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US 6,957,763 B2Granted
Container with reclosable fitment
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Corporation
InventorsTodd H. Huffman, Christopher J. Parks, Christopher J. Hession, Jack Leong Hung Lum
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Abstract
A reclosable locking container and method for packaging dry materials, comprising a box formed from a foldable substrate and a molded reclosable, locking fitment, said fitment being lockable in the open or closed position. The container of the invention may be adapted to provide barrier packaging of materials to extend the shelf life thereof by incorporating a barrier material, fin seal closure elements and optionally a skived side seam, and a tearable perforated opening.
Claims16
A container comprising:
- a substrate having a barrier material on one side of said substrate, wherein said substrate is dimensioned and shaped to be folded into a closed container having a front panel, a first side panel, a rear panel and at least one or more fin seal areas;
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- a partially weakened substrate region formed on a side opposite said barrier material and extending across at least said front panel, said first side panel and said rear panel, wherein said weakened region is dimensioned to align with a fitment,
- wherein said substrate is folded into the shape of said container, at least two perimeters of said substrate are fin sealed to each other and a fitment is secured to an outside surface of said container and aligned with said partially weakened region.
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