Flip-top recloseable container with positive closure arrangement
First Claim
1. A recloseable container, comprising:
- an outer carton including opposing top and bottom walls, opposing front and back walls, and opposing first and second side walls, the first and second side walls and the front wall including a continuous horizontal tear strip for opening up the carton from a sealed form to form a lid hingedly attached to a base section; and
a liner constructed and arranged for placement within the carton and including a front panel and opposing first and second side sections for fitting the liner within the carton, the first and second side sections including respective first and second side panels having outer surfaces adjacent inner surfaces of the respective first and second carton side walls, each of the first and second liner side sections including a hinged portion and an island portion disposed in forcibly displaceable mutual engagement such that opening the container lid exerts a force which disengages the mutual engagement between the hinged portion and the island portion, and reclosing the lid leads to snap re-engagement of the hinged portion and the island portion;
wherein the liner and the carton are assembled such that the island portion is fixedly attached to an inner surface of the carton lid and at the same time separatably attached to the hinged portion and wherein opening of the lid separates the island portion from the hinged portion while retaining the hinged portion on the associated liner side section.
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Abstract
A recloseable container comprises an outer carton and a liner constructed and arranged for placement within the carton. The carton includes opposing top and bottom walls, opposing front and back walls, and opposing first and second side walls. The first and second side walls and the front wall include a continuous horizontal tear strip for opening up the carton from a sealed form to form a lid hingedly attached to a base section. The liner includes a front panel and opposing first and second side sections for fitting the liner within the carton. The first and second side sections include respective first and second side panels having outer surfaces adjacent inner surfaces of the respective first and second carton side walls. Each of the first and second liner side sections includes a hinged portion and an island portion disposed in forcibly displaceable mutual engagement such that opening the container lid exerts a force which disengages the mutual engagement between the hinged portion and the island portion, and reclosing the lid leads to snap re-engagement of the hinged portion and the island portion.
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Citations
16 Claims
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1. A recloseable container, comprising:
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an outer carton including opposing top and bottom walls, opposing front and back walls, and opposing first and second side walls, the first and second side walls and the front wall including a continuous horizontal tear strip for opening up the carton from a sealed form to form a lid hingedly attached to a base section; and a liner constructed and arranged for placement within the carton and including a front panel and opposing first and second side sections for fitting the liner within the carton, the first and second side sections including respective first and second side panels having outer surfaces adjacent inner surfaces of the respective first and second carton side walls, each of the first and second liner side sections including a hinged portion and an island portion disposed in forcibly displaceable mutual engagement such that opening the container lid exerts a force which disengages the mutual engagement between the hinged portion and the island portion, and reclosing the lid leads to snap re-engagement of the hinged portion and the island portion; wherein the liner and the carton are assembled such that the island portion is fixedly attached to an inner surface of the carton lid and at the same time separatably attached to the hinged portion and wherein opening of the lid separates the island portion from the hinged portion while retaining the hinged portion on the associated liner side section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 3. The recloseable container of claim 3 wherein the hinged portion and the island portion are separatably linked to each other about opposing transverse edges thereof, the distal transverse edges of the island portion being separatably attached to the associated liner side section, wherein opening of the carton lid causes the island portion to be separated from the hinged portion and the associated liner side section and be retained on the inner surface of the carton lid.
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13. A recloseable container, comprising:
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an outer carton including opposing top and bottom walls, opposing front and back walls, and opposing first and second side walls, the first and second side walls and the front wall including a continuous horizontal tear strip for opening up the container from a sealed form to form a lid hingedly attached to a base section; and a liner constructed and arranged within the carton and including a front panel and opposing first and second side panels for fitting the liner within the carton, the first and second side panels having outer surfaces adjacent inner surfaces of the respective first and second carton side walls, the liner further including first and second extension flaps hingedly connected to upper edges of the respective first and second side panels, the first and second extension flaps being disposed between the respective first and second liner side panels and the respective first and second carton side walls, each of the first and second extension flaps including (i) a hinged portion hingedly connected to the upper edge of the associated liner side panel and (ii) an island portion separatably linked to the hinged portion by weakening nicks, an inner surface of the island portion being fixedly attached to an inner surface of the carton lid; wherein the hinged portion and the island portion are disposed in forcibly displaceable mutual engagement such that removing the tear strip and opening the carton lid causes the island portion to break free of the weakening nicks and to disengage the mutual engagement, and reclosing the lid leads to snap re-engagement of the hinged portion and the island portion.
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14. A recloseable container, comprising:
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an outer carton including opposing top and bottom walls, opposing front and back walls, and opposing first and second side walls, the first and second side walls and the front wall including a continuous horizontal tear strip for opening up the carton from a sealed form to form a lid hingedly attached to a base section; and a liner constructed and arranged for placement within the carton and including a front panel and opposing first and second side sections for fitting the liner within the carton, the first and second side sections including respective first and second side panels having outer surfaces adjacent inner surfaces of the respective first and second carton side walls, each of the first and second liner side sections including a hinged portion and an island portion spaced away from the front panel of the liner, the hinged portion and the island portion of each of the first and second liner side sections being disposed in forcibly displaceable mutual engagement such that opening the container lid exerts a force which disengages the mutual engagement between the hinged portion and the island portion, and reclosing the lid leads to snap re-engagement of the hinged portion and the island portion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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Specification