Coffee creamer and other cups and tubs
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A container thermoformed from a relatively thin flat plastic film comprising an upright standing hollow containment formation having an upper flat rim to which a thin cover member is sealingly attached in a sealing pattern. The sealing rim encompassing the containment formation with at least a portion of the sealing rim extending outwardly from the hollow containment formation an amount adequate to permit it to function as a tab. The extending tab portion has a fault line on its underside traversing the tab at a right angle to a centerline extending outwardly from the hollow containment formation which when the tab portion is upwardly bent causes the tab to rupture at the fault line. The rupturing causes the outer tab portion to break away from the remaining tab portion while remaining sealed to the thin cover member which is also upwardly bent to create an outlet passage for flowable material between the remaining tab portion and the thin cover.
In a cup or tub for squeezably dispensing products, a thin walled container thermoformed from a relatively thin flat plastic film comprising a hollow containment formation having a base parallel to an upper flat rim to which a thin cover member is sealingly attached in a sealing pattern, said sealing rim encompassing said containment formation with at least a portion of said sealing rim extending outwardly from said hollow containment formation an amount adequate to permit it to function as a tab, said extending tab portion having fault line on its underside traversing said tab at a right angle to a centerline extending outwardly from said hollow containment formation which when said tab portion is upwardly bent causes said tab to rupture at said fault line causing the outer tab portion to break away from the remaining tab portion while remaining sealed to the thin cover member which is also upwardly bent to create an outlet passage for flowable material between said remaining tab portion and said thin cover.
In a cup or tub for squeezably dispensing products, a thin walled container thermoformed from a relatively thin flat plastic film comprising a non-rigid hollow containment formation with an upper flat relatively stiff rim to which a thin cover member is sealingly attached in a sealing pattern, said sealing rim encompassing said containment formation with at least a portion of said sealing rim extending outwardly from said hollow containment formation an amount adequate to permit it to function as a tab, said extending tab portion having fault line on its underside traversing said tab at a right angle to a centerline extending outwardly from said hollow containment formation which when said tab portion is upwardly bent causes said tab to rupture at said fault line causing the outer tab portion to break away from the remaining tab portion while remaining sealed to the thin cover member which is also upwardly bent to create an outlet passage for flowable material between said remaining tab portion and said thin cover.
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