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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7673788 | Package opening device The package opening device is an adhesive strip adapted for mounting on a cover of a package, the adhesive strip having a gripping member allowing the user to pull on the gripping member to tear at least a portion of the cover of the package. The package opening dev... | 03/09/2010 |
| 6685084 | Tear-away top bulk bin container A bulk bin container and blank is provided having container walls formed of triple wall paperboard material. At least one tear tape is attached laterally to the inside surface of the triple wall material. The tear tape includes first and second ends, with... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6588653 | Envelope pull opener An envelope pull opener includes a pair of pull tabs and a tearing filament. A single pull tab is attached to each end of the tearing filament. A peel-off adhesive surface is applied to one side of the pull tab. Preferably, the other side of the pull tab ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6513657 | Product packaging with handle-forming tearable tape system A packaged good article including an article, a packaging material and a tearable tape system. The packaging material is formed about the article. The tearable tape system is secured to the packaging material and includes at least a first section and a se... | 02/04/2003 |
| 5695112 | Container with string opener specification identification An improved cardboard container of the type that includes spout surfaces joined together at their upper edges defining a sealed band. A cutting string is attached to the sealed band at a predetermined position at the beginning of a pre-weakened path that ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5507432 | System for separating corrugated fiberboard An improved system for separating a corrugated fiberboard panel along a separation line is disclosed. A corrugated fiberboard panel has an inner liner and an outer liner with a corrugated medium sandwiched therebetween. At least two spaced-apart strings a... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5505372 | Carton blank and carton A carton formed from a carton blank comprising a unitary sheet of material having cut out portions, cut lines, fold lines and perforations to form various panels which are folded together to form a carton wherein the perforations are located so that a per... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5462165 | Paper reel, paper reel unpacking station for unpacking the paper reel, and process for unpacking the paper reel A paper reel having a tear-off wire on its curved outer surface. The tear-off wire in turn has a catch clip at its front end. The paper reel is deposited on a paper reel unpacking station so as to be rotatable. The unpacking station includes a tear-off ta... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5427310 | Cartons of the gable type provided with seal breaking pull cords Cartons having gabled ends which when opened form pouring spouts are provided with seal breaking pull cords. Each pull cord has first and second ends and an intermediate length. Each first cord end is anchored in the seal adjacent that portion thereof tha... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5344066 | Carton with reclosable corner pour openings A carton constructed to permit the contents to be poured out over an upper corner. The top panel includes a fold line about which a corner closure flap pivots. The corner flap includes a flange formed by tear lines in portions of the adjacent side and end... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5322214 | Opening arrangement for a packaging container An opening arrangement for packaging containers manufactured from a laminate material includes an opening strip that is inlaid in a transverse sealing fin of the packaging container. The opening strip extends through a longitudinal sealing seam of the pac... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5263889 | Multicompartment pinata An improved pinata which is reusable and comprises a generally cylindrical housing having a plurality of compartments formed therein to releasably retain a quantity of candy and having trap door means individually actuable to release the contents of a res... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5135790 | Tear tape opening system There is provided a tear tape opening system for packages constructed from a tearable substrate such as kraft paper, paperboard or corrugated board materials wherein the resulting tear line is substantially precisely defined with even tearing of the packa... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5127527 | Openable pallet sleeve for a pallet assembly A pallet sleeve 18 for a pallet assembly 10 has a pair of laterally spaced upper slots 36 and a pair of laterally spaced lower slots 34 that are vertically aligned with the upper slots 36. A cord 64 extends through the slots 36 and 34 and has handles 68 a... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5071006 | Container support cartridge An elongate cartridge housing wherein a stacked array of beverage containers are arranged. The cartridge is provided for use as a magazine in replenishment of soft drink machines or the like, or alternatively for use in a stacked array to provide feeding ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5014855 | Flip top sealed carton with tear filament A rectangular box carton according to the present invention has generally rectangular front, bottom, back, cover and closure panels. The front, bottom, back, cover and closure panels are consecutively joined at parallel fold lines. The closure panel is ov... