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US 2011/0297690 A1Published application
Reclosable container
AssigneeSands Innovations Pty Ltd
InventorsBradley Donald Teys, David Michael Prickett, Neil Stewart Waldbaum
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Abstract
There is disclosed a container for receiving and sealing material in an internal cavity. The container is configured to be shiftable about an intermediate hinge portion and provides a dispensation port defined by a frangible connected panel of the container. The panel can be reclosed after initial severing of the frangible connection upon initial opening.
Claims29
A container comprising:
- an integral container body comprising
- a first body portion having a first cavity with a first opening defined by a first flange;
- a second body portion having a second cavity with a second opening defined by a second flange;
- a first hinge portion interconnecting the first and second body portions such that the first body portion and the second body portion capable of being inverted with one on top of the other to engage the first and second flanges:
- one of the first and second body portions have a panel portion at least in part connected thereto with a frangible connection:
- and
- a lever extending from the panel portion to be manipulated to assert force to open the panel portion to gain access to the inside of the container;
- and
- a seal maintaining the first and second flanges together.
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A container comprising:
- container bodies;
- a flange on each of the container bodies;
- a first hinge connecting the flanges of the container bodies for adjusting the relative orientation of the container bodies about the hinge;
- a partially frangible connected portion of one of the container bodies extending from the flange thereof and configured to fracture upon the application of force thereon, the flange deformable along the intersection with the frangible portion to permit the frangible connected portion to pivot about the intersection of the frangible portion and the flange of the one container body between an open position and a closed position;
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- a lever portion attached to the frangible portion for operating the frangible portion.
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A method of sealing material in a container comprising:
- providing a pair of container bodies shiftably connected by a hinge portion, one of the container bodies having a partially frangible connected portion which is fracturable upon the application of force thereon and a graspable lever of the partially frangible connected portion for applying a concentrated force on the partially connected frangible portion and thereby provide an opening to a cavity between the container bodies;
- inspecting the one container body to ensure that the partially frangible connected portion of the one container body is intact, the partially frangible connected portion fracturable upon the application of force thereon;
- filling at least one of the container bodies with material;
- shifting at least one of the container bodies about the hinge portion such that the container bodies face one another;
- and
- providing a non-resealable connection between the container body portions to securely fasten the container bodies to one another such that the shifting the container bodies away from one another irreversibly severs the connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.