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Flip-top recloseable container with positive closure arrangement

  • US 5,515,996 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1994
  • Issued: 05/14/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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