Storage box and sheet

Abstract

A box main body of a storage box includes a first wall, a second wall, a peripheral wall including a third wall, a fourth wall, a fifth wall, and a sixth wall. A tape cassette used in printing is included in a space of the box main body. The first wall includes a female flap layer configured by a female flap connected to the third wall, a male flap layer configured by a male flap connected to the fourth wall, an intermediate flap layer configured by a first flap connected to the fifth wall and by a second flap connected to the sixth wall. In the first wall, the female flap layer, the intermediate flap layer and the male flap layer are stacked in that order. The male flap is provided with a first insertion portion, which is inserted into an insertion slot provided in the female flap.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A storage box comprising:
 a box main body including a first wall and a second wall extending to intersect a first direction and disposed alongside each other in the first direction, and a peripheral wall extending from a peripheral edge of the first wall to a peripheral edge of the second wall, a tape cassette used in printing being disposed inside a space enclosed by the first wall, the second wall, and the peripheral wall, wherein   the peripheral wall includes
 a third wall and a fourth wall extending to intersect a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and disposed alongside each other in the second direction, and 
 a fifth wall and a sixth wall extending to intersect a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction and disposed alongside each other in the third direction, 
   the first wall includes
 a female flap layer configured by a female flap connected to an end of the third wall in a first specific direction, the first specific direction being a direction, of the first direction, from the second wall toward the first wall, 
 a male flap layer configured by a male flap connected to an end of the fourth wall in the first specific direction, and 
 an intermediate flap layer configured by a first flap connected to an end of the fifth wall in the first specific direction and by a second flap connected to an end of the sixth wall in the first specific direction, 
   the female flap layer, the intermediate flap layer, and the male flap layer are configured to be layered in an order of the female flap layer, the intermediate flap layer and the male flap layer in the first specific direction,   the female flap includes
 a female main body portion extending, from the end of the third wall in the first specific direction, in a second specific direction, the second specific direction being a direction, of the second direction, from the third wall toward the fourth wall, and 
 an insertion slot formed in the female main body portion, and 
   the male flap includes
 a male main body portion extending, from the end of the fourth wall in the first specific direction, in a second opposite direction opposite to the second specific direction, and 
 a first insertion portion to be inserted into the insertion slot, the first insertion portion extending in the second opposite direction from an end of the male main body portion in the second opposite direction. 
   
     
     
         2 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein
 a first perforation line is formed in one or more of the female flap layer, the intermediate flap layer, or the male flap layer, configured to remove the tape cassette disposed in the space from the box main body.   
     
     
         3 . The storage box according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the tape cassette includes
 a case including a first cassette wall and a second cassette wall facing each other, and 
 a print media stored in the case, 
   the second cassette wall includes a discharge port configured to discharge the print media,   the tape cassette is disposed such that the first cassette wall faces the first wall in the first direction.   
     
     
         4 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the insertion slot is defined by an insertion slot edge, and   the insertion slot edge is closed in an annular shape on an inner side of the female flap.   
     
     
         5 . The storage box according to  claim 4 , wherein
 a first perforation line is formed in one or more of the female flap layer, the intermediate flap layer, or the male flap layer, configured to remove the tape cassette disposed in the space from the box main body.   
     
     
         6 . The storage box according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the first perforation line extends from the peripheral edge of the first wall,   a second perforation line is formed in the peripheral wall, configured to remove the tape cassette disposed in the space from the box main body, and   the second perforation line is connected to ends of the first perforation line on the peripheral edge of the first wall.   
     
     
         7 . The storage box according to  claim 6 , wherein
 the second perforation line is formed in the fourth wall.   
     
     
         8 . The storage box according to  claim 7 , wherein
 one end of the second perforation line is located at a first position on a first peripheral edge, of the peripheral edge of the first wall, at which the first wall is connected to the fourth wall,   another end of the second perforation line is located at a second position on the first peripheral edge, the second position being further in a third specific direction than the first position, the third specific direction being a direction, of the third direction, from the fifth wall toward the sixth wall, and   the second perforation line extends from the first position to the second position while bulging in a first opposite direction opposite to the first specific direction.   
     
     
         9 . The storage box according to  claim 8 , wherein
 the male flap extends in the second opposite direction from the first peripheral edge,   the male flap includes
 a specific end being an end in the second opposite direction, 
 a second peripheral edge joining an end of the first peripheral edge in a third opposite direction opposite to the third specific direction with an end of the specific end in the third opposite direction, and 
 a third peripheral edge joining an end of the first peripheral edge in the third specific direction with an end of the specific end in the third specific direction, and 
   the first perforation line includes
 a third perforation line extending from the first position to the second peripheral edge, and 
 a fourth perforation line extending from the second position to the third peripheral edge. 
   
     
     
         10 . The storage box according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the male flap extends in the second opposite direction from an end of the fourth wall in the first specific direction,   the first insertion portion includes
 an extension portion extending in the second opposite direction from an end of the male flap in the second opposite direction, and 
 a pair of first protrusion portions protruding from the extension portion in both of directions of the third direction, 
   the female flap extends in the second specific direction from an end of the third wall in the first specific direction,   the insertion slot edge includes a specific edge extending in the third direction and disposed in the second opposite direction with respect to the insertion slot, and   the female flap includes a second protrusion portion protruding in the second specific direction from each of both ends, in the third direction, inside the specific edge.   
     
