Transport box

Abstract

A transport box configured for being transformable into a lap tray, which includes a compartment defined by opposite side walls, a front wall opposite a rear wall, and a bottom, with the walls delimiting an opening opposite the bottom for accessing the compartment, the opening having a circumferential edge which is defined by opposite upper edges of the side walls, an upper edge of the rear wall and an upper edge of the front wall, and a lid for the opening comprising at least a first lid part extending from the circumferential edge of the opening. The bottom has a front wall edge and a rear wall edge, which rear wall edge is shorter than the front wall edge, and the first lid part is configured for being folded or pivoted away from the opening in a transformed state of the transport box to serve as a lap tray.

Claims

1. A transport box configured for being transformable into a lap tray, the transport box comprising: a compartment defined by opposite side walls, a front wall opposite a rear wall, and a bottom, with the walls delimiting an opening opposite the bottom for accessing the compartment; the opening having a circumferential edge which is defined by opposite upper edges of the side walls, an upper edge of the rear wall and an upper edge of the front wall; and a lid for the opening comprising first and second lid parts which extends from and are pivotally connected to each respective side wall, wherein at least one of the first and second lid parts includes a rim extending along at least a portion of a free edge of at least one of the lid parts at a fixed angle out of the plane of that lid part to help prevent objects from falling off the at least one lid part when opened and in use as a tray; wherein: the bottom has a front wall edge and a rear wall edge, which rear wall edge is shorter than the front wall edge; the lid parts are configured to allow nesting of one lid part above the other lid part to close the compartment opening; and each lid part is configured for being folded or pivoted away from the opening in a transformed state of the transport box to serve as a lap tray; wherein the compartment retains its shape whether configured as a transport box or as a lap tray.

2. The transport box according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the respective opposite faces of the respective opposite side walls diverge in the direction from the rear wall to the front wall.

3. The transport box according to claim 1, wherein the lid comprises a third lid part extending from the upper edge of the rear wall opposite a fourth lid part extending from the upper edge of the front wall.

4. The transport box according to claim 1, wherein the shape of the bottom is or appears substantially as a trapezoid or isosceles trapezoid.

5. The transport box according to claim 1, wherein a cross-section of the compartment in a plane parallel to the bottom has a substantially trapezoidal or isosceles trapezoidal shape.

6. The transport box according to claim 3, wherein the angle that extends out of the plane of the lid part is an angle of 90+/20.

7. A transport box configured for being transformable into a lap tray, the transport box comprising: a compartment defined by opposite side walls, a front wall opposite a rear wall, and a bottom, with the walls delimiting an opening opposite the bottom for accessing the compartment, the opening having a circumferential edge which is defined by opposite upper edges of the side walls, an upper edge of the rear wall and an upper edge of the front wall, and a lid for the opening comprising at least one lid part, wherein a first of the at least one lid part has free edges and extends from the circumferential edge of the opening, and wherein the first lid part extends from a side wall and includes a rim extending from at least a part of a free edge of the first lid part at an angle out of the plane of the lid part to prevent objects from falling off the at least one lid part, wherein: the bottom has a front wall edge and a rear wall edge, which rear wall edge is shorter than the front wall edge, and the first lid part is configured for being folded or pivoted away from the opening in a transformed state of the transport box to serve as a lap tray; wherein the compartment retains its shape whether configured as a transport box or as a lap tray, wherein the lid comprises at least a second lid part, where the at least one first lid part and the second lid part extend from different edge parts of the circumferential edge of the opening, and a third lid part extending from the upper edge of the rear wall opposite a fourth lid part extending from the upper edge of the front wall, wherein one of the third lid part or the fourth lid part has an opening with a hinged flap and the opposite lid part has an opening for interlocking with the hinged flap in a transport state of the transport box.

8. The transport box according to claim 1, wherein the transport box is collapsible from a three-dimensional configuration into a flattened configuration.

9. The transport box according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second lid parts are configured to conform in shape to the compartment opening.

10. The transport box according to claim 1, wherein one of the lid parts has dimensions that are slightly smaller than that of the other lid part.

11. The transport box according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second lid part includes a rim extending along the entire length of each free edge.

