Box top lid

• US 4,771,936 A
• Filed: 08/20/1987
• Issued: 09/20/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dolby, Timothy S.
• Original Assignee: Dolby, Timothy S.
• Inventors: Dolby, Timothy S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marcus, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Elkins, Gary E.
• Application Number:
  US07/087,642
• Time in Patent Office: 397 Days
• Field of Search: 229/125.08, 229/125.11, 229/125.16, 229/125.21, 229/125.23, 229/125.37, 229/125.39, 229/123.1
• US Class Current: 229/123.1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2313/02 of hook-and-loop type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/70 Break-in flaps, or members adapted to be torn-off, to provide pouring openings B65D5/74 takes precedence

Abstract

This box top lid is designed to enable a person to easily open a box containing a food or other product. Primarily, it consists of a main body with a gasket within for keeping insects out and helping the product to stay fresher longer. It also includes a pair of mating hook and loop pile fasteners that are fastened to both the main body and the product box, for keeping the box opening thoroughly closed after using.

Claims

1. A box top lid, comprising, a main body, for sealing a pour opening in a box, a channel secured to said main body, for being received on a portion of a top wall of said box, a pair of mating hook and loop pile fasteners secured to said main body and said box, for rendering said box closed, and a gasket secured in said main body, for providing a means of preventing entry of insects and keeping a product in said box fresher longer, wherein said channel is fixedly secured at a closed longitudinal edge to a rear end of said main body and said portion of said top wall is fixedly secured in said channel, and said main body is pivotal along said closed longitudinal edge of said channel.

2. A box top lid as set forth in claim 1, wherein said main body includes a front end wall that is fixedly secured to a front edge of said main body, and a pair of side walls are integrally attached to longitudinal side edges of said main body, and said pair of side walls of said main body overlap side walls of said box, and said gasket is fixedly secured at one face to a bottom surface of said main body and engages with top edges of the pour opening when said lid is closed on said box.

3. A box top lid as set forth in claim 2, wherein a longitudinal side edge of one of said pair of mating hook and loop pile fasteners is fixedly secured to said front wall of said main body and engages with another of said fasteners that is fixedly secured to a front wall of said box, and to open said box a user peels said pair of mating hook and loop pile fasteners apart and pivots said main body rearward and exposes the pour opening for dispensing contents of said box.