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A packaged plumbing fixture includes a box, a plumbing fixture, and a packaging insert. The box comprises a plurality of generally vertical sides that are interconnected to cooperatively define a cavity for containing a plumbing fixture. The plurality of sides include a first side and a second side

A packaged plumbing fixture includes a box, a plumbing fixture, and a packaging insert. The box comprises a plurality of generally vertical sides that are interconnected to cooperatively define a cavity for containing a plumbing fixture. The plurality of sides include a first side and a second side that are connected to opposite ends of a third side. The packaging insert includes first and second generally planar surfaces. The packaging insert is positioned within the cavity with each of the first and second generally planar surfaces arranged generally parallel with and proximate to one of the sides. A sum of angles between the third side and the first side and between the third side and the second side is greater than 180 degrees.

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1. A packaged plumbing fixture, comprising: a box comprising a plurality of generally vertical sides that are interconnected to cooperatively define a cavity for containing a plumbing fixture, the plurality of sides including a first side and a second side that are connected to opposite ends of a th

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A packaged plumbing fixture, comprising: a box comprising a plurality of generally vertical sides that are interconnected to cooperatively define a cavity for containing a plumbing fixture, the plurality of sides including a first side and a second side that are connected to opposite ends of a third side;a plumbing fixture provided in the cavity;a packaging insert having a first generally planar surface having a first upright end, a second generally planar surface having a second upright end, and a third generally planar surface positioned between and coupled to the first generally planar surface and the second generally planar surface, the packaging insert being positioned within the cavity with each of the first, second, and third generally planar surfaces arranged generally parallel with and proximate to one of the sides;wherein a sum of angles between the third and first generally planar surfaces and between the third and second generally planar surfaces is greater than 180 degrees;wherein the packaging insert terminates at a first side of the box at the first upright end and terminates at a second side of the box at the second upright end; andwherein a sum of angles between the third side and the first side and between the third side and the second side is greater than 180 degrees. 2. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 1, wherein the plurality of generally vertical sides further includes a fourth side and a fifth side that are generally parallel to each other, wherein the third side and the fourth side are connected to opposite ends of the first side, and wherein the third side and the fifth side are connected to opposite ends of the second side. 3. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 2, further comprising a second packaging insert that is an interior box, wherein the interior box includes a first planar interior box surface arranged generally parallel with and proximate to the fourth side, a second planar interior box surface arranged generally parallel with and proximate to the fifth side, and a third planar interior box surface positioned between and coupled to the first and second planar interior box surfaces. 4. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 3, wherein the interior box contains a tank of the plumbing fixture. 5. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 3, wherein the interior box includes a first wall that defines the first planar interior box surface, a second wall that defines the second planar interior box surface, and a third wall that defines the third planar interior box surface; and wherein the fourth side and the fifth side prevent movement of the interior box. 6. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 5, wherein the first wall of the interior box engages the fourth side, and the second wall of the interior box engages the fifth side. 7. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 6, wherein the third panel of the interior box is generally horizontal, and the first and second panels extend generally vertically from the third panel. 8. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 7, wherein the third panel of the interior box is positioned below the plumbing fixture. 9. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 1, wherein the packaging insert includes a first panel that defines the first planar surface, a second panel that defines the second planar surface, and a third panel that defines the third planar surface, the first and second panels being connected to the third panel. 10. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 9, wherein the first and second panels are connected to opposite ends of the third panel; and wherein the first, second, and third panels are arranged parallel with and proximate to one of the first, second, and third sides. 11. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 10, wherein the first panel engages the first side, the second panel engages the second side, and the third panel engages the third side. 12. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 10, wherein a sum of angles between the third and first planar portions and between the third and second planar portions is greater than approximately 180 degrees. 13. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 9, wherein the packaging insert is formed from a continuous sheet of material; and wherein the first panel is connected to the third panel at a first crease of the continuous sheet, and the second panel is connected to the third panel at a second crease of the continuous sheet. 