Patent · US Expired

Package with sliding closure/sheet product elevator

US4967909A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 1989
Grant dateNov 6, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 29, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D5/728
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cartonboard container for housing and facilitating removal of sheet products one at a time. The container includes a receptacle for housing a stack of individual sheet products. The receptacle has a top wall, bottom wall and a side wall encompassing and connecting the top wall to the bottom wall forming an enclosure. A sliding closure member is disposed about the receptacle which is selectively reciprocally slideable axially along the receptacle between a closed position covering the dispensing aperture and an open position. A pair of interior hinged panels attached to the sliding closure member extend inwardly into the container to elevate one end of the stack of sheet products when the sliding closure member is moved toward the open position. This allows for easy grasping of the transverse edge of one sheet product for removal through the dispensing aperture. Additionally, there is a set of two exterior hinge panels which connect the sliding closure member to the receptacle and extend outwardly from the container when the sliding closure member is moved to the open position. Thus, the package will close when it is laid upon a reseting surface which forces these panels flat agai…

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