 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure includes bonded segments of two overlapped flaps which are attached to the sidewalls by fold lines prior to tearing (e.g., plug-type) |
| 235 | DF | .~.~ Tearing means completely encompasses the box (i.e., the box is in two parts after it is torn open) |
| 236 | DF | .~.~ Tearing allows box to unfold to generally planar form |
| 237 | DF | .~.~ Specified detail of a score or perforation (e.g., size, spacing, etc.) |
| 238 | DF | .~.~ Box includes a separate tearing element which is gripped and pulled to open the box |
| 239 | DF | .~.~.~ Thread, string, cord, or wire |
| 240 | DF | .~.~ Nonreclosable box having a section of box material which is completely separated from the box during tearing (e.g., tear strip) |
| 241 | DF | .~.~.~ Separated section includes bonded segments of two overlapped closure flaps |
| 242 | DF | .~.~.~ Tearing forms an access opening bounded by entire torn edge |
| 243 | DF | .~.~ Nonreclosable box includes means for tearing it open without completely removing box material |
| 244 | DF | .~.~.~ Including a line of weakness in a closure flap |
| 245 | DF | .~ Releasable or frangible bond between box parts provides means for opening the box (e.g., peel seal) |
| 246 | DF | .~.~ Including means for reducing the effectiveness of the bonding material (e.g., adhesive repellent, "resist" material, etc.) |
| 247 | DF | .~.~ Reusable closure |
| 248 | DF | .~.~.~ Pour spout |
| 249 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Gable-top box (e.g., milk carton) |
| 124 | DF | .~ With closure for an access opening |
| 125 | DF | .~.~ With means for securing closure element in an open configuration |
| 125.01 | DF | .~.~ Nonunitary closure (i.e., not of one-piece construction with the box) |
| 125.015 | DF | .~.~.~ Transparent |
| 125.02 | DF | .~.~.~ With means to bias closure into closed position |
| 125.03 | DF | .~.~.~ Closure has secondary use (e.g., as an eating utensil) |
| 125.04 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Pour spout |
| 125.05 | DF | .~.~.~ Separately operable, superposed closures for one access opening |
| 125.06 | DF | .~.~.~ Closure adjustable for different size access openings |
| 125.07 | DF | .~.~.~ Closure mounted for compound movement |
| 125.08 | DF | .~.~.~ Closure mounted for swinging movement (e.g., hinged) |
| 125.09 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Plug-type closure |
| 125.11 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including a nonunitary hinge (i.e., not of one-piece construction with the box or closure) |
| 125.12 | DF | .~.~.~ Laterally slidable closure element (i.e., slides across access opening) |
| 125.125 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Sleevelike closure element |
| 125.13 | DF | .~.~.~ Closure secured to open box end by frame or ring |
| 125.14 | DF | .~.~.~ For an access opening extending through a nonunitary box end-closing element (i.e., the element is not of one-piece construction with the box) |
| 125.15 | DF | .~.~.~ For an access opening formed by a cut-out in a box wall |
| 125.16 | DF | .~.~.~ Including a gasket |
| 125.17 | DF | .~.~.~ Plug-type closure |
| 125.18 | DF | .~.~.~ Tethered closure |
| 125.19 | DF | .~.~.~ Closure includes a depending flange or tab which extends along an adjacent box wall |
| 125.21 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With a nonunitary securing element (i.e., not of one-piece construction with the box) |
| 125.22 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ String, cord, or ribbon |
| 125.23 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Nonunitary securing element on closure engages nonunitary securing element on box (i.e., securing elements are not of one-piece construction with the box) |
| 125.24 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Threaded |
| 125.25 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab overlaps rolled container rim or bead |
| 125.26 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab interlocks with downwardly extending flange or tab on box |
| 125.27 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab interlocks with horizontal flange or tab on box |
