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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward L Osborne, Kansas City, KS (US);
Assignee:
Westvaco Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
229 / ; 229 / ; 229 / ; 206604 ; 206607 ;
Abstract
A self locking container is provided of the telescoping tray and cover type wherein the components are normally collapsed for storage but which may be squared for filling, closing and shipment. The locking elements comprise an outfolded locking flange on the tray component and a combination glue flap/locking flap arrangement infolded on the cover component. The container may also include a convenient removable tab element for releasing the locked components for opening the container and corner tab elements for retaining the normally collapsed side walls of the tray component in an upright condition for filling and closing.