Opening arrangement on a packing container
First Claim
1. A reclosable opening arrangement for a packing container comprising:
- a container wall having an opening and an insert secured in said opening, said insert having a central portion of reduced thickness;
a flexible strip having first and second parts, said first part being secured to said container wall adjacent said opening and said second part being superimposed over said opening, a cap secured on said second part and having a base and a surrounding upright side wall, said centrally lcoated portion of reduced thickness being secured to the base of the cap, and gripping means on said cap for pulling said cap away from said container wall to remove said central portion to expose a hole in said insert through which the contents of said container may be poured.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An opening arrangement for a packing container includes a flexible strip having first and second parts which are connected to one another by a flexible intermediate piece. The first part of the strip has a downwardly projecting portion that fits within the hole in the packing container. The first part includes an openable part for preventing the contents from being emptied from the container until the openable part has been torn away. The second part of the strip is somewhat cup-shaped and includes a bottom surface that is sealed to the openable part of the first part so that when the cup-shaped second part of the strip is pulled backwards, the openable part will be torn away, thereby forming a pouring opening.
-
Citations
13 Claims
-
1. A reclosable opening arrangement for a packing container comprising:
-
a container wall having an opening and an insert secured in said opening, said insert having a central portion of reduced thickness; a flexible strip having first and second parts, said first part being secured to said container wall adjacent said opening and said second part being superimposed over said opening, a cap secured on said second part and having a base and a surrounding upright side wall, said centrally lcoated portion of reduced thickness being secured to the base of the cap, and gripping means on said cap for pulling said cap away from said container wall to remove said central portion to expose a hole in said insert through which the contents of said container may be poured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. In a packing container having a hole extending through a wall in the container for emptying contents of the container, a reclosable opening arrangement comprising:
a flexible strip having first and second parts that are connected by a flaxible intermediate piece, said first part having a projection extending therefrom with a flange connected to and extending radially outwardly from the projection, said projection being positioned in the hole in the container wall so that said flange surrounds the hole and said flange being sealed to an inner surface of the container wall in a liquid-tight manner, said first part including a central portion of reduced thickness, said second part being cup-shaped and having a base and a surrounding upright side wall, a bottom surface of the base being secured to a top surface of the central portion of reduced thickness, and a grip-ring attached to and extending from a top surface of the base for pulling said cup-shaped second part away from said container wall to remove said central portion and thereby expose a hole in said projection through which the contents of said container may be poured, said flexible strip including means for permitting the cup-shaped second part to be retained within the projection after the central portion has been removed and the cup-shaped second part has been pushed into the projection. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Specification