Thin wall product display tube
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorJames Lindsay Clark
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Abstract
A thin-walled polypropylene product display tube. The thin-walled polypropylene product display tube includes a tubular member having a closed end, an open end, an inner diameter and, between the closed end and the open end, a first outer diameter, the open end terminating in a flared portion having a second outer diameter, the tubular member having a wall thickness sufficient to yield a level of haze equal to or less than 8%. A process for forming a thin-walled polypropylene product display tube is also provided.
Claims20
A thin-walled product display tube comprising:
- a tube having a closed end, an open end, an inner diameter and a flared portion, the flared portion being at the open end, the flared portion having a first outer diameter at a beginning of the flared portion and a second outer diameter at an end of the flared portion and an outer diameter continuously increasing from the beginning of the flared portion to the end of the flared portion and the open end of the tube, the second outer diameter being greater than the first outer diameter, and the inner diameter being uniform from the beginning of the flared portion to the end of the flared portion;
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- a removable cap engaging the open end of the tube and contacting the end of the flared portion.
A process for forming a thin-walled product display tube, the process comprising:
- forming a tube having a closed end, an open end, an inner diameter, and a flared portion, the flared portion being at the open end, the flared portion having a first outer diameter at a beginning of the flared portion and a second outer diameter at an end of the flared portion and an outer diameter of the flared portion continuously increasing from the beginning of the flared portion to the end of the flared portion and the open end of the tube, the second outer diameter being greater than the first outer diameter, and the inner diameter being uniform from the beginning of the flared portion to the end of the flared portion;
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- fitting a removable cap on the open end of the tube such that the removable cap contacts the end of the flared portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.