| Class 229 | ENVELOPES, WRAPPERS, AND PAPERBOARD BOXES |
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![[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 229 subclass 100]](../as.gif) | ![[List of Patents for class 229 subclass 100]](../ps.gif) | 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) |
| FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS | ||
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| Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collections listed below. These Collections contain ONLY foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived. | ||
| PAPERBOARD BOX (229/100) |
| FOR105 | LIQUID PROOFED (229/3.1) |
| FOR106 | MATERIAL (229/3.5 R) |