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Class 229 | ENVELOPES, WRAPPERS, AND PAPERBOARD BOXES |
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100 | PAPERBOARD BOX |
101 | Variable volume |
101.1 | Plural, parallel tearing means for sequentially reducing the box volume |
101.2 | Tearing provides a reclosable box having reduced volume when reclosed |
102 | Tamper indicating |
102.5 | Having fixed upwardly extending display card |
103 | Convertible |
103.1 | Combined with drinking tube (e.g., straw) |
103.11 | Thermally insulated |
103.2 | Wrapper type (i.e., box formed around content) |
104 | Elevated bottom wall included in a one-piece box construction |
105 | Edges of rectangular bottom wall are at 45 degrees to edges of rectangular stock material |
106 | Including a polygonal bottom wall and a curved sidewall |
107 | Including a sector-shaped wall (e.g., pie-shaped, semicircular, etc.) |
108 | Including a polygonal, nonrectangular wall |
108.1 | Collapsible along supplemental fold line |
109 | Octagonal |
110 | Hexagonal |
111 | Trapezium-shaped |
112 | Trapezoidal |
115 | Triangular |
116.1 | Decoration or novelty feature |
116.2 | Heart-shaped box |
116.3 | Including a representation of an animate being |
116.4 | Including a representation of a vehicle or building |
116.5 | Decorative wrapping or lamination (e.g., gift wrap) |
117 | Automatic bottom (i.e., multipart bottom wall forms automatically during erection of collapsed box) |
117.01 | Collapsible along supplemental fold line |
117.02 | Separate end cap contains the sidewalls in collapsed configuration |
117.03 | Including anticollapse feature |
117.05 | Two opposed sidewalls and the bottom wall fold upon themselves |
117.07 | Two opposed sidewalls fold inwardly and downwardly |
117.09 | Lifting or suspending element (e.g., handle) |
117.11 | Element portion or extension crosses all or part of the box bottom |
117.12 | One-piece with the box |
117.13 | Box includes hand-receiving aperture |
117.14 | Handle elements or portions located above the box top include aligned, hand-receiving apertures |
117.16 | Hand-receiving aperture extends through a box sidewall |
117.18 | Box includes aperture for rodlike support |
117.19 | Detachable |
117.21 | Wire |
117.22 | With provision for positioning element in a nonuse location |
117.23 | Single lifting or suspending element |
117.27 | With inner flexible or flaccid bag liner |
117.28 | Including a paperboard liner |
117.29 | Means for venting air trapped between the liner and the box |
117.3 | Bag interior accessible through aperture in box material |
117.32 | Movable box and bag portions secured together for simultaneous movement (e.g., bag opens automatically when flattened box is squared up) |
117.33 | Including means for securing the bag walls together in closed configuration |
117.35 | Removable bag |
118 | With detachable product-information band |
119 | With drainage feature |
120 | With venting or ventilation means |
120.01 | Plural |
120.011 | Severably attached boxes (i.e., the boxes include means which facilitate severing a connecting element or box material uniting them) |
120.02 | Compartmented |
120.03 | Including independently operable closures for at least two compartments |
120.05 | Partition includes securing means for a closure |
120.06 | Partition detached from box blank |
120.07 | Partition made of plastic |
120.08 | Partition unitary (i.e., of one-piece construction) with and folded from a box wall |
120.09 | Relatively movable compartments |
120.11 | Partition includes adjoining walls of tubular box sections |
120.12 | Oblique partition |
120.13 | Partition folded from a downwardly extending sidewall extension |
120.14 | Partition cut and folded from a box wall |
120.17 | Partition folded from bottom wall |
120.18 | Partition folded from a sidewall |
120.22 | Curved partition |
120.23 | Oblique partitions folded from a single sheet of material |
120.24 | Parallel partitions folded from a single sheet of material |
120.25 | Including a nonunitary transverse partition (i.e., not of one-piece construction with the parallel partitions) |
120.26 | Including a transverse partition which is part of the single sheet of material |
120.29 | Perpendicular partitions are part of a single sheet of material |
120.31 | Collapsible compartments formed by partitions permanently attached to each other |