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4936464 | Package in combination with a tear band device A device for opening a package which comprises a sealing tape, a band or thread adhesively attached to the inside surface of the sealing tape, and a pair of adhesive portions pasted by an adhesive whereby when the band or thread is freed from the package ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4872420 | Disposable cat litter system A disposable cat litter box is disclosed comprising a liner pan for receiving cat litter, with the liner pan having an open top, bottom and sides and cat litter disposed in the liner pan. A disposal bag having an opening at least equal to the bottom of th... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4793487 | Dispensing of bags initially joined head-to-head A container dispenser assembly containing stacks of flat bags with their tops adjacent and releasably interconnected and held in a rectangular cardboard container having a central tear strip extending over three walls with the tear strip removable and the... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4784271 | Tear strip openable shipping/display container with butt joint A shipping carton or container that can be readily opened and converted into a display tray without having to use a knife or other sharp instrument. The carton is formed from a blank having four sidewalls and hingedly connected top and bottom end panels. ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4715271 | Disposable beverage brewer Disclosed is a disposable hot beverage brewer comprised of three sections which bend along fold lines. One section further comprises a vertical fold line through its center. A filter is provided in registry with the inner faces of the three sections. Befo... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4621736 | Recloseable carton A carton having side walls and end walls together with a top wall assembly and a bottom wall assembly. The carton is formed of an upper body portion and a lower body portion with the upper body portion severable and removable from the lower body portion. ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4558785 | Tear tape openable container A severable wall construction for a tray forming package or carton. One or more circumferential zones is each defined by overlapping wall portions of the package or carton, each zone being Z-shaped in transverse cross-section. A tear strip (filament tape)... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4471870 | Package for holding a plurality of discrete container assemblies A package is disclosed comprising a rigid tray member having an upstanding peripherally located rim portion. A plurality of discrete container assemblies are within the rigid tray member. Each container assembly has a plurality of individual containers in... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4350250 | Composite packing A packing comprising an outer cover constituted by a relatively rigid material and an inner container of relatively flexible material placed within the outer cover. A perimetral rim portion is formed on the outer cover at one end with a central opening wi... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4301939 | Reclosable packing container Cup-shaped packing containers are used for the packaging of e.g. yoghurt. The packing containers are provided with lids which can be removed from the packing container in that e.g. the seal between lid and cup portion is broken. After opening the lid cann... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4244473 | Composite packing A packing comprising an outer cover constituted by a relatively rigid material and an inner container of relatively flexible material placed within the outer cover. A perimetral rim portion is formed on the outer cover at one end with a central opening wi... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4237337 | Cable with wire for slitting a protective sheath and process of manufacturing same A cable having an outer protective covering or sheath enclosing one or more insulated conductors and a cutting wire or rip cord intended for slitting the sheath, the cutting wire being attached to the sheath's inner surface and/or the core in order to pre... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4136777 | Package with tear element A package with a stretchable tear element for opening the package. In a preferred embodiment the tear element extends over a packaged article and beneath a covering plastic film formed over the article to secure the article to a supporting panel. The tear... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4113101 | Opening arrangement for packing containers A packing container of substantially cylindrical form is made from a convoluted blank with the end portions thereof sealed together. One end of the upper edge of the blank has a tab member extending circumferentially of the cylindrical container and the o... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4027455 | Packing containers with ripping thread opening and packing material webs for the manufacture of the packing containers In a packing container of the type comprising two sealing joints crossing each other whereby a sealing joint forms a sealing fin in which the packaging material is joined inside to outside, a ripping strip or thread is provided adjacent the inside of the ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3955743 | Packaging container A container used for packaging material ranging in consistency from liquid to lumpy consists of an outer box, an inner insert and in innermost bag for receiving the material, arranged in such a way that the container can be closed almost airtightly after ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3933297 | Packing container The invention, relating to cylindrical or prismatic, disposable containers for liquids, which containers have top and bottom end closures, comprises forming an end closure from a disk which is fixed to an end opening region of the container body by fusing... | 01/20/1976 |
