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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2024
Teruo Shibata, Kanagawa, JP;
Teruo Shibata, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A packing box of a polygonal tube shape to pack an object includes a plurality of corners and a plurality of holding portions. The plurality of corners are creases along which a flat plate is folded. The plurality of holding portions protrude inward of the packing box, hold the object, and are disposed at positions corresponding to at least two corners of the plurality of corners on one end in a longitudinal direction of the packing box and at positions corresponding to at least two corners of the plurality of corners on the other end in the longitudinal direction of the packing box that is a direction in which the polygonal tube shape extends. The at least two corners on the one end are different from the at least two corners on the other end.