| 125.28 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab extends through opening in box material |
| 125.29 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Closure includes slit or aperture to receive a projection from a box wall |
| 125.31 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab extends between two layers of box material |
| 125.32 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab extends into box interior |
| 125.33 | DF | .~.~.~ Closure bonded to box |
| 125.34 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including a flexible sheet bonded to one or more closure flaps |
| 125.35 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Bonded to box rim or adjacent flange |
| 125.36 | DF | .~.~.~ Closure interlocks with horizontal flange on box |
| 125.37 | DF | .~.~ Including a nonunitary securing element for a closure (i.e., element is not of one-piece construction with the box) |
| 125.38 | DF | .~.~.~ String, cord, or ribbon |
| 125.39 | DF | .~.~.~ For securing two or more closure flaps in place |
| 125.41 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Securing element extends through the outer of two overlapping closure flaps |
| 125.42 | DF | .~.~ One-piece box construction includes a closure useable as a pour spout (e.g., gable-top carton) |
| 126 | DF | .~.~ Foldable wall extension (e.g., closure flap) |
| 127 | DF | .~.~.~ Two opposed extensions have folded confronting flanges |
| 128 | DF | .~.~.~ Including means for biasing extension into closed position |
| 129 | DF | .~.~.~ Telescoping closure formed from plural extensions |
| 129.1 | DF | .~.~.~ Slide-operated closure flap |
| 130 | DF | .~.~.~ Including stop to limit opening movement of closure |
| 131 | DF | .~.~.~ Closed extension includes fixed and movable portions joined at a hinge line. |
| 131.1 | DF | .~.~.~ Access opening cut out of a foldable wall extension |
| 132 | DF | .~.~.~ Overlapping extensions bonded together |
| 133 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including a sealing web formed by partial delamination of a wall extension |
| 134 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including embossing or scoring to enhance the bond |
| 135 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including means to restrain inward movement of inner extension during bonding |
| 136 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Extensions bonded by means of a cohesive or pressure sensitive type adhesive |
| 137 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Extensions of adjacent box walls hingedly attached together |
| 138 | DF | .~.~.~ Extensions of adjacent box walls hingedly attached together |
| 139 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Three extensions form a pocket to receive fourth extension |
| 140 | DF | .~.~.~.~ One extension extends along an adjacent box wall |
| 141 | DF | .~.~.~ Extension includes a depending flange or tab which extends along an adjacent box wall |
| 142 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Two or more extensions include a depending flange or tab |
| 143 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Each of two opposed extensions includes flanges or tabs depending from two opposite edges |
| 144 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange connected to two box walls by a foldable web |
| 145 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Plural flanges interconnected to form a skirt |
| 146 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Box wall or portion thereof pivots with extension during opening of the box |
| 147 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab folded to extend along two or more box walls |
| 148 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab includes slit or aperture to receive a projection from a box wall |
| 149 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab extends through opening in box material |
| 150 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Opening extends through a wall extension |
| 151 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab extends between two layers of box material |
