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EP1795450A1
EP1795450A1 EP06025099A EP06025099A EP1795450A1 EP 1795450 A1 EP1795450 A1 EP 1795450A1 EP 06025099 A EP06025099 A EP 06025099A EP 06025099 A EP06025099 A EP 06025099A EP 1795450 A1 EP1795450 A1 EP 1795450A1
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box
blank
labeling
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specimens
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Arthur G. Rutledge
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Saf T Pak Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4212—Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/4216—Cards, coupons or the like formed integrally with, or printed directly on, the container or lid

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  • the present invention relates to an unassembled blank for producing a box carton and, more particularly, to a carton blank having different indicia on opposite sides of the blank to allow the user to selectively assemble the box having different indicia appearing on the exterior of the assembled box.
  • One of such types of boxes is used to contain and ship human or animal materials, such as specimens, for testing.
  • materials for example, there are different labeling requirements for such shipments, for example, if the material is an exempt human or animal specimen, there is one criterion for the labeling, whereas, if the material is a diagnostic or clinical specimen, there is a different criterion for that labeling.
  • the labeling requirement must be complied with in order to ship those materials.
  • a box blank that can be folded so as to be assembled to form a box for transporting materials where such materials require different labels so as to use the same box blank for two different classes of materials.
  • the term "blank” or “blanks” is intended to refer to a flat, unassembled package or box and is the form in which packages or boxes are maintained in inventory so as to minimize the amount of space taken up by the packages or boxes. As such, when the actual shipment is desired to be constructed or assembled, the blank is simply assembled into the form of a completed box or package for insertion of the materials and then shipped to the intended destination.
  • the same unassembled box blank has different labeling on the opposite exterior surfaces in accordance with the requirements of the differing contents to be inserted into the eventual assembled box.
  • the blank has otherwise the normal score or fold lines that enable the user to fold the carton in forming the ultimate box and the folding and assembly of the blank into the completed box is carried out in conventional manner.
  • the user can fold the blank to form the box with either labeling ending outwardly, that is, where one class of material i.e. exempt human or animal specimens is to be contained with the box, the shipper simply folds the box blank in assembling that box so that the appropriate labeling for that type of specimen ends up on the exterior of the box and similarly, if the material is intended to be diagnostic or clinical specimens, the shipper inverts the flat, unassembled carton and therefore uses the same box blank to make up the box with the alternative labeling on the outside.
  • labeling ending outwardly that is, where one class of material i.e. exempt human or animal specimens is to be contained with the box
  • the shipper simply folds the box blank in assembling that box so that the appropriate labeling for that type of specimen ends up on the exterior of the box and similarly, if the material is intended to be diagnostic or clinical specimens, the shipper inverts the flat, unassembled carton and therefore uses the same box blank to make up the box with the alternative labeling on the outside.
  • the same flattened box blank can be used for two different classes of materials requiring different labeling and, therefore the inventory and inventory control can be simplified by having the same box blank that is usable for different labeled material.
  • Fig. 1 is a top view of a flattened, unassembled box blank having labeling printed thereon for use with exempt human specimens or exempt animal specimens;
  • Fig. 2 is an assembled box constructed from the unassembled blank of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a top view of a flattened, unassembled box blank having labeling thereon for use with diagnostic or clinical specimens;
  • Fig. 4 is an assembled box constructed from the unassembled blank of Fig. 3.
  • Fig. 1 there is shown a plan view of an unassembled box blank 10 of the present invention and where the box blank has an exterior surface 12 facing upwardly in the Figure.
  • the box blank 10 has a plurality of normal panels for a blank used for assembled into a completed box, that is, there is a top panel 14, a bottom panel 16, side panels 18, 20 and end panels 22.
  • Fig. 1 there is indicia printed on one of the side panels 18 that designates the exterior surface 12 for use with exempt human specimens or exempt animal specimens. Accordingly, to construct or assemble a completed box for use with such materials, the exterior surface 12 would be facing downwardly and then assembled in the conventional manner.
  • the indicia printed on the top panel 14 can be used to locate and insert the addresses of the shipping and receiving parties in a normal manner, however, the indicia printed on the side panel 18 comprises the proper labeling indicia that allows the shipper to use the blank 10 to assemble a completed box for shipping exempt animal specimens and exempt human specimens. There is also a location on the side panel 18, such the boxes 24, 26 for the shipper to mark, such as by a check mark or x mark, that more clearly defines the particular material as either exempt human or animal specimens.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates the location of the indicia to be on the top panel 14 and one of the side panels 18, it can be seen that others of the panels could be used for locating the labeling indicia and/or the addressing information and, for the matter, the addressing and labeling indicia could alternatively, be printed on the same panel.
  • Fig. 2 taken along with Fig. 1, there is shown a perspective view of a completed box 28 that has been assembled from the box blank 10 of Fig. 1.
  • the completed box 28 can contain exempt human specimens or exempt animal specimens with the specific type of specimen marked in one of the boxes 24, 26 printed on the side panel 18.
  • the addressing indicia containing the location for the identification of the shipping and the receiving party is printed on the top surface 14 that is automatically provided in that location during the assembly of the box blank 10.
  • FIG. 3 there is shown a plan view of the unassembled box blank 10 of the present invention and where the box blank has an exterior surface 30 facing upwardly in the Figure.
  • the exterior surface 30 is the opposite of that shown as the exterior surface 12 of Fig. 1 and has different indicia printed thereon i.e, the box blank 10 in the orientation of Fig. 1 has simply been inverted to that of Fig. 3. Again the same panels of the box blank 10 are shown as were identified with respect to Fig. 1 but now the exterior surface 30 is facing upwardly.
  • the side panel 18 now has indicia in the form of labeling that states the contents to be shipped in the eventual completed box to be diagnostic or clinical specimens.
  • Fig. 4 taken along with Fig. 3, there is shown a perspective view of the completed box 32 where the exterior of the box 32 is the exterior surface 30 illustrated in Fig, 3 and therefore the labeling on the side panel 18 states that the materials within the box 32 are diagnostic specimens or clinical specimens.
  • the user can position the unassembled box blank 10 with the desired labeling in the proper orientation for the assembly of the box 32 for the particular material to be shipped therein.
  • the contents of the eventual box can be (1) diagnostic specimens or clinical specimens or (2) exempt human specimens or exempt animal specimens and that identification is necessary for the shipping of that material.
  • the user can assemble the box with the desired labeling on the exterior of the finished box.

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US4867372A (en) * 1988-04-29 1989-09-19 Jeffrey Patterson Mailing/shipping container
WO1997011890A1 (fr) * 1995-09-26 1997-04-03 Peterson Beck A/S Carton de congelation comportant des reperes interieurs et son procede de montage
US20030150773A1 (en) * 2002-02-13 2003-08-14 Cadbury Trebor Allan Inc. Display box
US20050236464A1 (en) * 2004-04-22 2005-10-27 Patrice Cohen Three-dimensional display form and blank

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US4867372A (en) * 1988-04-29 1989-09-19 Jeffrey Patterson Mailing/shipping container
WO1997011890A1 (fr) * 1995-09-26 1997-04-03 Peterson Beck A/S Carton de congelation comportant des reperes interieurs et son procede de montage
US20030150773A1 (en) * 2002-02-13 2003-08-14 Cadbury Trebor Allan Inc. Display box
US20050236464A1 (en) * 2004-04-22 2005-10-27 Patrice Cohen Three-dimensional display form and blank

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