Reclosable container with automatic closure system
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsTodd R. Ruhbusch, Natalie G. Casey-Shuman, Michael L. Roy
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Abstract
A reclosable container made of a semi-rigid paperboard material or the like has a lower component with a bottom panel and an upstanding side wall and an upper component or lid that is pivotally connected to the lower component along one edge thereof. An opposite edge of the lid component has a tab formed therein which can be punched out and folded inwardly relative to the lid to releasably engage a horizontal extension or catch formed along the corresponding top edge of the lower component of the container.
Claims14
A reclosable container formed from a semi-rigid material comprising in combination:
- a lower component having a bottom panel and a side wall connected to and projecting upwardly from the bottom panel, said side wall having an upper edge and a catch defined by a substantially perpendicular extension from said side wall along said upper edge, said extension having a bottom surface, and
- an upper component adapted to overlie the lower component, said upper component having a top panel with a downwardly directed flange, said flange having an integrated tab formed thereon, said tab having a top edge defined by a fold line, and a remaining edge defined along a perforated line in said flange such that said tab can be folded inwardly along said fold line after said perforated line has been severed such that at least a portion of said remaining edge is directed substantially upwardly and positioned to engage said bottom surface of said extension when said upper component of the container is positioned over said lower component.
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