Claims:I claim:

1. A novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners, wherein, a flute box (1) to be closed, three specially designed & shaped loop tapes (2, 3 & 4) (made as per the customization) being taken and with the help of a special adhesive being affixed on one of the larger open able flap of the box (5) at three specific places (6, 7 & 8) respectively from the flat side and the loop side being up.

2. A novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners, wherein, a flute box (1) to be closed, two specially designed & shaped loop tapes (9 & 10) (made as per the customization) being taken and with the help of a special adhesive being affixed on the second larger open able flap of the box (11) at two specific places (12 & 13) respectively from the flat side and the loop side being up.

3. A novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners, wherein, a flute box (1) to be closed, a specially designed & shaped hook tape (i.e. being more than half plain & other half as hook from the hook side (14) being affixed on the second larger open able flap of the box (10) at a specific place (15) from the hook side at more than half plane surface so that the hook portion being down facing.
4. A novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners, wherein, a flute box (1) to be closed, two specially designed & shaped hook tapes (i.e. being more than half plain & other half as hook from the hook side (16 & 17) being affixed on the side one (18) of the box (1) and on side two (19) of the box (1) respectively at a specific places (20 & 21) respectively from the hook side at more than half plane surface so that the hook portion being down facing.

5. A novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners, wherein, a flute box (1) to be closed, now being ready for closure, firstly, smaller open able flaps (22 & 23) being folded inwards from their respective folds (24 & 25), then the larger open able flaps (5 & 11) being folded inwards from their respective folds (26 & 27), further, once on folding, the edges (28 & 29) of larger open able flaps (5 & 11) getting adjacent to each other at appropriate location, the hook from the hook side (14) being latched with the loop tape (3) and similarly, the hook from the hook side (16) being latched with the loop tapes (2 & 9) simultaneously and also, the hook from the hook side (17) being latched with the loop tapes (4 & 10) simultaneously, thus the box (1) being closed from one side (either top side or bottom side) and a similar activity to be repeated from the other side too, so as to close the box (1) from other side also.

, Description:PREAMBLE TO THE DESCRIPTION

Field of Invention

“A novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners.”

Background of the Invention & the Related Art

There are plenty of methods available & generally used for closing the flute boxes/corrugated boxes/polypropylene boxes. The use of hook & loop tape fasteners is very common these days for the above mentioned closing. The existing method the technique is to affix these fastener tapes onto the boxes by a metal rivet in order to strengthen the grip of the box.

A metal rivet is a metal pin passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces or sheets to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.

In general use of metal rivets is not advocated in packing of the boxes due to various reasons. The main reason for not advocating of the metal rivets is, these rivets of metal may corrode, rust, detach and mix up with the edible or other items, thereby causing a risk to the consumer and/or render the item unfit for consumption.

Further, the current method suffers from many other drawbacks also. This method is time consuming process as the affixing of metal rivets on various areas on the adherent takes quite a bit of time. Also, good care needs to be taken while affixing metal rivets to give the packing a uniform look.

It is also note worthy that, the affixing of hook and loop tapes with rivets also requires a skilled manpower in order to ensure that the fastener tapes are secured in a uniform manner and the spacing of the rivets along the adherent surface remains consistent.

The above method of riveting the hook and loop tape fasteners using metal rivets onto the boxes is explained more explicitly in the drawings (Ref. Figures 1 to 4).

Figure 1: Box fixed with rivets to hold hook/loop tape fastener.
Figure 2: Box fixed with rivets to hold hook/loop tape fastener.
Figure 3: Rivets.
Figure 4: Rivets fixed on the box’s open able flap.

A metal rivet as shown in the figures being a metal pin passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces or sheets to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion (from top).

On one of the open able edges of the flaps of the box a hook tape is affixed using the rivets & on the other (opposite side) open able flap of the box loop tape is affixed again using the rivets (a shown in Figures 1, 2 & 3) in the fashion as described in the paragraph above.
4. DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners.

The present innovation relates to a novel way of affixing of specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners on the boxes which is the adherent. More particularly, it relates to the method of fastening these specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners on the boxes with a special type of adhesive, instead of riveting them with the help of metal rivets.
For this purpose, a special type/category of hook & loop fastening tape is prepared as per the customisation/requirement of the boxes (as mentioned above), so as to enable the special adhesive to secure the tapes at appropriate place on the boxes, without the use of any metal rivets. This saves time and money, as the special adhesive used to stick the tapes on the flute boxes is faster, cheaper and safer than metal rivets.
In the novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners under consideration, there is enormous savings of time i.e. the time taken for affixing of metal rivets on various areas on the flute boxes takes time, so as to make it look uniform in appearance is eliminated.