12. A transport box configured for being transformable into a lap tray, the transport box comprising: a compartment defined by opposite side walls, a front wall opposite a rear wall, and a bottom, with the walls delimiting an opening opposite the bottom for accessing the compartment; the opening having a circumferential edge which is defined by opposite upper edges of the side walls, an upper edge of the rear wall and an upper edge of the front wall; and a lid for the opening comprising first and second lid parts that extends from and is pivotally connected to each their side wall, and wherein at least one of the first and second lid parts includes a rim extending along at least a portion of a free edge of the at least one lid part at a fixed angle of 90+/20 out of the plane of the lid part; wherein: the bottom has a front wall edge and a rear wall edge, which rear wall edge is shorter than the front wall edge; the lid parts are configured to allow nesting of one lid part above the other lid part to close the compartment opening; each of the first and second parts are configured for being folded or pivoted away from the opening in a transformed state of the transport box to serve as a lap tray, where the rim of the at least one lid part helps preventing objects from falling off the at least one lid part; each of the first and second lid parts are configured to conform in shape to the compartment opening with one of the lid parts having dimensions that are slightly smaller than that of the other lid part; the bottom has a shape that is a trapezoid or isosceles trapezoid; and the compartment retains its shape whether configured as a transport box or as a lap tray.

13. The transport box according to claim 12, wherein each of the first and second lid part includes a rim extending along the entire length of each free edge to further help preventing objects from falling off the lid parts in the lap tray configuration.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The invention will be explained in greater detail below, describing exemplary embodiments of the transport box, the insert, the first blank and the second blank according to the invention with reference to the drawings, in which

(2) FIG. 1 shows, seen in perspective from a short rear wall, a first embodiment of a transport box according to the present invention in its transport state,

(3) FIG. 2 shows the same in its transformed state as a lap tray,

(4) FIG. 3 shows, seen in perspective from a short rear wall, one embodiment of an insert for the transport box according to the invention,

(5) FIG. 4 shows, seen in perspective from a short rear wall, another embodiment of the insert of the transport box according to the invention,

(6) FIG. 5 shows, seen in perspective from a short rear wall, the transport box of FIG. 2 and the insert of FIG. 3, where the insert is positioned inside the compartment,

(7) FIG. 6 shows a first embodiment of a first blank according to the invention,

(8) FIG. 7 shows a second blank according to the invention,

(9) FIG. 8 shows, seen in perspective from a short rear wall, a second embodiment of a transport box according to the present invention in its transport state,

(10) FIG. 9 shows the same in its transformed state as a lap tray,

(11) FIG. 10 shows a second embodiment of a first blank according to the invention, and

(12) FIG. 11 shows, seen in perspective, a modified embodiment of the table box according to the present invention in its transport state.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(13) The invention is described in the drawings under the assumption thatseen in relation to a horizontal surface on which the compartment is placedthe side walls of the compartment have a vertical disposition, the horizontal cross-section of the compartment has an isosceles trapezoidal shape, and the rim of the lid parts has a vertical disposition in relation to the corresponding lid part. However, other dispositions of the side walls, degrees of tapering of the side walls towards each other, other shapes of the horizontal cross-section of the compartment and of the bottom, and/or other dispositions of the rim of the lid parts that are able to provide the intended technical effects of the overall invention are intended within the scope of the present invention.

(14) The invention is also described in the drawings under the assumption that the transport box is for transporting food and a drinking cup. However, other kinds of objects could also be transported in the transport box of the present invention.

(15) FIG. 1 shows the first embodiment of a transport box 1 having a compartment 2 and a lid 3. The shape and mutual position of the rear wall 4, the front wall 5, the first side wall 6a, the second side wall 6b, and the tapered bottom 7 of the compartment 2 define the isosceles trapezoidal shape of its cross-section. The rear wall edge 47 of the bottom 7 is shorter than the front wall edge 49 of the bottom 7.

(16) The lid 3 has a first lid part 8 hingedly and pivotably extending from the top edge 10 of the first side wall 6a, and an opposite second lid part 9 hingedly and pivotably extending from the top edge 11 of the second side wall 6b.

