Blank for parallelepipedal boxes or box elements

Claim 1

A blank adapted to be assembled, by folding along fold lines, into a parallelepipedal box or box element to be filled with a plurality of uniformly shaped rod-like or plate-like objects having a removal member for facilitating removal of at least an initial object from the formed box or box element, said blank comprising: first and second sections adapted to form, upon assembly by folding along predetermined fold lines, first and second spaced opposite walls of the box or box element; a third section adapted to form, upon said assembly, a third wall located between and connecting said first and second walls, such that objects may be positioned parallelly between said first and second walls with ends of the objects abutting said third wall; first and second parallel, rectilinear tear lines formed in said blank to extend through said first and third sections and into said second section, said tear lines defining therebetween a removal strip which can be torn from said blank and which has a removable first end at said first section and a second end within said second section and joined thereto by an articulation portion, whereby, upon said assembly, pulling of said first end of said removal strip longitudinally in a direction parallel to said tear lines and away from said third section will result in said removal strip, with said second end thereof connected to said second section, pulling outwardly an object having an end thereof abutting said removal strip; and means for enabling removal of said second end of said removal strip from said second section by the application to said removal strip of a force greater than the force required to tear said tear lines, thereby tearing said articulation portion, said means comprising a further tear line in said second section at a position spaced from said first and second tear lines.