Tube end closure
AssigneeErdie End Caps, LLC
InventorsJason S. ERDIE, Randolph E. Digges, III
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Abstract
According to one aspect, a non-roll end sleeve is configured to be disposed on a seamless cylindrical paper tube, the non-roll sleeve having a rectangular cross-section perpendicular to a central axis of the cylindrical paper tube when disposed on the cylindrical paper tube. According to another aspect, a container includes a seamless paper tube having at least one end provided with a shape in cross-section generally having N sides, where N is an integer selected from 3 to 8, which at least one end is closed by flaps of material between openings cut into the at least one end that have been folded inwardly and secured in place to form an end closure.
Claims14
A shipping container comprising a seamless paper tube having an end with N sides in cross-section, wherein N is an integer selected from 3 to 8, and wherein the end having N sides in cross-section is closable by folding flaps of material between openings cut into the end having N sides in cross-section inwardly and securing the flaps in place to form an end closure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.