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US 5,584,430 AGranted
Flip-top container with integral handles
AssigneeAmway Corporation
InventorPatrick E. Mulry
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Abstract
A flip-top paperboard container with (a) a bowling-grip-type handle in the top wall for removing individual containers from multiple container shipping cases and for carrying the container before it is opened, and (b) a side handle in the rear wall for carrying the container after it is opened. The bowling grip handle includes a finger opening and a thumb opening. The thumb opening is located toward the rear of the top wall so that, when desired, the side handle and thumb opening can be grasped simultaneously by a single hand.
Claims10
A reclosable flip-top container comprising:
- a main body portion having a bottom wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a front wall and a rear wall, said rear wall having top and bottom edges;
- a lid portion having a top wall with a front edge and a rear edge, said lid portion being hingeally connected to said main body portion along said rear edge;
- said top wall of said lid portion defining a top finger handle of sufficient size to accommodate multiple fingers, said top finger handle being spaced inwardly from and extending parallel to said front edge;
- said top wall of said lid portion further defining a thumb handle of sufficient size to accommodate a single thumb, said thumb handle disposed between said rear edge and said finger opening;
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- said rear wall defining a side finger handle, said side finger handle being of sufficient size to accommodate multiple fingers, said side finger handle being spaced below and extending parallel to said top edge of said rear wall, wherein said side finger handle and said thumb handle can be grasped simultaneously by a single hand.
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A flip-top paperboard container comprising:
- a front wall, a rear wall, and opposed side walls, each of said front, rear, and side walls including top end flaps which cooperate to define a top wall and bottom end flaps which cooperate to define a bottom wall;
- a tear strip extending partially around said container, said tear strip being removable from said container to divide said container into a main body portion and a lid portion, said lid portion remaining attached to said main body portion along a living hinge;
- said top wall defining a top finger handle of sufficient size to accommodate multiple fingers and a thumb handle of sufficient size to accommodate a single thumb, said top finger handle defined by holes defined in each of said top end flaps;
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- said rear wall defining a side finger handle, said side finger handle being of sufficient size to accommodate multiple fingers, said side finger handle being positioned such that said side finger handle and said thumb handle can be grasped simultaneously by a single hand, whereby a single hand can be used to support said container by said side finger handle and manipulated by said thumb handle.
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A paperboard blank for a reclosable, flip-top container comprising:
- a first major panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of opposed side edges, said first major panel defining a side finger handle;
- a second major panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of opposed side edges, said second major panel adjoined with said first major panel along one of said side edges;
- a third major panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of opposed side edges, said third major panel adjoined to said second major panel along one of said side edges;
- a fourth major panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of opposed side edges, said fourth major panel adjoined to said third major panel along one of said side edges;
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- a glue flap adjoined to said first major panel along one of said side edges;
- each of said major panels including a top end flap adjoined along said top edge and a bottom end flap adjoined along said bottom edge, each of said top end flaps including a top finger hole of sufficient dimension to receive multiple fingers and a thumb hole only large enough to receive a single thumb.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.