(17) The first lid part 8 and the second lid part 9 will be described in more details in connection with FIG. 2. However, as illustrated in FIG. 1 the lid parts 8,9 extend into and define an upright handle 12 (the upright part of the first lid part 8 is not visible in FIG. 1) that a user can grab hold on and thereby conveniently carry the first embodiment of a transport box 1. The second lid part 9 is shown with its swing flap 15 hingedly extending from an inside edge 16 of the second lid part 9 and in a position between the open and closed position of the swing flap 15.

(18) FIG. 2 shows the transport box 1 in the transformed state, where the user via the opening 17 of the compartment 2 has access to the objects, such as food (not shown), located in the compartment 2. This access is obtained as the first lid part 8 and the second lid part 9 have been folded or pivoted away from each other.

(19) The top wall 18 and the handle wall 20 of the first lid part 8, as well as the top wall 19 and the handle wall 21 of the second lid part 9 are shown in the position where they are substantially horizontal, and thus able to function as a lap tray in combination with the compartment 2.

(20) In the transformed state the compartment 2 is intended to be positioned between, optionally be held in place by, the thighs of the seated user, with the rear wall 4 touching or at least located close to the crotch of the user, and where the first lid part 8 is extending over the left thigh of the seated user and the second lid part 9 is extending over the right thigh of the seated user.

(21) The first lid part 8 has a first top wall 18 hingedly extending from the top edge 10 of the first side wall 6a, a first handle wall 20 extending from an inside edge 22 of the first top wall 18, an upright rim 24a extending from the free edges 26 of the first handle wall 20, an upright rim 24b hingedly extending from the front edge 28 of the first top wall 18, and a first swing flap 13 hingedly extending from an inside edge 14 of the first handle wall 20.

(22) The second lid part 9 has a correspondingly second top wall 19, hingedly extending from the top edge 11 of the second side wall 6b, a second handle wall 21 extending from an inside edge 23 of the second top wall 19, an upright rim 25a extending from the free edges 27 of the second handle wall 21, an upright rim 25b hingedly extending from the front edge 29 of the second top wall 19, and a second swing flap 15 hingedly extending from an inside edge 16 (not visible) of the second handle wall 21.

(23) The upright rims 24a,25a of the handle walls 20,21 are arranged at an interior angle of substantially 90 with respect to the handle walls 20,21, as will be described in connection with FIG. 6. The upright rims 24b,25b of the top walls 18,19 are able to bend with respect to the top walls 18,19, but will assume an interior angle of substantially 90 (or close to) 90 with respect to the top walls 18,19 due to the build-in capability of the material to assume the intended three-dimensional form. For illustrative purposes as to foldability the upright rims 24b,25b of the top walls 18,19 are not shown with their intended interior angle of 90 with respect to the top walls 18,19.

(24) The swing flaps 13,15 are shown in their closed position where they are parallel with the surface of the handle walls 20,21.

(25) FIG. 3 shows a first embodiment of an insert 30 that can be placed at the bottom of the compartment 2 via the opening 17 of the compartment 2. The insert 30 has four support members 31a,31b,31c,31d (shown in the form of support walls) hingedly extending from its top wall 32, which has a circular opening 33 for holding e.g. a drinking cup. The edges of the top wall 32 are intended to touch the rear 4, the front 5 and the side walls 6a,6b of the compartment 2.

(26) The intended angle between each of the four support members 31a,31b,31c,31d in relation to the top wall 32 when the insert is placed in the compartment is 90. Only for illustrative purposes FIG. 3 does not show this angle. However, with this intended angle it is easily understood that the top wall 32 is raised from the bottom of the compartment 2 and the insert 30 can rest stable on the bottom of the compartment 2 or be in frictional engagement with the interior surface of the compartment.

(27) It is noted that the height of the first support member 31b and the second support member 31d increases towards the end of the top wall 32 where the circular opening 33 is located, and that the height of the rear support member 31a is higher than the height of the front support member 31c (more clearly shown in FIG. 6). This variation in the height of the support members 31a,31b,31c,31d causes the top wall 32 to be tilted, so that food or other objects located on the top wall 32 will tend to be moved away from the drinking cup in case e.g. the transport box 1 is moved around. Separation of the drinking cup from the food/objects is desirable in order to e.g. minimize any heat transfer between the typically cold drinking cup and any warm food.