| 152 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flange or tab extends into box interior |
| 153 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Including means for securing flange or tab in closed position |
| 154 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Extension includes two or more depending flanges or tabs |
| 155 | DF | .~.~.~ Plural extensions mechanically interlocked with each other |
| 156 | DF | .~.~.~.~ One extension interlocks with at least two others |
| 157 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ The one extension projects through an opening in each of the others |
| 158 | DF | .~.~.~.~ One extension projects through two separate openings in another extension |
| 159 | DF | .~.~.~ Extension formed of two or more thickness of box material |
| 160 | DF | .~.~.~ Access opening includes a rim for supporting a wall extension |
| 160.1 | DF | .~.~ Hinged closure includes material cut from a box sidewall (e.g., cigarette box) |
| 160.2 | DF | .~.~ Including means to facilitate the application of an opening force to the closure (e.g., pulltab, thumb notch, etc.) |
| 161 | DF | .~ A box wall includes box material cut from another box wall |
| 162 | DF | .~ Window or transparent portion |
| 163 | DF | .~ Horizontal, outwardly extending bottom flange |
| 164 | DF | .~ Different height sidewalls |
| 164.1 | DD | .~ Flexible or flaccid external covering formed from an initially separate sheet of material (e.g., wrapper) |
| 164.2 | DD | .~ Flexible or flaccid, internal, non-bag lining formed from an initially separate sheet of material |
| 165 | DF | .~ A sidewall includes a horizontally or downwardly extending panel attached along a horizontal fold line which is spaced above the box bottom |
| 166 | DF | .~.~ Separate reinforcing member located within fold |
| 167 | DF | .~.~ Panel forms a hollow sidewall or sidewall portion |
| 168 | DF | .~.~.~ Hollow sidewall has a nonrectangular cross-section |
| 169 | DF | .~.~ Panel forms planar, horizontal flange, or flap spaced from box bottom |
| 170 | DF | .~.~.~ Flange or flap includes a portion of a folded corner connector (i.e., "corner fold" or "corner flap") |
| 171 | DF | .~.~ Panel is located outside the box |
| 172 | DF | .~.~ Panel includes a folded flap or tab which overlaps an adjacent box wall (e.g., sidewall or bottom wall) |
| 173 | DF | .~.~.~ One or more flaps combine to cover entire bottom wall |
| 174 | DF | .~.~.~ Flap or tab overlaps an adjacent sidewall |
| 175 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flap or tab is coplanar with a downwardly extending panel of the adjacent sidewall |
| 176 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flap or tab underlies a downwardly extending panel of the adjacent sidewall |
| 177 | DF | .~.~ Panel has opening or notch to receive a portion of a folded corner connector (i.e., "corner fold" or "corner flap") |
| 178 | DF | .~.~ Panel or panel portion projects into an opening or notch in the box material |
| 179 | DF | .~.~.~ Opening or notch located in folded corner connector (i.e., "corner fold" or "corner flap") |
| 180 | DF | .~.~ Panel or panel portion is located between two layers of box material |
| 181 | DF | .~.~ Panel secured in folded position by a separate fastening device (e.g., adhesive tape, staple, etc.) |
| 182 | DF | .~.~ Panel secured in folded position by a heat weld or adhesive, per se |
| 182.1 | DF | .~ Box includes straight sidewalls and rounded corners |
| 183 | DF | .~ Bottom wall includes a folded extension of a sidewall |
| 184 | DF | .~.~ Extensions of adjacent sidewalls foldably attached together |
| 185 | DF | .~.~ Plural extensions mechanically interlocked with each other |
| 185.1 | DD | .~ Single piece of paperboard folded to form a box having four or more multilayer walls |
| 186 | DF | .~ Adjacent sidewalls connected by a folded web unitary with both (i.e., "corner fold") |
| 187 | DF | .~.~ And by a laterally folded extension which is unitary with only one of the sidewalls (i.e., "corner flap") |
| 188 | DF | .~.~ Tablike member on web extends through opening in box material |
| 189 | DF | .~.~ Web secured in folded position by a separate fastening device (e.g., adhesive tape, staple, etc.) |
