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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:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2001
Timothy M. Evans, Austin, TX (US);
David M. Combs, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An expandable accessory box ( ) may be configured in either a retracted configuration or an expanded configuration. In the retracted configuration, the expandable accessory box ( ) may be used in connection with a first primary box ( ) to accommodate both the base piece of equipment or base component, such as a portable computer for example, and a first volume (A) of accessories to be shipped together with the base component. The first primary box ( ) snugly receives both the base component and the accessory box ( ) in the retracted configuration. However, the accessory box ( ) may be placed in the expanded configuration and used with a second, larger primary box ( ) to contain both the base component, the first volume (A) of accessories, and an additional volume (E) of accessories. The second primary box ( ) is sized to snugly receive the base component and the accessory box ( ) in its expanded configuration.