Six-sided box and blank therefor

Abstract

A box of sheet material is provided which has a bottom wall, a top wall a side wall, and a rectangular cross-section with two opposite corners cut. The side wall is constituted by six panels, namely first and second opposite panels, third and fourth opposite panels orthogonal to the first and second opposite panels, and fifth and sixth corner panels inclined in respect of the first, second, third and fourth panels. The sheet material is cardboard or corrugated board.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 .- 10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . A box of sheet material having a bottom wall, a top wall and a side wall, and a rectangular cross-section with two opposite corners cut, so that said side wall is formed by six panels, namely first and second opposite panels, third and fourth opposite panels orthogonal to the first and second opposite panels, and fifth and sixth corner panels inclined in respect of the first, second, third and fourth panels, wherein said fifth and sixth corner panels are inclined in respect of the first, second, third and fourth panels of an angle ranging from 10° to 80°, wherein said first and second opposite panels, said third and fourth opposite panels and said fifth and sixth corner panels have a same length, respectively, and wherein said fifth and sixth corner panels are diagonally opposite to each other. 
     
     
         12 . The box of  claim 11 , wherein said sheet material is cardboard or corrugated board. 
     
     
         13 . The box of  claim 11 , wherein said fifth and sixth corner panels are inclined in respect of the first, second, third and fourth panels of an angle of 45°. 
     
     
         14 . A blank of sheet material for forming a box having
 a bottom wall, a top wall and a side wall, and a rectangular cross-section with two opposite corners cut, so that said side wall is formed by six panels, namely first and second opposite panels, third and fourth opposite panels orthogonal to the first and second opposite panels, and fifth and sixth corner panels inclined in respect of the first, second, third and fourth panels, wherein said fifth and sixth corner panels are inclined in respect of the first, second, third and fourth panels of an angle ranging from 10° to 80°, wherein said first and second opposite panels, said third and fourth opposite panels and said fifth and sixth corner panels have a same length, respectively, and wherein said fifth and sixth corner panels are diagonally opposite to each other,   the blank having a series of six first parallel crease lines, and a second crease line and a third crease line intersecting said six first parallel crease lines, wherein said six first parallel crease lines, second and third crease lines delimit a center series of a tongue, first panel, third panel, fifth panel, second panel, fourth panel and sixth panel, wherein each of said first, second, third and fourth panels has an upper flap and a lower flap, wherein said upper flaps are configured to form the top wall of the box, said lower flaps are configured to form the bottom wall of the box, and said first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth panels are configured to form the side wall of the box.   
     
     
         15 . The blank of  claim 14 , wherein an adhesive is applied on a face of said tongue so that, once the blank is folded, the tongue adheres to an inner face of the sixth panel. 
     
     
         16 . The blank of  claim 14 , wherein an adhesive is applied on a face of at least one lower flap and upper flap. 
     
     
         17 . The blank of  claim 14 , wherein the fifth and sixth panels are without flaps. 
     
     
         18 . The blank of  claim 14 , wherein said sheet material is cardboard or corrugated board. 
     
     
         19 . A method for erecting a box from a blank of sheet material for forming a box having
 a bottom wall, a top wall and a side wall, and a rectangular cross-section with two opposite corners cut, so that said side wall is formed by six panels, namely first and second opposite panels, third and fourth opposite panels orthogonal to the first and second opposite panels, and fifth and sixth corner panels inclined in respect of the first, second, third and fourth panels, wherein said fifth and sixth corner panels are inclined in respect of the first, second, third and fourth panels of an angle ranging from 10° to 80°, wherein said first and second opposite panels, said third and fourth opposite panels and said fifth and sixth corner panels have a same length, respectively, and wherein said fifth and sixth corner panels are diagonally opposite to each other,   the blank having a series of six first parallel crease lines, and a second crease line and a third crease line intersecting said six first parallel crease lines, wherein said six first parallel crease lines, second and third crease lines delimit a center series of a tongue, first panel, third panel, fifth panel, second panel, fourth panel and sixth panel, wherein each of said first, second, third and fourth panels has an upper flap and a lower flap, wherein said upper flaps are configured to form the top wall of the box, said lower flaps are configured to form the bottom wall of the box, and said first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth panels are configured to form the side wall of the box,   the method comprising:   folding the tongue, first panel, third panel, fifth panel, second panel, fourth panel and sixth panel about the first six first parallel crease lines, respectively,   adhering the tongue having an adhesive on one of its faces to an inner face of the sixth panel forming a continuous side wall of the box, the side wall being constituted by the first and second opposite panels, the third and fourth opposite panels orthogonal to the first and second opposite panels, and the fifth and sixth corner panels inclined in respect of the first, second, third and fourth panels, and   folding the bottom flaps of 90° about the third crease line and adhering them together to form the bottom wall of the box.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising folding the upper flaps of 90° about the second crease line and adhering them together to form the top wall of the box which was previously filled with a plurality of articles. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein said articles are bottles, which are flexible and round or circular.