| 190 | DF | .~ A sidewall includes a folded lateral extension of an adjacent sidewall (e.g., "corner flap") |
| 191 | DF | .~.~ Extension forms hollow, upstanding corner element |
| 192 | DF | .~.~ Each of two adjacent sidewalls has a folded lateral extension where they join |
| 193 | DF | .~.~ Folded extensions of opposed sidewalls overlap one another |
| 194 | DF | .~.~.~ And are mechanically interlocked with each other |
| 195 | DF | .~.~ Extension projects into an opening in the box material |
| 196 | DF | .~.~.~ Extension projects into two or more separate openings |
| 197 | DF | .~.~.~ Extension includes a downwardly opening slit or notch |
| 198 | DF | .~.~ Extension secured in folded position by a separate fastening device (e.g., adhesive tape, staple, etc.) |
| 198.1 | DF | .~ Adjacent sidewalls connected only by a separate securing element |
| 198.2 | DF | .~ Miscellaneous joint construction |
| 198.3 | DF | .~.~ Including separate securing element |
| 199 | DF | .~ Separate reinforcing element |
| 199.1 | DD | .~.~ Wooden reinforcing element |
| 4.5 | DF | .~ Cylindrical or conical body, or wall structure |
| 5.5 | DF | .~ End structure |
| 5.6 | DF | .~.~ Crimped seam |
| 5.7 | DF | .~.~ Separate fastener |
| 5.8 | DF | .~.~ Pressed bottom or top |
| 5.81 | DD | .~ Box material includes a coating or a nonpaperboard lamination or is permeated with a substance |
| 5.82 | DD | .~.~ Metal foil |
| 5.83 | DD | .~.~ Box material coated or permeated with a lacquer (e.g., shellac, varnish) |
| 5.84 | DD | .~.~ Box material coated, laminated, or permeated with a thermoplastic material |
| 5.85 | DD | .~.~.~ Wax |
| 93 | DF | .~ Tubes, cylindrical |
| 67 | DF | .~ Barrels |
| 67.1 | DF | FILE FOLDER OR FILE ENVELOPE |
| 67.2 | DF | .~ Hanging type |
| 67.3 | DF | .~ Expandable |
| 67.4 | DF | .~ Including closure |
| 68.1 | DF | ENVELOPE |
| 68.2 | DF | .~ Including handle |
| 69 | DF | .~ Series |
| 300 | DF | .~ Including remailing means (e.g., envelope, postcard, address label, etc.) |
| 301 | DF | .~.~ Remailable envelope |
| 302 | DF | .~.~.~ Having original and remail closure flaps attached to opposite walls of the original envelope |
| 303 | DF | .~.~.~ Including an address window |
| 304 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including means for removing the window-containing portion of an envelope |
| 305 | DF | .~.~.~ Including means for removing at least part of the original mailing address from the original envelope |
| 306 | DF | .~.~.~ Including means for concealing at least part of the original mailing address when remailed (e.g., reversible envelope) |
| 307 | DF | .~ Having means to facilitate opening the envelope by severing it (e.g., tearing, cutting, piercing, etc.) |
| 308 | DF | .~.~ Combined with, or modified for opening by, a sharp-edged cutting implement or a piercing implement |
| 309 | DF | .~.~ Envelope includes a separate tearing element which is gripped and pulled to open the envelope |
| 310 | DF | .~.~.~ Gripped portion of tearing element secured to envelope exterior |
| 311 | DF | .~.~.~ Cord, string, wire, or thread |
| 312 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Extends along envelope side edge |
| 313 | DF | .~.~ Line of weakness |
| 314 | DF | .~.~.~ Lines of weakness in opposed walls form removable envelope portion |
| 315 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including means to prevent contents from extending into the removable portion |
| 316 | DF | .~.~.~ Line of weakness extends along or adjacent envelope side edge |
| 70 | DF | .~ Coupon |
| 71 | DF | .~ Display |
| 72 | DF | .~ Compartment |
| 74 | DF | .~ Tag |
| 75 | DF | .~ Blanks |
| 76 | DF | .~ Closures |
| 77 | DF | .~.~ Including a fastener |
| 78.1 | DF | .~.~.~ Metallic |
| 78.2 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Reusable |
| 79 | DF | .~.~.~ Seal |
| 80 | DF | .~.~ Sealing |
| 80.5 | DF | .~.~.~ Releasable or frangible bond (e.g., peel seal) |
| 81 | DF | .~.~.~ Perforated |
| 82 | DF | .~.~.~ Tongues |
| 83 | DF | .~.~.~ Soluble dye |
| 84 | DF | .~.~ Tongue |
| 87.01 | DF | WRAPPER |
| 87.02 | DF | .~ Shock protection |
| 87.03 | DF | .~ Expansible (e.g., pleated, stretchable, etc.) |
