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US 3,971,503 AGranted
Sanitary paperboard scoop and container
AssigneeContainer Corporation of America
InventorsRoger J. Allan, Joseph J. Hart
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Abstract
A collapsible combination paperboard scoop and container comprising a tubular body open at the top, an integral hinged cover, and means associated with the body for locking the cover in a closed position.
Claims1
A collapsible combination sanitary scoop and container device formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard, comprising, in combination:
- a. a plurality of side walls hingedly interconnected to form a generally tubular body member open at one end;
- b. an integral cover member hingedly connected to an upper edge of said body member and being operable to serve both as a scoop for introducing material into said body member and as a cover for closing the open end of said body member;
- c. said cover member comprising:
- i. a cover element including a pair of cover panels spaced from each other;
- ii. a gusset element interposed between said cover panels and including a pair of foldably interconnected gusset panels;
- iii. said cover and gusset elements being foldably joined to each other and to said body member to provide in cooperation with each other a scoop having rear and side portions of a combined width in excess of the width of any one of said body side walls;
- d. said body member including means engageable with a portion of said cover member for locking said cover member in a closed position.
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