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US 4,167,234 AGranted
Self-storing container opening dispensing tape
AssigneeThe Continental Group, Inc.
InventorsGerald A. Gordon, Karl Josephy
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AssigneeThe Continental Group, Inc.
InventorsGerald A. Gordon, Karl Josephy
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A tape for sealing a dispensing opening in a container. The tape is permanently bonded at one end to the container adjacent a dispensing opening in the container, has an intermediate portion overlying the dispensing opening and sealed to the container wall around the dispensing opening, and a free end portion functioning as a grip. The tape differs from other similar tapes in that it is a laminate of two materials with one of the materials being a load bearing material and the other material being a rubbery material, whereby when the tape is removed from the dispensing opening in the usual manner, the load bearing material is stretched beyond its elastic limit and thus when the tape is released it will automatically coil up to an out-of-the-way position relative to the dispensing opening.
A new article of manufacture comprising a self-coiling tape for sealing a dispensing opening, said tape being a laminate of first and second materials and having a normal planar static state, said first material being a load bearing material, and said second material being a rubbery material, said tape having inner and outer surfaces when in the position of intended use, and said first material being innermost.
A closure comprising a tape of the type peelably adhered to a wall of a container in an area circumjacent a pour opening in said container wall in covering relation to said pour opening and non-removably secured at one end to said wall outside said area, said tape being of a construction requiring said tape being pulled and at least in part permanently stretched attendant to being peeled off said container wall and including means operative upon release of said stretched tape for rolling said tape up toward its secured end.
A closure comprising a tape of the type peelably adhered to a wall of a container in an area circumjacent a pour opening in said container wall in covering relation to said pour opening and non-removably secured at one end to said wall outside said area, the securement of said tape to said wall being of a nature requiring said tape being pulled attendant to being peeled off said container wall and including means operative upon release of said tape for rolling said tape up toward its secured end.
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