| 87.04 | DF | .~ With handle |
| 87.05 | DF | .~ Including means to facilitate severing the wrapper (e.g., cutting, tearing, etc.) |
| 87.06 | DF | .~ Including transparent portion or window |
| 87.07 | DF | .~ For chewing gum |
| 87.08 | DF | .~ For food |
| 87.09 | DF | .~.~ Bread wrapper |
| 87.11 | DF | .~.~ Meat wrapper |
| 87.12 | DF | .~ For a single cigar or cigarette |
| 87.13 | DF | .~ For a pack of cigarettes or cigars |
| 87.14 | DF | .~ For tobacco |
| 87.15 | DF | .~ For apparel |
| 87.16 | DF | .~.~ Glove or mitten |
| 87.17 | DF | .~.~ Shirt or blouse |
| 87.18 | DF | .~ For a paperboard box (e.g., cardboard) |
| 87.19 | DF | .~.~ Gift wrap |
| 87.2 | DF | .~ Coin type |
| 87.5 | DF | .~ Pocketed |
| 89 | DF | .~ Bottle |
| 90 | DF | .~.~ Corrugated |
| 91 | DF | .~.~ Padded |
| 92 | DF | .~ Mailing sheets |
| 92.1 | DF | .~ Letter sheets |
| 92.3 | DF | .~.~ Window |
| * | DD | .~.~ Closures |
| 92.5 | DF | .~.~ Fastener |
| 92.7 | DF | .~.~ Closure flap |
| 92.8 | DF | POSTAL CARDS OR PACKETS |
| 92.9 | DF | COIN CARDS |
| 400 | DF | PAPER OR PAPERBOARD CUP |
| 401 | DF | .~ With attached spoon |
| 402 | DF | .~ Including handle |
| 403 | DF | .~ Insulated |
| 404 | DF | .~ Including closure |
| 405 | DF | .~ Collapsible cup |
| 406 | DF | MOLDED OR PRESSED CONTAINER |
| 407 | DF | .~ Tray-type |
| 800 | DF | MISCELLANEOUS |
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| 900 | DF | INCLUDING MEANS TO FACILITATE HANDLING BY A MECHANICAL APPARATUS DURING MANUFACTURING OR FILLING |
| 901 | DF | BOX STRUCTURE ALTERNATIVELY USEABLE AS A CONTAINER OR A LID |
| 902 | DF | BOX FOR PREPARED OR PROCESSED FOOD |
| 903 | DF | .~ Ovenable (i.e., disclosed to be placed in an oven) |
| 904 | DF | .~ Compartmented fast food holder or lap tray |
| 904.1 | DF | .~ Candy |
| 905 | DF | .~ Frozen food |
| 906 | DF | .~ Baked goods |
| 906.1 | DF | CUP LID WITH MEANS FOR FORMING A DRINKING OPENING |
| 907 | DF | TRASH BOX |
| 908 | DF | PAINT TRAY |
| 909 | DF | CIGAR BOX |
| 910 | DF | BUCKET OR PAIL TYPE (I.E., LIQUID PROOF CONTAINER WITH HANDLE) |
| 911 | DF | .~ With closure |
| 912 | DF | .~.~ Separate element |
| 913 | DF | DRAWER-TYPE |
| 914 | DF | BASKET-TYPE WITH HANDLE |
| 915 | DF | STACKING FEATURE |
| 915.1 | DF | .~ Gable-top box |
| 916 | DF | .~ Means for ventilating while stacked |
| 917 | DF | .~ Stacking of collapsed container or blank |
| 918 | DF | .~ Corner construction |
| 919 | DF | .~ Reinforced wall |
| 920 | DF | STRESS RELIEF |
| 921 | DF | WITH MAILING INDICIA |
| 922 | DF | WITH DECORATIVE FEATURE |
| 923 | DF | .~ Gift wrapped |
| 924 | DF | MEANS TO FACILITATE GRIPPING A TEAR STRIP |
| 925 | DF | .~ Finger opening (e.g., slit, aperture, etc.) |
| 926 | DF | .~ Pull tab located in a seam |
| 927 | DF | MEANS FOR TEARING OR BREAKING RIGID OR SEMIRIGID THERMOPLASTIC CONTAINER |
| 928 | DF | EXPANDABLE ENVELOPE |
| 929 | DF | VENTED ENVELOPE |
| 930 | DF | FOLD DETAIL |
| 931 | DF | .~ Fold includes slit or aperture |
| 932 | DF | ICE CREAM CONE CARRIER |
| 933 | DF | MATING CONTAINER BLANKS |
| 934 | DF | .~ Compartmented bottle carrier |
| 935 | DF | .~ No waste (i.e., edge-to-edge blanks) |
| 936 | DF | .~ Three or more blanks with alternating orientations |
| 937 | DF | .~ Plural blanks for making a single container |
| 938 | DF | SANDWICH HOLDER |
| 939 | DF | CONTAINER MADE OF CORRUGATED PAPER OR CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD |
| 940 | DF | CONTAINER MATERIAL WITH SPECIFIED GRAIN DIRECTION |
| 941 | DD | BOX HAVING JOINT STRUCTURE FOR PREVENTING LEAKAGE |
| 942 | DD | NONREUSABLE BOX HAVING MEANS TO FACILITATE COLLAPSING OR DISASSEMBLING FOR DISPOSAL OR FOR RECYCLING OF THE BOX MATERIAL (E.G., "KNOCKDOWN" TYPE) |
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| * | DD | PAPERBOARD BOX (229/100) |
| FOR 100 | DD | .~ Multiple (229/23 R) |
| FOR 101 | DD | .~.~ Multiple bottom (229/23 A) |
| FOR 102 | DD | .~.~ Crossed blanks (229/23 AB) |
| FOR 103 | DD | .~.~ Telescoping (229/23 BT) |
| FOR 104 | DD | .~.~ Wood reinforced (229/23 C) |
| FOR 105 | DD | LIQUID PROOFED (229/3.1) |
| FOR 106 | DD | MATERIAL (229/3.5 R) |
| FOR 107 | DD | .~ Metal foil (229/3.5 MF) |