(28) FIG. 4 shows an alternative embodiment of the insert 30 where the support members 31a,31b,31c,31d have the same height.

(29) FIG. 5 shows the insert 30 seen in FIG. 3 positioned inside the compartment 2 of the transport box 1 shown in FIG. 1, where the support members 31a,31b,31c,31d are resting on the bottom of the compartment 2.

(30) The terms left, right, rear, front, top and bottom used in the below description of the first and second blank 34,102 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 refer to the orientation of the first and second blank 34,102 when folded as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

(31) FIG. 6 shows the first blank 34 in its unfolded and flat state. To facilitate reading and understanding of the conversion of the blank into a transport box same reference numerals are used for same parts being walls in the three-dimensional state as for wall panels in the blank state where possible. The first side wall 6a and the second side wall 6b extend as panels into the rear wall panel 4 via the opposite first fold line 35 and second fold line 36, respectively. The front wall panel 5 extends via the third fold line 37 into the first side wall panel 6a.

(32) The first bottom wall panel 38 extends via the fourth fold line into the first side wall panel 6a, and the second bottom wall panel 39 extends via the fifth fold line 41 into the second side wall 6b. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 the first connection means consists of three protruding flaps 42a,42b,42c extending from the interior edge 43 of the first bottom wall 38 and four protruding flaps 44a,44b,44c,44d extending from the interior edge 45 of the second bottom wall panel 39, where the flaps 42a,42b,42c,44a,44b,44c,44d are arranged so that when the two bottom wall panels 38,39 are brought together upon folding of the transport box 1 the flaps 42a,42b,42c,44a,44b,44c,44d are bend a bit upwards so that the flaps 42a,42b,42c of the first bottom wall panel 38 overlaps the second bottom wall panel 39, and vice versa. In this way the bottom wall panels 38,39 are able to engage each other in an interlocking manner.

(33) The first blank 34 has a rear bottom wall panel 46 extending via the sixth fold line 47 into the rear wall panel 4, and a front bottom wall panel 48 extending via the seventh fold line into the front wall panel 5, where the rear bottom wall panel 46 and the front bottom wall panel 48 in the folded state of the transport box 1 are positioned over the first bottom wall 38 and the second bottom wall 39. This has the effect that there is no gap between the first/second bottom wall 38,39 and the rear/front wall 4,5 in the folded state, which inhibits e.g. liquid food from running down along the rear wall 4 or front wall 5 and through any small gap between the rear/front wall and the bottom walls 38,39.

(34) In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 the second connection means consists of the flap 50 extending from the front wall panel 5 via the eighth fold line 51, the flap 52 extending from the second side wall panel 6b via the ninth line 53 on the front side of the second side wall panel 6b, and the flap 54 hingedly extending via the tenth fold line 55 from the second side wall panel 6b. The flap 54 is made by performing a U-shaped cut 56 partly in the second side wall 7 and partly in the flap 52 as shown in FIG. 6.

(35) After the bottom wall panels 38,39 has been connected as described above, the flap 52 is bend into an angle parallel with the front wall 5 in its the folded state, the flap 50 is inserted into the slit created due to the cuts 56a,56b performed in the flap 52, and the flap 54 is afterwards bend into the slit created due to the cut 57 performed in the flap 50. In this way the front wall 5 and the second side wall panel 6b are releasably connected to each other.

(36) A flap 58 is extending via the eleventh fold line 59 into the front wall panel 5 and is provided with two cut-out holes 60,61. The flap 58 is bend inwards into a position parallel with the front wall panel 5, which is provided with two cut-out holes 62,63 placed opposite the holes 60,61 of the flap 58 as shown in FIG. 6.

(37) The first top wall 18 and the second top wall 19 are extending via the twelfth fold line 10a into the first side wall panel 6a and via the thirteenth fold line 11a into the second side wall panel 6b, respectively. The first top wall panel 18 extends via the fourteenth fold line 28a into the first flap 64, and the first flap 64 extends via the fifteenth fold line 68 into the second flap 66. The second top wall panel 19 extends via the sixteenth fold line 29a into the first flap 65, and the first flap 65 extends via the seventeenth fold line 69 into the second flap 67.

