Molded plastic container for packaging multiple product samples
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorRichard K. Oglesbee
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Abstract
A unitary container for packaging multiple product samples has a front panel and two rear panels which are hingedly attached to the front panel. The two panels may be mechanically retained in a preferred relationship with respect to the front panel and one another by protrusions in one panel that extend through apertures in another panel. The panels are configured such that the container has several compartments for holding product samples.
Claims13
A container comprising:
- a front panel having a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a first rear panel;
- a second rear panel;
- means disposed along the top edge of said front panel for hingedly connecting said front panel to said first rear panel;
- means disposed along the bottom edge of said front panel for hingedly connecting said front panel to said second rear panel;
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- retaining means for mechanically retaining said first and second rear panels adjacent to said front panel with said first and second rear panels in an overlapping relationship, said retaining means comprising (a) said front panel including a first locking portion, (b) one of said rear panels including a second locking portion, and (c) the rear panel which does not include the second locking portion having an aperture therethrough through which one of said locking portions projects for mechanical interconnection with the other locking portion.
A container comprising:
- a front panel having a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a first rear panel;
- a second rear panel, said front panel and said rear panels each having two side edges;
- means disposed along the top edge of said front panel for hingedly connecting said front panel to said first rear panel;
- means disposed along the bottom edge of said front panel for hingedly connecting said front panel to said second rear panel;
- retaining means for mechanically retaining said first and second rear panels adjacent to said front panel with said first and second rear panels in an overlapping relationship, said retaining means comprising (a) said front panel including a first locking portion, (b) one of said rear panels including a second locking portion, and (c) the rear panel which does not include the second locking portion having an aperture therethrough through which one of said locking portions projects for mechanical interconnection with the other locking portion, said retaining means for mechanically retaining said rear panels adjacent to said front panel being adjacent said side edges;
- means for aligning said front panel relative to said rear panels, said means for aligning said front panel relative to said rear panels being adjacent said side edges;
- means for aligning said first rear panel relative to said second rear panel;
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- said container having a plurality of compartments formed therein with at least one compartment extending from said top edge to said bottom edge.
A unitary plastic container comprising a front panel having a top edge and a bottom edge, a first rear panel hingedly connected to said front panel retaining means for mechanically retaining said front panel adjacent to said first rear panel, and means for aligning said front panel relative to said first rear panel, a second rear panel hingedly connected to said front panel, said first rear panel being hingedly connected along said top edge and said second rear panel being hingedly connected along said bottom edge, wherein the improvement comprises said first and second rear panels being in an overlapping relationship and said retaining means for retaining said front panel to said first rear panel also retaining said second rear panel relative to said front panel and said first rear panel, said retaining means including a first locking portion and a second locking portion, said front panel including said first locking portion and said first rear panel including said second locking portion, said second rear panel including an aperture through which said second locking portion projects for mechanical interconnection with said first locking portion, and means for aligning said first rear panel relative to said second rear panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.