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HINGED CONTAINER

  • US 3,813,025 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1971
  • Issued: 05/28/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1970
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A hinged container comprising an outer pair of tray like sections, each outer section having a base portion, a pair of opposite side walls and a pair of opposite end walls, an adjacent pair of end walls of said outer sections being integrally coupled together at a common edge thereof remote from said base portions and constituting an outer hinge line, an inner pair of tray like sections fitting respectively in said outer pair of tray like sections, each inner section comprising a base portion juxtaposing the corresponding base portion of the corresponding inner section and having formed therein an aperture extending substantially along the width of the inner section, a pair of opposite side walls juxtaposing corresponding side walls of the corresponding inner section, an end wall juxtaposing the end wall of the corresponding inner section remote from the hinge line, a retaining strip formed integrally with side walls of the inner section and extending over said aperture in a plane spaced from the said base portion, the retaining strips of said inner sections being integrally coupled to each other about a common edge thereof constituting an inner hinge line, said inner sections being open ended adjacent to said inner hinge line, said inner and outer sections being secured together at their hinge lines so as to form a pair of complementary container portions which are pivotable about their common hinge to and from a position where the portions are juxtaposed.

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