14. The packaged plumbing fixture of claim 13, wherein the first crease and the second crease are generally parallel. 15. A box for a plumbing fixture, comprising: a top panel and a bottom panel; anda plurality of panels interconnected at parallel joints, the plurality of panels including at least a first side panel, a second side panel, an end panel, and first and second corner panels, the first side panel and the end panel being connected to opposite ends of the first corner panel, the first corner panel and the second corner panel being connected to opposite ends of the end panel, and the end panel and the second panel being connected to opposite ends of the second corner panel;wherein the top panel is interconnected to the first side panel at an upper joint, and the bottom panel is interconnected to the first side panel at a bottom joint;wherein in a first configuration, the box is in a collapsed state in which the box is generally planar, the first and second side panels each being folded at a central crease that extends through the interconnected top and bottom panels;wherein in a second configuration, the box is in an expanded state in which a cavity is defined between the top, bottom, and plurality of panels, the cavity being configured to receive the plumbing fixture therein;wherein in the expanded state, the first and second side panels are generally parallel to each other and are spaced apart to define a width of the box; andwherein a sum of angles between the end panel and the first corner panel and the end panel and the second corner panel is greater than 180 degrees. 16. The box of claim 15, wherein a sum of widths of the end panel and the first and second corner panels is greater than the width of the box in the second configuration. 17. The box of claim 16, wherein each of the first and second side panels has a forward end and a rearward end, and the crease is positioned approximately an equal distance from the forward end and the rearward end. 18. The box of claim 16, wherein each of the first and second side panels has a forward end and a rearward end, and the crease is positioned closer to the forward end than the rearward end. 19. The box of claim 16, wherein the plurality of panels includes a second end panel and third and fourth corner panels; and wherein the first side panel and the second end panel are connected to opposite ends of the third corner panel, the third corner panel and the fourth corner panel are connected to opposite ends of the second end panel, and the second end panel and the second side panel are connected to opposite ends of the fourth corner panel; andwherein a sum of widths of the second end panel and the first and second corner panels is greater than the width of the box in the second configuration. 20. The box of claim 16, wherein in the first configuration, a sum of the angles between the end panel and the first corner panel and between the end panel and the second corner panel is approximately 360 degrees. 21. The box of claim 16, wherein the plurality of sides includes a second end panel, and the first side panel and the second side panel are connected to opposite ends of the second end panel. 22. The box of claim 21, wherein the second end panel has a width that is less than a sum of widths of the end panel and the first and second corner panels. 23. The box of claim 15, wherein the first side panel is folded onto itself, and the second side panel is folded onto itself. 24. The box of claim 15, wherein the plurality of panels are provided as a continuous sheet of material, the parallel joints being creases in the continuous sheet. 25. The box of claim 15, wherein the top panel is divided into a first top panel and a second top panel, the first top panel is connected to an upper end of the first side panel, and the second top panel is connected to an upper end of the second side panel. 26. The box of claim 25, wherein the central crease of the first side panel extends to the first top panel, the central crease of second side panel extends to the second top panel; and wherein in the first configuration, the first top panel and the second top panel are folded at the central crease thereof. 27. The box of claim 25, wherein the first top panel tapers outward from the first side panel, and the second top panel tapers outward from the second side panel. 28. A packaged plumbing fixture, comprising: a box comprising a plurality of generally vertical sides that are interconnected to cooperatively define a cavity for containing a plumbing fixture, the plurality of sides including a first side and a second side that are connected to opposite ends of a third side;a plumbing fixture provided in the cavity; anda first packaging insert having first and second generally planar surfaces, and first and second upright ends, the first packaging insert being positioned within the cavity with each of the first and second generally planar surfaces arranged generally parallel with and proximate to one of the sides;a second packaging insert having third and fourth generally planar surfaces and third and fourth upright ends, the second packaging insert being positioned within the cavity with each of the third and fourth generally planar surfaces being arranged generally parallel with and proximate to one of the sides of the box;wherein the first packaging insert terminates at a first side of the box at the first upright end and terminates at a second side of the box at a second upright end;wherein each of the third and fourth upright ends of the second packaging insert engages an upright end of the first packaging insert; andwherein a sum of angles between the third side of the box and the first side of the box and between the third side of the box and the second side of the box is greater than 180 degrees.