Box-like packaging with dispensing opening and blank for making same
AssigneeCrystal B.V.
InventorMartin Gerhard Weber-Caspers
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Abstract
A box-like packaging comprises at least three adjoining sidewalls which are successively connected through fold lines which form the edges of the packaging. At least one sidewall is connected through a fold line at a lower edge thereof with a bottom panel which closes the packaging at the underside. The packaging comprises a relatively large dispensing opening which can be passed from a closed position into an opening position through folding, the dispensing opening comprising a spout-shaped dispensing surface. The bottom panel and a top panel of the box are substantially flat and extend parallel to each other. The packaging comprises structure for sealing integrally connected with the packaging manufactured from one material portion.
Claims20
A box manufactured from one material portion, comprising:
- at least three adjoining sidewalls successively connected through fold lines which form edges of the box;
- a bottom panel which closes the box at an underside of the box, the bottom panel connected through a fold line to one of the sidewalls at a lower edge of said one of the sidewalls, the bottom panel being substantially flat;
- a top panel which is substantially flat and extends substantially parallel to the bottom panel, the top panel defining a dispensing opening which can be passed from a closed position to an open position through folding, said dispensing opening comprising a dispensing opening panel connected to one of the sidewalls through at least one curved fold line, the curved fold line creating tension in the sidewall for urging the dispensing opening in one of the open position and the closed position,
- means for sealing the dispensing opening integrally connected with the box;
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- means which positively keep the dispensing opening, once it has been opened, in a reclosed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.