(38) The next folding step is to fold the first top wall panel 18 and the second top wall panel 19 over the opening 17 of the compartment 2 and inserting the left second flap 66 into the left holes 60,62 and the right second flap 67 into the right holes 61,63.

(39) In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 the third connection means consists of the first flaps 64,65 and the second flaps 66,67 and the cut-out holes 60,61,62,63.

(40) The first handle wall panel 20 and the second handle wall panel 21 extend from the first top wall 18 and the second top wall 19, respectively, via the eighteenth fold line 22a and the nineteenth fold line 23a, respectively. Each of the handle wall panels 20,21 has a front flap 70,71 extending from the handle wall 20,21 via the twentieth fold line 72 and twenty-first fold line 73, respectively, where each of the front flaps 70,71 has a tuck-in tab 74,75 extending from the front flap 70,71 via the twenty-second fold line 76 and twenty-third fold line 77, respectively. Each of the handle wall panels 20,21 also has a rear flap 78,79 extending from the handle wall panels 20,21 via the twenty-fourth fold line 80 and twenty-fifth fold line 81, respectively, where each of the rear flaps 78,79 has a tuck-in tab 82,83 extending from the rear flap 78,79 via the twenty-sixth fold line 84 and the twenty-seventh fold line 85, respectively. Finally, each of the handle wall panels 20,21 has a first top flap 86,87 extending from the handle wall 20,21 via the twenty-eighth fold line 88 and the twenty-ninth fold line 89, respectively, where a second top flap 90,91 is extending from each of the first top flaps 86,87 via the thirtieth fold line 92 and the thirty-first fold line 93, respectively.

(41) The upright rim 24a of the first handle wall 20 is obtained by folding the front flap 70 and the rear flap 78 into a position perpendicular to the handle wall panel 20, and folding the tuck-in tabs 74,82 into a position parallel with the twenty-eighth fold line 88 from which the first handle wall panel 20 extends. The front flap 70 and the rear flap 78 and the tuck-in tabs 74,82 are held in this position by firstly folding the first top flap 86 into a position perpendicular to the handle wall panel 20, secondly folding the second top flap 90 into a position parallel with the first flap 86, where the tuck-in tabs 74,82 are positioned between the first top flap 86 and the second top flap 90, and thirdly inserting the small flaps 94,95 of the second top flap 90 into the correspondingly shaped cut-out holes 96,97 in the handle wall panel 20. In this way the rear flap 78, the front flap 70, the first top flap 86 and the second top flap 90 are interlocked and form the upright rim 24a shown in FIGS. 2 and 5.

(42) The upright rim 25a of the second handle wall 21 is, in the same way, obtained by folding the rear 79, the front 71, the first flap 87 and the second flap 91, folding the tuck-in tabs 75,83 and interlocking them using the small flaps 98,99 and the cut-out holes 100,101.

(43) As the length A and height C of the first handle wall 20 is slightly smaller then the length B and height D of the second handle wall 21, respectively, the first handle wall 20 and its upright rim 24a is able to fit into the second handle wall 21 and its upright rim 25a when the transport box 1 is in its transport state. These lengths A,B and heights C,D are adapted so that the there is friction between the upright rims 24a,25a, where this friction holds the first handle wall 20 and the second handle wall 21 together, and thus forms the upright handle 12 shown in FIG. 1. Thus, the upright rims 24a,25a with the length/height difference constitutes the fourth connection means of the embodiment shown in FIG. 6.

(44) FIG. 7 shows the second blank 102 in its unfolded and flat state, where the top wall panel 32 has a circular opening 33, and each of the support wall panels 31a,31b,31c,31d extends from the top wall 32 via a respective top fold line 103,104,105,106.

(45) FIGS. 8 and 9 show a second embodiment of a transport box 1 according to the present invention.

