Willamette Industries

Georgia-pacific Corporation

Richard A Hall

James R Sorensen

A container suitable for fruit and vegetable produce has a lid with a multipoint friction lock for retaining the lid closed on the container body provided by a stacking tab projecting from the perimeter of the body opening having undercut side edges and an aperture facing toward such opening while the lid has a notch located for the stacking tab to engage therein when the lid is closed, the ends of such notch being spaced to engage beneath the undercut side edges of the stacking tab and the notch providing a locking portion intermediate such notch ends to engage in the stacking tab aperture in the closed position of the lid. Preferably, the material of the lid is diagonally scored to facilitate bending the lid for interengagement of the stacking tab and notch, and to accommodate moderate overfilling of the container.

Container having a self-locking lid

A box construction is provided which is characterized by having improved end wall construction providing great column strength.

Box construction

An improved construction is provided for a corrugated box container having improved column strength enabling a plurality of the containers to be stacked one upon the other and in which the lowermost containers provide an increased stacking strength against collapse.

Stacking box construction using glued sides

A corrugated box container is provided which is particularly suited to the long distance shipping of fresh asparagus.

Asparagus box

A box construction is provided which enables a box to be assembled from a pre-cut form in which when assembled includes means for locking the top sections together in such fashion that, if an attempt is made to open the box in an unauthorized manner, the attempt at pilferage will be readily apparent.

A box construction is provided in which the top closure of the box is secured to each of the side walls in such a manner that once the top has been secured in place, it cannot be moved to an open position without such damage to the box that this is readily apparent. In this way, any attempt at pilferage is readily ascertained.

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Danville, CA, United States of America

Richard A Hall