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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210612 | Carton blank, carton and method of forming the carton A carton blank having an outer layer of a relatively rigid material, a first inner layer of a relatively rigid material superposed over a portion of the outer layer and a second inner layer of a relatively flexible layer of a fluid impervious material is provided wi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7140511 | Dispenser with stowable cover A dispenser for small objects, such as candy, pills, tablets, and other objects of similar size. The dispenser includes a housing having a bottom, a front wall, a rear wall and two opposing side walls. The housing defines an interior volume and an aperture providing... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6912758 | 3-dimensional hinge A 3-dimensional hinge is constructed to include a shaft, top and bottom adjustment screws respectively threaded into the top and bottom sides of the shaft, upper and lower left-hand leaves and right-hand leaves respectively coupled to the threaded shanks of the adju... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910584 | Display box having a hinge including a flexible and rigid portion A display box including a base tray and lid, the lid being connected to the base tray by a hinge element formed integrally with the lid. The hinge element includes a formed flexible hinge portion having inner and outer webs extending between the lid and base tray ac... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6427907 | Side loading storage box A single-piece side-loading box includes a top, a bottom, a plurality of wall portions, and a side-opening panel in one unitary piece. The unitary piece is foldable from an unformed configuration to a box configuration with the side-opening panel openable... | 08/06/2002 |
| 5940935 | Hinge connection A hinge connection comprising two members having a plurality of projections spaced apart by gaps, wherein when the projections of one member are engaged with the gaps of a second member, the hinge connection provides pivotable movement between the two mem... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5927594 | Method for fastening a closure to a container of liquid, granular or powdery products, and container so achieved The method, relatively to the fastening of a closure (1) to a container (2) of liquid, granular or powdery products, provided at least of an opening (3) and a pouring opening (4), in which the closure (1) comprises a hub (5) forming a single block, throug... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5871142 | Container made from foldable panels A container assembly having at least two uniquely-shaped, foldable blanks that can be stored, packaged and transported in substantially flat condition. Each of the flat foldable blanks are easily folded to form a pocket capable of containing papers or oth... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5797542 | Longitudinally-opening tubular container having split end caps A longitudinally-opening container having a faceted tubular body is disclosed. The tubular body is formed by splitting a tube longitudinally, or from a single sheet of paperboard folded to form two end openings. End caps that cover each end opening are sp... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5452847 | Stackable container with recessed hinged lid and hinge means therefor A rectangular stackable container, such as a tote box, having a lid or cover which is hingedly-attached at the upper rim area along one or both sides of the bin portion of the container. The rim area of the bin portion contains a rim-reinforcing wire, por... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5143280 | Package for flowable contents with an integrally moulded handle having mould-engaging stabilizing means A liquids package is described which has, formed by a longitudinal sealing seam, a tube at the ends of which bottom and top (4) are provided, of which the top (4) consists partially of thermoplastics synthetic material with no carrier material, is injecti... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5010846 | Laboratory animal feeder cover An improved device for covering a laboratory animal feeder, specifically adapted for retrofitting to an existing laboratory animal feeder, which includes an inclined, flanged cover to decrease the likelihood of contaminants entering the feeder. The invent... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4953781 | Closure for a container A pour spout assembly for a container. A first tongue and a second tongue are formed in a wall of the container. The first tongue is defined by a transverse slit in the wall and downwardly extending slits in the wall at opposite ends of the transverse sli... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4951850 | Pouring spout A pouring spout for a package comprising a face plate which is positioned adjacent the upper end of one of the end walls of the package and which has an upper support extending horizontally inwardly from the upper end thereof over the top wall of the pack... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4804134 | Fluid container with handle Described is a fluid pack comprising a tube which is formed by a longitudinal sealing seam and at the ends of which are disposed a bottom (5) and a top (6) of which the top (6) comprises thermoplastic material without a carrier material, is injected on th... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4771936 | Box top lid This box top lid is designed to enable a person to easily open a box containing a food or other product. Primarily, it consists of a main body with a gasket within for keeping insects out and helping the product to stay fresher longer. It also includes a ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4770325 | Pour spout for containers A pour spout fitment for a flat top or a gable top paperboard container. A flat strip of rigid plastic material is bent over upon itself to form upper and lower strips integrally hinged together. The lower strip carries a plug coplanar with it, the upper ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4768703 | Barrier carton with reclosable pour spout An open ended carton including a membrane liner and a cover having a peripherally depending flange which overlies a top end portion of the carton. A transverse score line in the cover and contiguous perforation lines in the flange divide the cover into fi... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4762272 | Box formed from two tray-type containers A box formed from two tray-type containers. The first tray-type container is generally parallelogram-shaped and is formed from a single sheet of polymeric plastic material, including front, back, and side panels of predetermined heights and lengths. Tab m... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4401229 | Carton tray and lid with membrane sealing-hinging arrangement A carton including separate tray and cover members and a membrane interposed therebetween which serves both a sealing and hinging function.... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4258876 | Reclosable pour opening structure for a packaging container and method of making same An opening structure preferably located in a top panel of a one-way packaging container provides a pour opening which can be reclosed after the initial opening. The structure is prepared by positioning and sewing a portion of a strip of web material on th... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4099647 | Hinge mounting means A mounting means for fixing a hinge relative to a container wall. A hinge receiving element is provided with an inner plate having an outer lip joined thereto by an intermediate web. The container wall is received between and thus reinforced by the afores... | 07/11/1978 |
| 3938731 | Receptacle for waste material A receptacle for receiving, compacting, storing, segregating, and eventual disposal of the compacted trash. It comprises an outer holder, and inner removable and disposable container, an overlying combined funnel and cover, the funnel opening into the top... | 02/17/1976 |