120.32 | Horizontal partition |
120.33 | Including partition retaining means which is not unitary with the partition |
120.35 | Oblique partition |
120.36 | Nonunitary, intersecting partitions |
120.37 | Self-sustaining container-like compartment-forming structure |
120.38 | Partition folded from an entire sheet of material separate from the box |
121 | Including two or more separate access openings |
122 | Including an access opening in a sidewall intended to permit lateral insertion or removal of content |
122.2 | Including an access opening in the box bottom |
122.21 | Box includes two side walls which are not formed from the same piece of box material |
122.22 | One of the walls is made of wood, metal, or rigid thermoplastic material |
122.23 | Each of two pieces of box material folded into a "U" shape to form a pair of opposed box walls connected by an intermediate wall panel (e.g., "crossed blanks") |
122.27 | Rectangular box having a bottom wall initially separate from all of the side walls |
122.28 | Bottom wall hingedly attached to a side wall so that the box can be folded flat along its side wall fold lines |
122.29 | The bottom wall and a side wall interconnected by means of a portion of one extending through an aperture in the other (e.g., tabs on the bottom wall extended through slots in a side wall) |
122.3 | The bottom wall includes upwardly extending flanges which overlap the side walls on the outside of the box |
122.31 | The bottom wall is spaced upwardly from the bottom edges of the side walls |
123 | Tiltable sidewall provides enlarged access opening in box top |
123.1 | Nonunitary, peelable closure or securing element (i.e., not of one-piece construction with the box) |
200 | Having means to facilitate opening the box by severing (e.g., tearing, cutting, piercing, etc.) box material or outer wrapper |
201 | Box includes a curved sidewall (e.g., cylindrical, conical, etc.) |
203 | Box includes flexible outer wrapper |
204 | Combined with, or modified for opening by, a sharp-edged cutting implement or a piercing implement |
205 | Tearing facilitated by specified fiber or molecular orientation |
206 | Including a coating or lamination (e.g., adhesive tape) covering a line of weakness |
207 | Tearing means includes offset score lines in opposite faces of a layer of box material |
208 | Surface portion of box material stripped away during opening (e.g., delaminating, tearing surface fibers, etc.) |
210 | Tearing provides reusable closure |
211 | Reusable closure includes an initially separate box closure |
212 | Including a releasable or frangible bond (e.g., peel seal) for securing the reusable closure in position prior to tearing |
213 | Gable-top box (e.g., milk carton) |
215 | Pour spout |
216 | Pour spout formed by tearing a sealing fin |
217 | Pour spout includes at least part of the top wall |
220 | Reusable slide closure |
221 | Reusable hinged closure |
222 | Reusable hinged closure includes interlocking closure flaps hingedly attached to opposite box walls |
223 | Reusable hinged closure provides an access opening which is coextensive with the entire top wall of the box |
224 | Reusable hinged closure includes three depending flanges or tabs |
229 | Reusable hinged closure provides an access opening which is coextensive with only a portion of the top wall |
230 | Hinge line located in a sidewall and spaced from the top wall |
231 | Reusable hinged closure includes two or more downwardly depending tabs or flanges |
232 | Reusable hinged closure includes only one depending tab or flange |
233 | Reusable hinged closure includes bonded segments of two overlapped flaps which are attached to the sidewalls by fold lines prior to tearing (e.g., plug-type) |
234 | Reusable hinged closure includes bonded segments of two overlapped flaps which are attached to the sidewalls by fold lines prior to tearing (e.g., plug-type) |
235 | Tearing means completely encompasses the box (i.e., the box is in two parts after it is torn open) |
236 | Tearing allows box to unfold to generally planar form |
237 | Specified detail of a score or perforation (e.g., size, spacing, etc.) |
238 | Box includes a separate tearing element which is gripped and pulled to open the box |
240 | Nonreclosable box having a section of box material which is completely separated from the box during tearing (e.g., tear strip) |
