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Easy-open container having directionally-oriented label tear

  • US 5,494,215 A
  • Filed: 06/22/1994
  • Issued: 02/27/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An easy-open container particularly adapted for packaging products under pressure and comprising:

  • a spirally-wound paperboard bodywall layer in strip form defining a substantially cylindrical container having opposed ends, said bodywall layer having longitudinal edges lying adjacent each other to thereby define an easy-open spiral seam extending between said opposed ends;

    a flexible barrier liner layer in strip form spirally-wound inside said bodywall layer in superimposed position therewith;

    a flexible label layer in strip form spirally-wound outside said bodywall layer in superimposed position therewith and having longitudinal edge portions overlapped with each other, said label layer being positioned in bridging relation to said easy-open spiral seam;

    a tab cut extending through the upper of said label layer edge portions and inwardly from the edge thereof to define a tear tab to be used in easy-opening of said container; and

    means for directionally-orienting tearing of said label layer to remove at least that portion of said label layer in bridging relation to said easy-open spiral seam to allow opening of said container along said spiral seam.

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