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US 2012/0080513 A1Published application
Product Container and Dispenser
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Corporation
InventorsLaurel Thomas, William Bogdziewicz, Aaron L. Bates
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Abstract
A product container and dispenser including a housing having a plurality of walls that define an internal volume, a first wall of the housing defining an opening into the internal volume, and a partition structure positioned in the internal volume, the partition structure including a sealing wall aligned with the first wall and a partition wall connected to the sealing wall, wherein the opening is at least partially obstructed by the sealing wall.
Claims20
A container comprising:
- a housing including a plurality of walls that define an internal volume, a first wall of said plurality of walls defining an opening into said internal volume;
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- a partition structure positioned in said internal volume, said partition structure including a sealing wall aligned with said first wall and a partition wall connected to said sealing wall,
- wherein said opening is at least partially obstructed by said sealing wall.
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A container comprising:
- a housing including a plurality of walls that define an internal volume, wherein a first wall of said plurality of walls defines an opening into said internal volume and includes two opposed lateral edges and two opposed longitudinal edges, and wherein said opening extends between said two opposed longitudinal edges and is positioned proximate one of said two opposed lateral edges;
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- a partition structure positioned in said internal volume, said partition structure including a sealing wall, a rear wall opposed from said sealing wall, and at least one partition wall extending between said sealing wall and said rear wall, said sealing wall including a pre-formed tear line that defines a first portion of said sealing wall and a second portion of said sealing wall, wherein said first portion of said sealing wall is connected to said first wall of said housing, and wherein said second portion of said sealing wall at least partially obstructs said opening.
A method for assembling a container comprising the steps of:
- providing a container blank comprising a plurality of pre-formed fold lines that define at least four wall panels, at least one first end flap and at least one second end flap, wherein at least a first wall panel of said four wall panels defines an opening therein;
- providing a partition structure comprising a sealing wall, a rear wall opposed from said sealing wall, and at least one partition wall extending between said sealing wall and said rear wall;
- connecting said sealing wall of said partition structure to said first wall panel of said container blank such that a portion of said sealing wall partially obstructs said opening in said container blank;
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- after said connecting step, folding said container blank along said plurality of fold lines to form a three-dimensional body having an internal volume with said partition structure received in said internal volume.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.