241 | Separated section includes bonded segments of two overlapped closure flaps |
242 | Tearing forms an access opening bounded by entire torn edge |
243 | Nonreclosable box includes means for tearing it open without completely removing box material |
245 | Releasable or frangible bond between box parts provides means for opening the box (e.g., peel seal) |
246 | Including means for reducing the effectiveness of the bonding material (e.g., adhesive repellent, "resist" material, etc.) |
247 | Reusable closure |
124 | With closure for an access opening |
125 | With means for securing closure element in an open configuration |
125.01 | Nonunitary closure (i.e., not of one-piece construction with the box) |
125.015 | Transparent |
125.02 | With means to bias closure into closed position |
125.03 | Closure has secondary use (e.g., as an eating utensil) |
125.05 | Separately operable, superposed closures for one access opening |
125.06 | Closure adjustable for different size access openings |
125.07 | Closure mounted for compound movement |
125.08 | Closure mounted for swinging movement (e.g., hinged) |
125.09 | Plug-type closure |
125.11 | Including a nonunitary hinge (i.e., not of one-piece construction with the box or closure) |
125.12 | Laterally slidable closure element (i.e., slides across access opening) |
125.13 | Closure secured to open box end by frame or ring |
125.14 | For an access opening extending through a nonunitary box end-closing element (i.e., the element is not of one-piece construction with the box) |
125.15 | For an access opening formed by a cut-out in a box wall |
125.16 | Including a gasket |
125.17 | Plug-type closure |
125.18 | Tethered closure |
125.19 | Closure includes a depending flange or tab which extends along an adjacent box wall |
125.21 | With a nonunitary securing element (i.e., not of one-piece construction with the box) |
125.22 | String, cord, or ribbon |
125.23 | Nonunitary securing element on closure engages nonunitary securing element on box (i.e., securing elements are not of one-piece construction with the box) |
125.24 | Threaded |
125.25 | Flange or tab overlaps rolled container rim or bead |
125.26 | Flange or tab interlocks with downwardly extending flange or tab on box |
125.27 | Flange or tab interlocks with horizontal flange or tab on box |
125.28 | Flange or tab extends through opening in box material |
125.29 | Closure includes slit or aperture to receive a projection from a box wall |
125.31 | Flange or tab extends between two layers of box material |
125.32 | Flange or tab extends into box interior |
125.33 | Closure bonded to box |
125.34 | Including a flexible sheet bonded to one or more closure flaps |
125.35 | Bonded to box rim or adjacent flange |
125.36 | Closure interlocks with horizontal flange on box |
125.37 | Including a nonunitary securing element for a closure (i.e., element is not of one-piece construction with the box) |
125.42 | One-piece box construction includes a closure useable as a pour spout (e.g., gable-top carton) |
126 | Foldable wall extension (e.g., closure flap) |
127 | Two opposed extensions have folded confronting flanges |
128 | Including means for biasing extension into closed position |
129 | Telescoping closure formed from plural extensions |
129.1 | Slide-operated closure flap |
130 | Including stop to limit opening movement of closure |
131 | Closed extension includes fixed and movable portions joined at a hinge line. |
131.1 | Access opening cut out of a foldable wall extension |
132 | Overlapping extensions bonded together |
133 | Including a sealing web formed by partial delamination of a wall extension |
134 | Including embossing or scoring to enhance the bond |
135 | Including means to restrain inward movement of inner extension during bonding |
136 | Extensions bonded by means of a cohesive or pressure sensitive type adhesive |
137 | Extensions of adjacent box walls hingedly attached together |
138 | Extensions of adjacent box walls hingedly attached together |
139 | Three extensions form a pocket to receive fourth extension |
140 | One extension extends along an adjacent box wall |
141 | Extension includes a depending flange or tab which extends along an adjacent box wall |
142 | Two or more extensions include a depending flange or tab |
144 | Flange connected to two box walls by a foldable web |
145 | Plural flanges interconnected to form a skirt |
