Box designs, blanks, and methods relating to box with locking handle

Abstract

A box includes a lid having a handle, wherein the handle comprises at one end thereof a toggle, and wherein a wall of the box comprises an opening through which the toggle of the handle is received for securing the lid in a closed position. Also disclosed is the combination of a box, a handle, and a clip, wherein the clip is secured onto a front wall of the box and a toggle of the handle is latched onto the clip for securing the lid of the box in a closed position.

1 . A box comprising a lid having a handle, wherein the handle comprises at one end thereof a toggle, and wherein a front wall of the box defines a passage through which the toggle of the handle passes for securing the lid in a closed position, wherein lifting of the box by the handle tensions the handle and secures the front wall to the lid in the closed position. 
     
     
         2 . The box of  claim 1 , wherein a second end of the handle comprises a second toggle, and wherein the lid comprises an opening through which the second toggle is passed for attaching the handle to the lid. 
     
     
         3 . The box of  claim 1 , wherein the lid further comprises a flap portion having an opening through which the handle extends for positioning the first toggle proximate the passage defined in the front wall of the box when the lid is transitioned toward the closed position. 
     
     
         4 - 16 . (canceled) 
     
     
         17 . The box of  claim 3 , wherein the front wall of the box extends above the lid when the lid is in the closed position. 
     
     
         18 . The box of  claim 17 , wherein the passage extends to a top edge of the front wall of the box. 
     
     
         19 . The box of  claim 18 , wherein the passage extends below the lid when the lid is in the closed position. 
     
     
         20 . The box of  claim 19 , wherein the handle when tensioned during lifting of the box latches to the front wall of the box and secures the front wall to the lid in the closed position. 
     
     
         21 . The box of  claim 20 , wherein the handle is dimensioned such that, when the toggle is in a first orientation, the handle has a width that is small enough to pass through the passage defined in the front wall of the box, and when the toggle is in a second orientation that is orthogonal to the first orientation, the handle has a width that is too large to pass through the passage defined in the front wall of the box. 
     
     
         22 . The box of  claim 21 , wherein the toggle extends beyond and on opposite lateral sides of the passage when the toggle is in the second orientation when the handle secures the lid in the closed position. 
     
     
         23 . A box comprising a lid, a front wall, and means for lifting the box while effecting securing the lid of the box in a closed position. 
     
     
         24 . The box of  claim 23 , wherein the means comprises a handle that is latched at a first end to the front wall; that is latched at a second, opposite end to the lid; and that is tensioned when the box is lifted using the handle. 
     
     
         25 . The box of  claim 24 , wherein the handle proximate the first end extends through both an opening in the lid and an opening in the front wall. 
     
     
         26 . The box of  claim 25 , wherein the handle proximate the second end extends through another opening in the lid. 
     
     
         27 . The box of  claim 25 , wherein lid comprises a flap portion that defines the opening in the lid through which extends the handle proximate the first end. 
     
     
         28 . The box of  claim 27 , wherein the front wall of the box extends above the lid when the lid is in the closed position. 
     
     
         29 . A box (a) comprising a single sheet of corrugated material folded and glued to define a lid, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom wall, and (b) further comprising a handle having at one end thereof a toggle, (c) wherein the front wall of the box defines a passage through which the toggle of the handle passes for securing the lid in a closed position, and (d) wherein lifting of the box by the handle tensions the handle and secures the front wall to the lid in the closed position. 
     
     
         30 . The box of  claim 29 , wherein a second end of the handle comprises a second toggle, and wherein the lid comprises an opening through which the second toggle is passed for attaching the handle to the lid. 
     
     
         31 . The box of  claim 29 , wherein the lid further comprises a flap portion having an opening through which the handle extends for positioning the first toggle proximate the passage defined in the front wall of the box when the lid is transitioned toward the closed position. 
     
     
         32 . The box of  claim 31 , wherein the front wall of the box extends above the lid when the lid is in the closed position; wherein the passage extends to a top edge of the front wall of the box; and wherein the passage extends below the lid when the lid is in the closed position. 
     
     
         33 . The box of  claim 32 , wherein the handle when tensioned during lifting of the box latches to the front wall of the box and secures the front wall to the lid in the closed position; wherein the handle is dimensioned such that, when the toggle is in a first orientation, the handle has a width that is small enough to pass through the passage defined in the front wall of the box, and when the toggle is in a second orientation that is orthogonal to the first orientation, the handle has a width that is too large to pass through the passage defined in the front wall of the box; and wherein the toggle extends beyond and on opposite lateral sides of the passage when the toggle is in the second orientation when the handle secures the lid in the closed position.