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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8348143 | Container A confectionery container (11) is constructed from one or more pieces of foldable material (10, FIG. 1). A first end is closed by a wall (32) incorporating at least part of a dispensing chute (35) movable between an open position f... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8066178 | Display carton for a plurality of products A carton for a plurality of products comprising a front panel and a rear panel, the front panel and the rear panel connected one to the other by a top panel and a bottom panel, each of the front panel, the top panel and the bottom panel having appended side flaps. E... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7353940 | Tongue lid pack for rod-shaped smoking articles and a blank thereof A tongue lid pack for filter cigarettes includes a box (2), contents (6) contained in the box (2) and having a cigarette bundle (CB) wrapped in a wrapper (8), a tongue lid (16) for opening and closing an opening end of the box (... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325720 | Package A package formed from a cardboard blank having crease lines and wall panels, bottom flaps forming a bottom of the package and top flaps, namely short-side flaps and long-side flaps, folded and heat sealed together to form the top of the package. One of the long-side... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303164 | Fishing line package and dispenser and method A fishing line package and dispenser is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the fishing line package and dispenser includes a housing, a fishing line spool provided in the housing, a fishing line wound on the fishing line spool, a display tab extending from the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 6929121 | Blank for rigid hinge-lid type wrappers for tobacco products and a procedure for manufacturing such wrappers A rigid type wrapper (1) with a hinged lid (13) is fashioned from a flat diecut blank (42) presenting a treated face and an untreated face and comprising a main portion (45) destined to form the container (11) and the lid (13 | 08/16/2005 |
| 6631803 | Beverage cooler box A beverage cooler box is provided which is intended to receive ice or other cooling means to keep containers packaged therein cool. The box is made of a material which is impervious to liquid which may be contained within the box during use. The box inclu... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6402018 | Recloseable, cuboidal folding box with hanging means Recloseable, cuboidal folding box 1 having a front side wall 11, a rear side wall 12, a right-hand side wall 13, which connects the front side wall 11 and the rear side wall 12, and a tab-forming section 14, having a base closure 20, which is formed by fo... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6390358 | Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a hinge on the lid A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container c... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6349866 | Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a hinge on the lid A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container c... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6279819 | Recloseable, cuboidal folding box with hanging means A recloseable, cuboidal folding box which has a tamperproof seal and a hanging means both of which are provided in the top region of the folding box, and which can be erected, filled and closed easily and quickly with the aid of machines, and which is pre... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6209785 | Boxes A box (200) for solid and semi-solid food products is formed from a blank and has a body portion, a base portion and a lid portion, the lid portion having a tear-away strip for opening the sealed box. Side panels (22) of the body portion have overlapping ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5975415 | Reclosable carton A reclosable carton having an integrated hang tab adapted for use on standard store pegboard or racking displays wherein the integrity of the hangtab is such that it will withstand the loading of weights comparable to or exceeding those withstood by press... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971261 | Carton and blank for forming the same A carton which is intended especially for drugs, as well as a blank for forming the same. The carton comprises a sleeve portion consisting of at least three wall-forming panels (1,2,4,6) which are interconnected by folding lines (3,5,7) and by a closure t... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5441198 | Reclosable product packaging In order to be able to reclose a package for a product, the package includes a plurality of walls which in fully assembled relation include at least one package access wall and at least one package container wall. The package container wall is disposed at... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5335847 | Flat top container and blank for constructing same A flat top thermoplastic coated container and blank including side edge panels, a front edge panel adaptable to being folded back onto itself and having an arcuate-shaped perforated line formed thereon, and a cover panel. The perforated line breaks upon t... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5325989 | Box and blank for packaging powdered soap or the like A blank and method of folding for forming a box for granular material such as soap and the like including one piece of stock material having a first series of panels for forming outer walls of the box and a second series of connected panels for forming a ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5213255 | Opening structure for wedge-shaped pie carton In accordance with the present invention, a carton for containing and protecting a single, wedge-shaped piece of dessert-type pie is provided. The carton comprises generally parallel, triangular top and bottom panels each having a base edge and converging... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5161734 | Reclosable carton for granular materials A sift-resistant, reclosable carton for granular or powdered materials. The carton is a six-sided enclosure including opposed top and bottom walls, opposing front and back walls, and opposing end walls. Each end wall is comprised of an inner layer having ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5156331 | Re-closable box construction for dispensing sheet materials A reclosable box construction suitable for storing, transporting, and dispensing sheet materials, as well as an article and method for making the box construction. The box construction has an outer shell and an insert member. The outer shell member has a ... