Telescope box
A box made of a body and a cover that slides over it.
In practice
The FBA notes that truck and rail classifications call it a telescope box only if the cover reaches at least two-thirds of the depth.
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Related terms
- Half slotted container (HSC)
- A slotted box with bottom flaps only, closed with a separate cover.
- FEFCO code
- A four-digit number naming a box design in the international case code kept by FEFCO, the European federation of corrugated board makers.
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