US PATENT SUBCLASS 229 / 100
PAPERBOARD BOX

Current as of: June, 1999
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229 /   HD   ENVELOPES, WRAPPERS, AND PAPERBOARD BOXES

100PAPERBOARD BOX {54}
101  DF  .~> Variable volume {2}
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) {1}
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 {6}
116.1  DF  .~> Decoration or novelty feature {4}
117  DF  .~> Automatic bottom (i.e., multipart bottom wall forms automatically during erection of collapsed box)
117.01  DF  .~> Collapsible along supplemental fold line {4}
117.09  DF  .~> Lifting or suspending element (e.g., handle) {6}
117.27  DD  .~> With inner flexible or flaccid bag liner {6}
118  DF  .~> With detachable product-information band
119  DF  .~> With drainage feature
120  DF  .~> With venting or ventilation means {1}
120.01  DF  .~> Plural {1}
120.02  DF  .~> Compartmented {16}
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 {1}
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 {3}
122.27  DD  .~> Rectangular box having a bottom wall initially separate from all of the side walls {4}
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 {2}
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) {1}
200  DF  .~> Having means to facilitate opening the box by severing (e.g., tearing, cutting, piercing, etc.) box material or outer wrapper {14}
245  DF  .~> Releasable or frangible bond between box parts provides means for opening the box (e.g., peel seal) {2}
124  DF  .~> With closure for an access opening {7}
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 {10}
182.1  DF  .~> Box includes straight sidewalls and rounded corners
183  DF  .~> Bottom wall includes a folded extension of a sidewall {2}
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") {3}
190  DF  .~> A sidewall includes a folded lateral extension of an adjacent sidewall (e.g., "corner flap") {5}
198.1  DF  .~> Adjacent sidewalls connected only by a separate securing element
198.2  DF  .~> Miscellaneous joint construction {1}
199  DF  .~> Separate reinforcing element {1}
4.5  DF  .~> Cylindrical or conical body, or wall structure
5.5  DF  .~> End structure {3}
5.81  DD  .~> Box material includes a coating or a nonpaperboard lamination or is permeated with a substance {3}
93  DF  .~> Tubes, cylindrical
67  DF  .~> Barrels

DEFINITION

Classification: 229/100

PAPERBOARD BOX:

(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising a receptacle made from material similar in composition to paper but thicker and stiffer in character, the receptacle having a

bottom portion for supporting content, peripheral wall structure for at least partially surrounding the content, and an access opening for the insertion or removal of content.

(1) Note. A box of cellulosic or resinous material (e.g., plastic) which and is similar in character to paperboard which is manipulated in the same manner as paperboard (e.g., folded from a blank) is included here. Class 220, Receptacles, takes receptacles not provided for elsewhere.

(2) Note. The bottom portion of the box may consist of a planar wall, or may have any shape (e.g., flat, curved, inverted pyramid, etc.) or construction (e.g., reinforced, hollow wall, etc.).

(3) Note. The peripheral wall structure may be formed from a series of planar side walls (e.g., a cylindrical box), or any combination of planar and curved side walls.

(4) Note. The box may or may not have a top wall.

(5) Note. An access opening is an opening which is used for the insertion or removal of contents and may be either open or closed. Normally, the access opening is at the top of the box or located in the wall (if the box has one), but it may be located in the peripheral side wall or the bottom wall.

(6) Note. The paperboard may vary in thickness and rigidity according to the purpose for which it is to be used. In any event, it must be rigid enough that a box made from it is self-sustaining, i.e., it is capable of maintaining its content-holding configuration without the use of external props or supports. (7) Note. The paperboard may be combined with one or more layers of other materials. [figure]