Also, in the novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners under consideration the risk of the metal parts corroding & detaching and thereby lodging themselves in the food or other items in the box and making the product unfit for human consumption is nonexistent as the affixing of the tape is with the help of an adhesive.

Similarly, under the traditional method, affixing the metal rivets require skilled labor in order to ensure that the tapes are secured in a uniform manner and the spacing of the rivets along the adherent surface is consistent. However, in the novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners under consideration, by affixing the tape with an adhesive, the need for an expert is eliminated and thereby good amount of time is saved and hence ease of business.

Further, the novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners under consideration is quite cost effective method as there is elimination of metal rivets with the introduction of adhesive for affixing the tape.

Last but not the least, in the novel method of closing flute boxes using adhesive and specially designed hook and loop tape fasteners under consideration, there is zero risk of contamination of products like eatables or pharmaceutical products, thereby reducing the impact on end consumer who might suffer on account of negligence or mishap that could occur in case the metal parts detach and lodge themselves in the food / pharmaceutical products. Thus product efficacy is not affected and the product remains fit for human consumption, thereby reducing product losses for the company.

Now the invention is described with the help of drawings:

Figure 1: Box fitted with rivets
Figure 2: Rivets fitted on the flaps of the box
Figure 3: Box fitted with hook/loop tape fastener fixed using adhesive to hold themselves to the box (opened box).
Figure 4: Box fitted with hook/loop tape fastener fixed using adhesive to hold themselves to the box (closed box).
Figure 5: Hook & Loop tape fastener.
Figure 6: Hook & Loop tape fastener.
Figure 7: Complete open view of the box

1. Box
2. Specially designed & shaped loop tape
3. Specially designed & shaped loop tape
4. Specially designed & shaped loop tape
5. First larger able flap of the box
6. Place for fixing Specially designed & shaped loop tape
7. Place for fixing Specially designed & shaped loop tape
8. Place for fixing Specially designed & shaped loop tape
9. Specially designed & shaped loop tape
10. Specially designed & shaped loop tape
11. Second larger open able flap of the box
12. Place for fixing Specially designed & shaped loop tape
13. Place for fixing Specially designed & shaped loop tape
14. Specially designed & shaped hook tape
15. Place for fixing Specially designed & shaped hook tape
16. Specially designed & shaped hook tape
17. Specially designed & shaped hook tape
18. Side one of the box
19. Side two of the box
20. Place for fixing Specially designed & shaped hook tape
21. Place for fixing Specially designed & shaped hook tape
22. First smaller open able flap
23. Second smaller open able flap
24. Fold of the first smaller open able flap
25. Fold of the first smaller open able flap
26. Fold of the first larger open able flap
27. Fold of the second larger open able flap
28. Edge of the first larger open able flap
29. Edge of the first larger open able flap

In the invention under consideration, a flute box (1) is taken, which is to be closed with the help of larger open able flaps (5 & 11) and smaller open able flaps (22 & 23).

For this purpose, three specially designed & shaped loop tapes (2, 3 & 4) (made as per the customization) are taken and with the help of a special adhesive are affixed on one of the larger open able flap of the box (5) at three specific places (6, 7 & 8) respectively from the flat side and the loop side being up.

Further, two specially designed & shaped loop tapes (9 & 10) (made as per the customization) are taken and with the help of a special adhesive are affixed on the second larger open able flap of the box (11) at two specific places (12 & 13) respectively from the flat side and the loop side being up.

Next a specially designed & shaped hook tape (i.e. being more than half plain & other half as hook from the hook side (14) is affixed on the second larger open able flap of the box (10) at a specific place (15) from the hook side at more than half plane surface so that the hook portion is down facing.
Similarly, two specially designed & shaped hook tapes (i.e. being more than half plain & other half as hook from the hook side (16 & 17) are affixed on the side one (18) of the box (1) and on side two (19) of the box (1) respectively at a specific places (20 & 21) respectively from the hook side at more than half plane surface so that the hook portion is down facing.

Now the box (1) is ready for closure. Firstly, smaller open able flaps (22 & 23) are folded inwards from their respective folds (24 & 25). Next, larger open able flaps (5 & 11) are folded inwards from their respective folds (26 & 27). Further, once on folding, the edges (28 & 29) of larger open able flaps (5 & 11) get adjacent to each other at appropriate location, the hook from the hook side (14) is latched with the loop tape (3). Similarly, the hook from the hook side (16) is latched with the loop tapes (2 & 9) simultaneously. Also, the hook from the hook side (17) is latched with the loop tapes (4 & 10) simultaneously. With this the box (1) closed from one side (either top side or bottom side). A similar activity is to be repeated from the other side too, so as to close the box (1) from other side also.