(46) The second embodiment of the transport box 1 has a compartment 2 and a lid 3. The shape and mutual position of the rear wall 4, the front wall 5, the first side wall 6a, the second side wall 6b, and the tapered bottom 7 of the compartment 2 define a wedge-shaped compartment 2 with a trapezoid opening 17. The rear wall edge 47 of the bottom 7 is shorter than the front wall edge 49 of the bottom 7. This compartment 2 can easily be placed between the thighs of the user on the surface on which the user sits. The interior angle between the bottom 7 and the first side wall 6a is indicated in FIG. 9.

(47) A first lid part 8 extends in a manner similar to the transport box 1 of the first embodiment, pivotably from the top edge 10 of the first side wall 6a, a second lid part 9 extends pivotally from the opposite second side wall 6b via top edge 11 so that these opposite first lid part 8 and second lid part 9 can be folded or pivoted away from each other to create the lap tray, thus obtaining a transformed state of the transport box 1.

(48) The second embodiment of the transport box 1 has no top walls extending into handle walls. Instead is provided a third lid part 107 extending pivotally from a top edge 108 of the rear wall 4, and a fourth lid part 109 extending pivotally from a top edge 110 of the front wall 5.

(49) The third lid part 107 has a first free handle end 111 with a handle opening 112 provided with a swing flap 113 hingedly connected to the perimeter of the handle opening 112 remote from the top edge 108.

(50) The fourth lid part 109 has a respective second free handle end 114 with a handle opening 115, but without a flap.

(51) In order to obtain an upright orientation of the first handle end 111 and the second handle end 114, at least in the transport state, the third lid part 107 and the fourth lid part 109 is provided with a thirty-second fold line 124 and a thirty-third fold line 125, respectively. The third lid part 107 can also be fastened to the waist of the jeans of a seated user in the transformed state. The thirty-second fold line 124 and the thirty-third fold line 125 also provide the effect that the first handle end 111 and the second handle end 114 are able to be folded or pivoted into a position where they, in the transport state, are folded/pivoted towards the lid 3, so that a number of transport boxes can be stacked on top of each other during e.g. transport, while the lid 3 is closed.

(52) In the second embodiment 1 only the first lid part 8 has an upright rim 24a that extends from the free edge 26 of the first lid part 8, where the interior angle between the upright rim 24a and the first lid part 8 is shown in FIG. 9. Since the design of the rim 24a corresponds substantially to the upright rim 24a of the first embodiment of the transport box 1 this design will not be discussed further here. However the use of the rim 24a is different in the transport state of the second embodiment of the transport box 1.

(53) When the second embodiment of the transport box 1 is closed to the transport state shown in FIG. 8 first the first lid part 8 is pivoted inside the compartment 2, so that its rim 24a engages the interior surface of the compartment 2 or at least faces inside the cavity of said compartment 2. Next the second lid part 9 is pivoted on top of the first lid part 8, and finally the opposite third lid part 107 and fourth lid part 109 are pivoted in superjacent proximity to each other so that the handle openings 112,115 of the respective handle ends 111,114 faces each other and the hinged flap 113 of the third lid part 107 can be pivoted inside the second handle opening 115 to interlock the third lid part 107 with the fourth lid part 109, so as to hold the first lid part 8 and the second lid part 9 in place to cover the opening 17 during transport, as seen in FIG. 8.

(54) FIG. 10 shows a second embodiment of the first blank 34 in its unfolded and flat state. To facilitate reading and understanding of the conversion of the blank into a transport box same reference numerals are used for same parts being walls in the three-dimensional state as for wall panels in the blank state where possible. The first side wall panel 6a and the second side wall panel 6b extend as panels into the front wall panel 5 via the opposite thirty-fourth fold line 116 and thirty-fifth second fold line 117, respectively. The rear wall panel 4 extends via the thirty-sixth fold line 118 into the second side wall panel 6b.

(55) The first bottom wall panel 38 and the second bottom wall panels 39 extend via the thirty-seventh fold line 40 and the thirty-eighth fold line 41, respectively, into the first side wall panel 6a and the second side wall panel 6b, respectively. The rear bottom wall panel 46 extends via the thirty-ninth fold line 47 into the rear wall panel 4 and the front bottom wall panel 48 extending via the fortieth fold line 49 into the front wall panel 5.

