Dispensing container having a tear strip with end tabs
First Claim
1. A dispensing container for flexible sheet-like materials supplied in roll form, the dispensing container comprising a hollow, generally rectangular box, wherein the box has a lid, a front panel, a bottom panel, a front-bottom panel interface, and a cutter bar, the lid having a front flange, the front flange having a tear strip detachable along a first weakened line, the tear strip and the cutter bar generally extending from one end of the container to the other, the cutter bar having an exposed cutting edge, the tear strip being situated to cover the exposed edge, the tear strip having opposite end tab portions, each end tab portion hingedly connected to the tear strip along a second and a third weakened line, respectively, permitting biasing of each tab portion outwardly by hand manipulation without the tab portions being detachable from the tear strip along the second and the third weakened lines.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a dispensing container for sheet-like material in roll form wherein the container has a tear strip having end tab portions which facilitate easy and safe removal of the strip.
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- 1. A dispensing container for flexible sheet-like materials supplied in roll form, the dispensing container comprising a hollow, generally rectangular box, wherein the box has a lid, a front panel, a bottom panel, a front-bottom panel interface, and a cutter bar, the lid having a front flange, the front flange having a tear strip detachable along a first weakened line, the tear strip and the cutter bar generally extending from one end of the container to the other, the cutter bar having an exposed cutting edge, the tear strip being situated to cover the exposed edge, the tear strip having opposite end tab portions, each end tab portion hingedly connected to the tear strip along a second and a third weakened line, respectively, permitting biasing of each tab portion outwardly by hand manipulation without the tab portions being detachable from the tear strip along the second and the third weakened lines.
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