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5106013 | Shipping container for a book and blank therefor A shipping container for a book is provided formed from a single blank of foldable sheet material. The container includes top and bottom major panels, opposed side minor panels, end wall assemblies foldably connected to opposite ends of one major panel, a... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5011722 | Rectangular paperboard package and method of making same A liquid tight rectangular paperboard container is provided with a separate opening tab secured to the top panel thereof which enables the package to be opened to provide a fully open top. In particular, an elongate plastic window is formed along the fron... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4917288 | Tamper proof folding box A folding carton has an insertion flap attached to a crease line on a panel of a carton body. The insertion flap has a second crease line parallel to the first within which lies a slot. The slot is used in conjunction with a second added flap attached to ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4865204 | Carton structure having easily openable compression resistant end An easily openable carton structure having an end wall including an interior flap hingedly connected to one of the carton side walls, said interior flap having a line of weakness defining shear initiating and non-shear initiating portions thereof and an e... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4863035 | Packaging box that can easily be opened A packaging box and a method of packaging wherein a paste flap is bonded to an end of side wall sections interconnected with each other through folding lines to form a square cylinder, inner flaps, bonding flaps and end sections provided at each end of th... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4784272 | Flat top container and blank for constructing same A flat top, thermoplastic coated, paperboard container having weakened lines formed thereon such that the top may be opened by breaking through a weakened line at the front and progressively breaking the weakened lines along the sides upon peeling back th... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4752028 | Packaging box having a tear prevention structure The present invention relates to a packaging box with a cover plate and base plate for closing the top and bottom openings of a quadrangular cylindrical body for holding medical supplies or the like, and provides a tear prevention function to keep the med... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4702407 | Flat top container and blank for constructing same A flat top, thermoplastic coated, paperboard container having weakened lines formed thereon such that the top may be fully opened by breaking through a weakened line at the front and progressively breaking the weakened lines along the sides upon peeling b... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4613046 | Reclosable package and carton blank The invention relates to a method and a carton blank for forming a reclosable package made of carton stock, coated at least on the end closure flaps thereof, with a heat-sealing coating, which comprises: a front panel, a rear panel, and side panels sealed... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4573634 | Tamper-evident carton A one piece tamper-evident paperboard carton having overlapped end flaps secured to each other in such a way that the ends of the carton cannot be opened without tearing the paperboard so that observation of the carton would indicate that it had been prev... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4508226 | Sealed carton with tamper indicating features This relates to a sealed carton formed of paperboard which is provided with tamper indicating features. First of all, the ends of the carton are formed of a combination of partial and full closure flaps and the full closure flaps are provided with weakene... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4501364 | Folding box A folding box of the type having an openable end flap, the outer end of which is provided with a free folding flap which, when the end flap is closed, is put down along the inside of the box front panel opposite to the rear panel, to which the end flap is... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4477014 | Triangular carton and opening means therefor A generally triangular carton having hinged body and cover member and including means for separating certain said members from each other to open the carton.... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4475655 | Packing container Small packing containers such as individual packages for yogurt, ice-cream or the like, are frequently in the form of beakers provided with a lid consisting of a tear-off foil. To reduce the risk of leakage and provide a packing container of greater mecha... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4434896 | Tamper-resistant reclosable package Disclosed is a tamper-resistant reclosable package containing highly visible tamper indicators.... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4412619 | Reclosable carry-carton Reclosable carry-carton with integrated handle formed from a one piece carton blank of which the upright back top panel and the extension flap which is articulated from the distal end of the outer top panel coincide with each other when the carton is erec... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4397415 | Container and blank for constructing same The drawings and description disclose a thermoplastic coated square or rectangular container suitable for being filled with a juice concentrate which is frozen after filling, and having a top closure arrangement adapted to being readily fully opened to pe... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4377237 | Multiple compartment carton In a multiple compartment carton, one compartment has a line of weakness for opening the compartment. Protective means overlies the line of weakness, to prevent inadvertent breakage of the line of weakness.... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4344533 | Fifth panel reclosable package A product containing package having a fifth panel for the support thereof from a display and an integral instruction panel containing information personal to the user of the packaged products, hidden within the closed compartment of the package from viewi... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4313542 | Single-serving pie carton and blank Disclosed is a carton especially adapted to package single servings of pie. The carton has a triangular shape due to triangular top and bottom panels. A trapezoidal end wall connects the top and bottom panels at the bases of the respective triangles and s... | 02/02/1982 |
