Box and blank for packaging powdered soap or the like
AssigneeEagle Paper Box Company
InventorKenneth D. Karalus
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Abstract
A blank and method of folding for forming a box for granular material such as soap and the like including one piece of stock material having a first series of panels for forming outer walls of the box and a second series of connected panels for forming a liner within the box. The box includes top and bottom end flaps on each of the outer panels of substantial length for substantial overlapping of the end flaps to create a secure seal at both the top and the bottom ends of the box. The box also includes a tear strip opening and a resealable cap structure which is formed after the tear strip is removed.
Claims18
A box for forming a package for granular material, said box comprising:
- a) a first series of connected panels for forming outer walls of the box;
- b) a second series of panels forming a liner within said box;
- c) said first series of panels including connected first, second, third and fourth panels;
- d) said second series of panels including first, second and third panels;
- e) each of said panels of said first series including a pair of oppositely positioned closure flaps for forming the top and bottom ends of the box;
- f) a tear strip disposed on at least three of said outer walls of said box, said tear strip being located between said top and bottom ends of said box, said tear strip defining a cap above said tear portion and defining a main body below said tear portion;
- g) a first angled knife cut initiating said tear strip, said first angled knife cut being disposed on one of said at least three outer walls;
- h) a second angled knife cut terminating said tear strip, said second angled knife cut being disposed on another one of said at least three outer walls distant from said first angled knife cut;
- i) each said first and second angled knife cuts preventing tearing into a fourth one of said outer walls;
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- j) wherein removal of said tear strip causes said cap to substantially separate from said main body while said first and second angled knife cuts prevent further tearing into said fourth one of said outer walls of the box during repeated opening and closing of said box by moving said cap toward and away said main body for accessing the granular material.
A blank for forming a box for packaging granular material, said box comprising:
- a) a first series of connected panels for forming outer walls of the box;
- b) a second series of panels for forming a liner within a box;
- c) said first series of panels including connected first, second, third and fourth panels;
- d) said second series of panels including first, second and third panels;
- e) each of said panels of said first series including a pair of oppositely positioned closure flaps for forming the top and bottom ends of the box;
- f) a tear strip disposed on at least three of said first series of panels, said tear strip being locatable between top and bottom ends of a box, said tear strip defining a cap above said tear portion and defining a main body below said tear portion;
- g) a first angled knife cut initiating said tear strip, said first angled knife cut being disposed on one of said first series of panels;
- h) a second angled knife cut terminating said tear strip, said second angled knife cut being disposed on another one of said at least three panels of said first series of panels and distant from said first angled knife cut;
- i) each said first and second angled knife cuts preventing tearing into a fourth one of said first series of panels;
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- j) wherein removal of said tear strip causes the cap to substantially separate from said main body while said first and second angled knife cuts prevent further tearing into the fourth one of the outer walls of a box during repeated opening and closing of a box by moving the cap toward and away from the main body for accessing the granular material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.