Container and blank for constructing same
US4394954A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 6, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S229/93
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A container and a blank therefor, wherein the container is adaptable to being folded into a "flat top" configuration. The blank and container include four body panels; bottom end closure panels; and top end closure panels including a pair of rectangular outer roof panels, and rectangular spout and closure panels. Each of the spout and closure panels includes a gable panel defined in part by diagonal score lines extending toward each other from the horizontal score line between respective body and gable panels, a pair of fold back panels on opposite sides of each gable panel, and a pair of infold lips separated from each other by a central vertical score line and separated from the respective fold back panels by horizontal score lines, one of which is lower than the other. These horizontal score lines meet the respective diagonal score lines at the upper ends thereof at spaced points along the vertical score line. The score line portion between the spaced points serves as a short vertical side at the top of each gable panel. Additionally, horizontal score lines are formed on the outer roof panels aligned with the respective adjacent horizontal score lines formed between the fold bac…
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