US 4,007,828 A · Container and closure

Abstract

A package having an improved means for releasably retaining the components of the package in assembly. Known similar package constructions require the use of additional material and necessitate the performance of additional manufacturing operations in order to provide closure flaps situated at opposite ends of a sleeve which is adapted to support a removable tray therein. The package according to the subject invention is of relatively simple construction, as well as being more economical than known similar packages. According to the subject invention, the improved package comprises a container and an enclosure having at least one open end. The container is adapted to be inserted into or removed from the enclosure through at least one open end thereof. The container and the enclosure are of substantially equal dimensions and have cooperating means on at least one pair of adjacent walls, the cooperating means adapted to provide a positive connection between the container and the enclosure whereby the container is releasably retained within the enclosure until the cooperating means are disengaged by a user.

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Dependent claims

An improved package comprising a container and an enclosure having at least one open end;

the container adapted to be inserted into the enclosure through the at least one open end thereof;
the container and the enclosure being of substantially equal dimensions and having cooperating means on at least one pair of adjacent walls, the cooperating means comprises projection means situated on at least one wall of the container and retaining means located in at least one adjacent wall of the enclosure, the projection means including a continuous surface portion extending outwardly therefrom, the retaining means comprising an opening situated in at least one side wall of the enclosure, the continuous surface portion of the projection means adapted to releasably engage edges of one of the at least one opening forming the retaining means, whereby engagement between the continuous surface portion and the edges of one of the at least one opening provide a positive connection between the projection means and the retaining means whereby depression of the projection means out of engagement with the retaining means must be effected in order to disengage the cooperating means.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Container and closure

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Container and closure

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Abstract

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