147 | Flange or tab folded to extend along two or more box walls |
148 | Flange or tab includes slit or aperture to receive a projection from a box wall |
149 | Flange or tab extends through opening in box material |
151 | Flange or tab extends between two layers of box material |
152 | Flange or tab extends into box interior |
154 | Extension includes two or more depending flanges or tabs |
155 | Plural extensions mechanically interlocked with each other |
156 | One extension interlocks with at least two others |
158 | One extension projects through two separate openings in another extension |
159 | Extension formed of two or more thickness of box material |
160 | Access opening includes a rim for supporting a wall extension |
160.1 | Hinged closure includes material cut from a box sidewall (e.g., cigarette box) |
160.2 | Including means to facilitate the application of an opening force to the closure (e.g., pulltab, thumb notch, etc.) |
161 | A box wall includes box material cut from another box wall |
162.1 | Window or transparent portion |
162.2 | Having index marking |
162.3 | Having portion to selectively or temporarily obstruct the view through the window or transparent portion |
162.4 | Window extends around entire perimeter of box |
162.5 | On a curved surface |
162.6 | Multiple viewing windows |
162.7 | Contiguous window common to multiple surfaces |
163 | Horizontal, outwardly extending bottom flange |
164 | Different height sidewalls |
164.1 | Flexible or flaccid external covering formed from an initially separate sheet of material (e.g., wrapper) |
164.2 | Flexible or flaccid, internal, non-bag lining formed from an initially separate sheet of material |
165 | A sidewall includes a horizontally or downwardly extending panel attached along a horizontal fold line which is spaced above the box bottom |
166 | Separate reinforcing member located within fold |
167 | Panel forms a hollow sidewall or sidewall portion |
169 | Panel forms planar, horizontal flange, or flap spaced from box bottom |
170 | Flange or flap includes a portion of a folded corner connector (i.e., "corner fold" or "corner flap") |
171 | Panel is located outside the box |
172 | Panel includes a folded flap or tab which overlaps an adjacent box wall (e.g., sidewall or bottom wall) |
173 | One or more flaps combine to cover entire bottom wall |
174 | Flap or tab overlaps an adjacent sidewall |
177 | Panel has opening or notch to receive a portion of a folded corner connector (i.e., "corner fold" or "corner flap") |
178 | Panel or panel portion projects into an opening or notch in the box material |
180 | Panel or panel portion is located between two layers of box material |
181 | Panel secured in folded position by a separate fastening device (e.g., adhesive tape, staple, etc.) |
182 | Panel secured in folded position by a heat weld or adhesive, per se |
182.1 | Box includes straight sidewalls and rounded corners |
183 | Bottom wall includes a folded extension of a sidewall |
184 | Extensions of adjacent sidewalls foldably attached together |
185 | Plural extensions mechanically interlocked with each other |
185.1 | Single piece of paperboard folded to form a box having four or more multilayer walls |
186 | Adjacent sidewalls connected by a folded web unitary with both (i.e., "corner fold") |
187 | And by a laterally folded extension which is unitary with only one of the sidewalls (i.e., "corner flap") |
188 | Tablike member on web extends through opening in box material |
189 | Web secured in folded position by a separate fastening device (e.g., adhesive tape, staple, etc.) |
190 | A sidewall includes a folded lateral extension of an adjacent sidewall (e.g., "corner flap") |
191 | Extension forms hollow, upstanding corner element |
192 | Each of two adjacent sidewalls has a folded lateral extension where they join |
193 | Folded extensions of opposed sidewalls overlap one another |
195 | Extension projects into an opening in the box material |
196 | Extension projects into two or more separate openings |
197 | Extension includes a downwardly opening slit or notch |
198 | Extension secured in folded position by a separate fastening device (e.g., adhesive tape, staple, etc.) |
198.1 | Adjacent sidewalls connected only by a separate securing element |
198.2 | Miscellaneous joint construction |
199 | Separate reinforcing element |
