Recloseable container

• US 3,231,172 A
• Filed: 09/28/1961
• Issued: 01/25/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William M. Strange
• Original Assignee: William M. Strange
• Inventors: Strange, William M.
• Application Number:
  US04/141,400
• Time in Patent Office: 1,580 Days
• US Class Current: 229/223
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/546 the lines of weakness being provided in an extension panel or tab of a hinged closure

Claims

1. A RECLOSEABLE CONTAINER COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING FRONT WALL TERMINATING UPWARDLY IN A FREE EDGE, A PAIR OF END WALLS, EACH HAVING A FRONT FLAP FOLDED OVER A SIDE PORTION OF SAID FRONT WALL, A COVER HAVING A FORWARD EDGE CLOSELY OVERLYING SAID FREE EDGE OF THE FRONT WALL, A DEPENDING FLAP SECURED TO THE FORWARD EDGE OF SAID COVER IN A FOLD LINE, SAID DEPENDING FLAP HAVING ACROSS THE WIDTH THEREOF AN INNERMOST TUCK STRIP, AN OUTERMOST GLUE STRIP, AND AN INTERMEDIATE TEAR STRIP DEFINED BY A PAIR OF HORIZONTAL SPACED TEAR LINES, SAID GLUE STRIP BEING PERMANENTLY SECURED TO SAID FRONT FLAPS AND TO SAID FRONT WALL IN A MUTUALLY RIGID STRUCTURE, SAID TEAR STRIP, UPON REMOVAL THEREOF, FREEING THE TUCK STRIP AND COVER AND PERMITTING THE TUCK STRIP TO BE INSERTED BEHIND SAID FRONT WALL AT THE FREE EDGE THEREOF.