A box for a plumbing fixture includes first and second side panels, an end panel, and first and second corner panels, which are interconnected at parallel joints. In a first configuration, the box is collapsed and generally planar, the first side panel being folded at a central crease closer to a fo
A box for a plumbing fixture includes first and second side panels, an end panel, and first and second corner panels, which are interconnected at parallel joints. In a first configuration, the box is collapsed and generally planar, the first side panel being folded at a central crease closer to a forward end than a rearward end thereof, and the second side panel being folded at a central crease closer to a forward end than a rearward end thereof. In a second configuration, the box is expanded such that (a) a cavity is defined between the first side, second side, end, first corner, and second corner panels, (b) the first and second side panels are generally planar, and (c) a sum of angles between the end and first corner panels and between the end panel and second corner panels is greater than 180 degrees.
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1. A box for a plumbing fixture, comprising: a first side panel, a second side panel, a first end panel, a second end panel, a first corner panel, and a second corner panel, which are interconnected to each other at parallel joints;wherein the first side panel and the first end panel are connected t
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A box for a plumbing fixture, comprising: a first side panel, a second side panel, a first end panel, a second end panel, a first corner panel, and a second corner panel, which are interconnected to each other at parallel joints;wherein the first side panel and the first end panel are connected to opposite ends of the first corner panel, the first side panel having a forward end connected to the first corner panel and having a rearward end;wherein the first corner panel and the second corner panel are connected to opposite ends of the first end panel;wherein the second side panel and the first end panel are connected to opposite ends of the second corner panel, the second side panel having a forward end connected to the second corner panel and having a rearward end;wherein the second end panel is connected at respective opposite ends thereof to the rearward end of the first side panel and to the rearward end of the second side panel;wherein the first corner panel, the second corner panel, and the second end panel each include a respective handle;wherein in a first configuration, the box is in a collapsed state in which the box is generally planar, the first side panel being folded at a central crease that is closer to the forward end than the rearward end thereof, and the second side panel being folded at a central crease that is closer to the forward end than the rearward end thereof;wherein in a second configuration, the box is in an expanded state in which (a) a cavity is defined between the first side panel, the second side panel, the first end panel, the second end panel, the first corner panel, and the second corner panel,(b) the first side panel and the second side panel are generally planar,(c) a sum of angles between the first end panel and the first corner panel and between the first end panel and the second corner panel is greater than 180 degrees, and(d) the box is configured to enclose a plumbing fixture. 2. The box of claim 1, further comprising a top panel that is interconnected to the first side panel at an upper joint and a bottom panel that is interconnected to the first side panel at a lower joint; wherein in the first configuration, the central crease of the first side panel extends through the top panel and the bottom panel; andwherein in the second configuration, the cavity is defined between the first side panel, the second side panel, the first end panel, the second end panel, the first corner panel, the second corner panel, the top panel, and the bottom panel. 3. The box of claim 2, further comprising a second top panel that is interconnected to the second side panel at an upper joint and a bottom panel that is interconnected to the second side panel at a lower joint; wherein in the collapsed state of the first configuration, the central crease of the second side panel extends through the second top panel and the second bottom panel; andwherein in the expanded state of the second configuration, the cavity is defined between the first side panel, the second side panel, the first end panel, the second end panel, the first corner panel, the second corner panel, the top panel, the bottom panel, the second top panel, and the second bottom panel. 4. The box of claim 3, wherein the top panel includes an end that is generally parallel with and positioned opposite of the upper joint of the first side panel, and the second top panel includes an end that is generally parallel with and positioned opposite of the upper joint of the second side panel; and wherein in the expanded state of the second configuration, the end of the top panel is positioned adjacent the end of the second top panel. 5. The box of claim 1, wherein in the expanded state of the second configuration, the first side panel and the second side panel are generally parallel with each other and are spaced apart to define a width of the box. 6. The box of claim 5, wherein the first end panel, the first corner panel, and the second corner panel each have a width between the parallel joints thereof, and a sum of the widths of the first end panel, the first corner panel, and the second corner panel is greater than the width of the box. 7. The box of claim 1, wherein in the expanded state of the second configuration, the first side panel and the second side panel are generally parallel with each other and are spaced apart by the second end panel to define a width of the box. 8. The box of claim 1, wherein in the expanded state of the second configuration, the first end panel and the second end panel are generally parallel with each other. 9. The box of claim 1, wherein in the expanded state of the second configuration, the sum of angles between the first end panel and the first corner panel and between the first end panel and the second corner panel is between approximately 240 degrees and approximately 300 degrees. 10. The box of claim 9, wherein in the expanded state of the second configuration, the sum of angles between the first end panel and the first corner panel and between the first end panel and the second corner panel is approximately 270 degrees. 11. The box of claim 9, wherein a sum of angles between the first side panel and the second end panel and between the second side panel and the second end panel is approximately 180 degrees. 12. The box of claim 1, wherein a continuous sheet of material forms the first side panel, the second side panel, the first end panel, the first corner panel, and the second corner panel, and the parallel joints are creases in the continuous sheet. 13. The box of claim 1, wherein in the expanded state of the second configuration, a plumbing fixture is positioned within the cavity. 14. A box for a plumbing fixture comprising: at least five vertical, planar panels which form a cavity therebetween and which define a horizontal outer periphery of the box in a fully-expanded state, the horizontal outer periphery being symmetric about only one vertical plane;wherein at least three of the vertical, planar panels each include at least one handle, the handles being positioned symmetrically about the one vertical plane and no other vertical plane; and at least two of the handles are positioned on opposite sides of the one vertical plane;wherein in the fully-expanded state, the box is configured to enclose a plumbing fixture. 15. The box of claim 14, wherein the box comprises six vertical panels, including a first corner panel, a first end panel coupled to the first corner panel, a second corner panel coupled to the first end panel opposite the first corner panel, a first side panel coupled to the first corner panel opposite the first end panel, a second end panel coupled to the first side panel opposite the first corner panel, and a second side panel coupled to the second end panel opposite the first side panel and coupled to the first corner panel opposite the first end panel. 16. The box of claim 15, wherein a sum of angles between the first corner panel and the first end panel and between the second corner panel and the first end panel is between approximately 240 degrees and approximately 300 degrees. 17. The box of claim 16, wherein the sum of angles between the first corner panel and the first end panel and between the second corner panel and the first end panel is approximately 270 degrees. 18. The box of claim 15, wherein a plumbing fixture is positioned in the cavity. 19. The box of claim 15, wherein the first side panel and the second side panel are parallel with each other.
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