4.5 | Cylindrical or conical body, or wall structure |
5.5 | End structure |
5.81 | Box material includes a coating or a nonpaperboard lamination or is permeated with a substance |
5.82 | Metal foil |
5.83 | Box material coated or permeated with a lacquer (e.g., shellac, varnish) |
5.84 | Box material coated, laminated, or permeated with a thermoplastic material |
93 | Tubes, cylindrical |
67 | Barrels |
67.1 | FILE FOLDER OR FILE ENVELOPE |
68.1 | ENVELOPE |
68.2 | Including handle |
69 | Series |
300 | Including remailing means (e.g., envelope, postcard, address label, etc.) |
301 | Remailable envelope |
302 | Having original and remail closure flaps attached to opposite walls of the original envelope |
303 | Including an address window |
305 | Including means for removing at least part of the original mailing address from the original envelope |
306 | Including means for concealing at least part of the original mailing address when remailed (e.g., reversible envelope) |
307 | Having means to facilitate opening the envelope by severing it (e.g., tearing, cutting, piercing, etc.) |
308 | Combined with, or modified for opening by, a sharp-edged cutting implement or a piercing implement |
309 | Envelope includes a separate tearing element which is gripped and pulled to open the envelope |
310 | Gripped portion of tearing element secured to envelope exterior |
311 | Cord, string, wire, or thread |
313 | Line of weakness |
70 | Coupon |
71 | Display |
72 | Compartment |
74 | Tag |
75 | Blanks |
76 | Closures |
87.01 | WRAPPER |
87.02 | Shock protection |
87.03 | Expansible (e.g., pleated, stretchable, etc.) |
87.04 | With handle |
87.05 | Including means to facilitate severing the wrapper (e.g., cutting, tearing, etc.) |
87.06 | Including transparent portion or window |
87.07 | For chewing gum |
87.08 | For food |
87.12 | For a single cigar or cigarette |
87.13 | For a pack of cigarettes or cigars |
87.14 | For tobacco |
87.15 | For apparel |
87.18 | For a paperboard box (e.g., cardboard) |
87.2 | Coin type |
87.5 | Pocketed |
89 | Bottle |
92 | Mailing sheets |
92.1 | Letter sheets |
92.8 | POSTAL CARDS OR PACKETS |
92.9 | COIN CARDS |
400 | PAPER OR PAPERBOARD CUP |
401 | With attached spoon |
402 | Including handle |
403 | Insulated |
404 | Including closure |
405 | Collapsible cup |
406 | MOLDED OR PRESSED CONTAINER |
800 | MISCELLANEOUS |
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900 | INCLUDING MEANS TO FACILITATE HANDLING BY A MECHANICAL APPARATUS DURING MANUFACTURING OR FILLING |
901 | BOX STRUCTURE ALTERNATIVELY USEABLE AS A CONTAINER OR A LID |
902 | BOX FOR PREPARED OR PROCESSED FOOD |
903 | Ovenable (i.e., disclosed to be placed in an oven) |
904 | Compartmented fast food holder or lap tray |
904.1 | Candy |
905 | Frozen food |
906 | Baked goods |
906.1 | CUP LID WITH MEANS FOR FORMING A DRINKING OPENING |
907 | TRASH BOX |
908 | PAINT TRAY |
909 | CIGAR BOX |
910 | BUCKET OR PAIL TYPE (I.E., LIQUID PROOF CONTAINER WITH HANDLE) |
913 | DRAWER-TYPE |
914 | BASKET-TYPE WITH HANDLE |
915 | STACKING FEATURE |
915.1 | Gable-top box |
916 | Means for ventilating while stacked |
917 | Stacking of collapsed container or blank |
918 | Corner construction |
919 | Reinforced wall |
920 | STRESS RELIEF |
921 | WITH MAILING INDICIA |
922 | WITH DECORATIVE FEATURE |
924 | MEANS TO FACILITATE GRIPPING A TEAR STRIP |
927 | MEANS FOR TEARING OR BREAKING RIGID OR SEMIRIGID THERMOPLASTIC CONTAINER |
928 | EXPANDABLE ENVELOPE |
929 | VENTED ENVELOPE |
930 | FOLD DETAIL |
932 | ICE CREAM CONE CARRIER |
933 | MATING CONTAINER BLANKS |
934 | Compartmented bottle carrier |
935 | No waste (i.e., edge-to-edge blanks) |
936 | Three or more blanks with alternating orientations |
937 | Plural blanks for making a single container |
938 | SANDWICH HOLDER |
939 | CONTAINER MADE OF CORRUGATED PAPER OR CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD |
940 | CONTAINER MATERIAL WITH SPECIFIED GRAIN DIRECTION |
941 | BOX HAVING JOINT STRUCTURE FOR PREVENTING LEAKAGE |
942 | NONREUSABLE BOX HAVING MEANS TO FACILITATE COLLAPSING OR DISASSEMBLING FOR DISPOSAL OR FOR RECYCLING OF THE BOX MATERIAL (E.G., "KNOCKDOWN" TYPE) |
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PAPERBOARD BOX (229/100) |
FOR105 | LIQUID PROOFED (229/3.1) |
FOR106 | MATERIAL (229/3.5 R) |
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