     
         11 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the male flap is connected to a first connection end being an edge of the fourth wall in the first specific direction,   the female flap is connected to a second connection end being an edge of the third wall in the first specific direction,   the male flap includes an apex portion protruding in the second opposite direction from a tip end of the first insertion portion, and extending in the third direction,   the insertion slot is formed in a region on a tip end side of the female main body portion and extends in the third direction, a length in the third direction of the insertion slot being shorter than a length in the third direction of the female main body portion,   the female main body portion includes a guide port, the guide port being formed to be connected to the insertion slot on a side of the insertion slot in the second specific direction, in the region on the tip end side of the female main body portion, the guide port extending in the third direction, a length in the third direction of the guide port being longer than a length in the third direction of the insertion slot, and the guide port inserting the apex portion and guiding the apex portion to the insertion slot when the apex portion is inserted into the guide port and   when   a length in the third direction of the apex portion is denoted by Y,   a length in the third direction of the first insertion portion is denoted by X,   a length in the third direction of the insertion slot is denoted by W, and   a length in the third direction of the guide port is denoted by Z,   the first wall satisfies Y>X (1), satisfies W≥X (2), satisfies Y>W (3), and satisfies Z≥Y (4).   
     
     
         12 . The storage box according to  claim 11 , wherein
 the first flap is connected to a third connection end being an edge of the fifth wall in the first specific direction,   the second flap is connected to a fourth connection end being an edge of the sixth wall in the first specific direction,   the first flap includes
 a first main body portion extending from the third connection end of the fifth wall in a third opposite direction being a direction, of the third direction, from the fifth wall toward the sixth wall, and 
 a third protrusion portion protruding in the third opposite direction from a tip end of the first main body portion, 
   the second flap includes
 a second main body portion extending from the fourth connection end of the sixth wall in a third specific direction being a direction, of the third direction, from the sixth wall toward the fifth wall, and 
 a fourth protrusion portion protruding in the third specific direction from a tip end of the second main body portion, and 
   in the first direction, the third protrusion portion of the first flap and the fourth protrusion portion of the second flap are disposed at positions overlapping the male main body portion of the male flap.   
     
     
         13 . The storage box according to  claim 12 , wherein
 when a length in the second direction of the third protrusion portion and the fourth protrusion portion is B, and a length in the second direction from the first connection end to a tip end of the first insertion portion is C,   the first wall satisfies C≥B (5).   
     
     
         14 . The storage box according to  claim 13 , wherein
 the third protrusion portion of the first flap includes a section protruding further in the second opposite direction than an edge, in the second opposite direction, of a tip end of the first main body portion, and   the fourth protrusion portion of the second flap includes a section protruding further in the second opposite direction than an edge, in the second opposite direction, of a tip end of the second main body portion.   
     
     
         15 . The storage box according to  claim 14 , wherein
 when, in a course of inserting the apex portion of the male flap into the insertion slot of the female flap, each of the male flap and the female flap is folded in a first opposite direction opposite to the first specific direction and the apex portion and the guide port are disposed overlapping each other in the third direction, an angle of the male flap inclined toward the first opposite direction with respect to the second direction is denoted by α,   the first wall satisfies B≤C×cos α (6).   
     
     
         16 . The storage box according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the tape cassette includes
 a case including a first cassette wall and a second cassette wall facing each other, and 
 a print media stored in the case, 
   the second cassette wall includes a discharge port configured to discharge the print media,   the tape cassette is disposed such that the first cassette wall faces the first wall in the first direction.   
     
     
         17 . A sheet configured to form a storage box by being assembled, wherein
 the storage box includes
 a box main body including a first wall and a second wall extending to intersect a first direction and disposed alongside each other in the first direction, and a peripheral wall extending from a peripheral edge of the first wall to a peripheral edge of the second wall, a tape cassette used in printing being disposed inside a space enclosed by the first wall, the second wall, and the peripheral wall, 
   the peripheral wall includes
 a third wall and a fourth wall extending to intersect a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and disposed alongside each other in the second direction, and 
 a fifth wall and a sixth wall extending to intersect a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction and disposed alongside each other in the third direction, 
   the first wall includes
 a female flap layer configured by a female flap connected to an end of the third wall in a first specific direction, the first specific direction being a direction, of the first direction, from the second wall toward the first wall, 
 a male flap layer configured by a male flap connected to an end of the fourth wall in the first specific direction, and 
 an intermediate flap layer configured by a first flap connected to an end of the fifth wall in the first specific direction and by a second flap connected to an end of the sixth wall in the first specific direction, 
   the female flap layer, the intermediate flap layer, and the male flap layer are configured to be layered in an order of the female flap layer, the intermediate flap layer and the male flap layer in the first specific direction,   the female flap includes
 a female main body portion extending, from the end of the third wall in the first specific direction, in a second specific direction, the second specific direction being a direction, of the second direction, from the third wall toward the fourth wall, and 
 an insertion slot formed in the female main body portion, and 
   the male flap includes
 a male main body portion extending, from the end of the fourth wall in the first specific direction, in a second opposite direction opposite to the second specific direction, and 
 a first insertion portion to be inserted into the insertion slot, the first insertion portion extending in the second opposite direction from an end of the male main body portion in the second opposite direction.