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Carton closure releasable by deformation

  • US 4,570,845 A
  • Filed: 11/23/1984
  • Issued: 02/18/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A box comprising:

  • a base portion having a front panel and two side panels each joined with the front panel at an angled corner, and recess means between the front panel and each side panel at the respective corners,and a lid portion having a normally flat front panel from which two locking tabs extend in the plane of the panel and constitute extensions of the panel in opposed directions, each tab being adapted to engage in a respective recess means when the lid portion is closed against the base portion, said front panel of said lid portion being resiliently deformable by finger pressure applied between the tabs, to assume a curved shape in which the direct distance between the tabs decreases, thereby withdrawing the tabs from engagement in the recess means.

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