(56) The side wall panels 6a,6b, the rear wall panel 4 and the front wall panel 5, the bottom wall panels 38,39, the rear wall panel 46 and the front wall panel 48 are able to engage in an interlocking manner by means of e.g. glue. This can e.g.

(57) be obtained by the following steps: placing the front wall panel 48 on the first bottom wall panel 38 and gluing them together, placing the rear wall panel 46 on the front wall panel 48, placing the second bottom wall panel 39 on the rear wall panel 46, joining the second bottom wall panel 39 with the first side wall panel 6a by inserting the small flap 121 into the correspondingly shaped cut-out hole 122 in the first side wall panel 6a, and lastly gluing the first side wall panel 6a and the flap 52 extending from the rear wall panel 4 together so that the compartment 2 shown in FIG. 8 is formed.

(58) In this way the compartment 2 shown in FIG. 8 is formed, where it is noted that the first side wall panel 6a and the flap 52 are glued together so that the edge 123 of the first side wall panel 6a and the fortieth-first fold line 53 are aligned.

(59) The first lid part panel 8 and the second 9 extend via the fortieth-second fold line 10a into the first side wall panel 6a and via the fortieth-third fold line 11a into the second side wall panel 6b, respectively.

(60) The first lid part panel 8 has a rear flap 70 extending from the first lid part panel 8 via the fortieth-fourth fold line 72, where the rear flap 70 has a tuck-in tab 74 extending from the rear flap 70 via the fortieth-fifth fold line 76. The first lid part panel 8 also has a front flap 78 extending from the first lid part panel 8 via the fortieth-sixth fold line 80, where the front flap 78 has a tuck-in tab 82 extending from the front flap 78 via the fortieth-seventh fold line 84. Finally, the first lid part panel 8 has a first top flap 86 extending from the first lid part panel 8 via the fortieth-eighth fold line 88, where a second top flap 90 is extending from the first top flaps 86 via the fortieth-ninth fold line 92.

(61) The rim 24a as shown in FIG. 9 is obtained by folding the flaps 70,78,86,90 and tuck-in tabs 74,82 in the same manner as described in connection with the first embodiment of the blank 34 (FIG. 6) by using the small flaps 94,95 of the second top flap 90 and the cut-out holes 9697 of the first lid part panel 8 for interlocking the rear flap 70, front flap 78, first top flap 86, and second top flap 90.

(62) The third lid part panel 107 extend via the fiftieth fold line 120 into the rear wall panel 4 and has a first free handle end 111 defined by the thirty-second fold line 124. The fourth lid part panel 109 extend via the fiftieth fold line 120 into the front wall panel 5 and has a second free handle end 114 defined by the thirty-third fold line 125.

(63) The releasable assembly of the first lid part panel 8, the second lid part panel 9, the third lid part panel 107 and the fourth lid part panel 109 is obtained as described in connection with FIGS. 8 and 9.

(64) FIG. 11 shows a modified embodiment of the table box 1 where the compartment 2 is constructed in the same way as the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, where corresponding reference numbers are used for corresponding parts. The lid 3 has a first 126, second 127, third 128 and fourth 129 lid part extending from the upper edge of the first side wall 6a, second side wall 6b, front wall 5 and rear wall 4, respectively. The free upper front part 130 of the first lid part 126 and the free upper front part 131 of the second lid part 127 extend through the elongated through-going slit (not visible) of the fourth lid part 129, so that these three lid parts 126, 127, 129 are held together to serve as a handle. The curved first and second lid part 126, 127 are shaped so that the free upper edge 132, 133 of the first and second lid part 126, 127, respectively, are joined the length of the table box 1. The third lid part 128 is only partly visible in a horizontal position, where it covers the opening of the compartment 2.

(65) The present inventions present a versatile selection of transport boxes that can be used as lap trays. The invention gives both manufacturer and user a high degree of freedom to combine and change features of the present invention to make user-friendly and environmentally friendly transport boxes.

(66) Above are shown and described two embodiments for the first blank, where the individual panels are connected in different ways via fold lines and subsequently assembled to the three dimensional form of the transport box. It is understood that the panels of the first blank can be arranged in another pattern in order to obtain the flat configuration of the first blank.