Multi-component product container with reclosable top
AssigneeArrow Innovations, LLC
InventorsRichard A. Gross, Dieter F. Lay, Robert W. Fox
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Abstract
A container provides sealed storage for contents. The container includes a composite top member formed of a panel and a frame. The panel includes an opening for providing access to the contents of the package. The frame includes a closure member that is molded in an open position, and which can be moved to a closed position for closing the opening in the panel. The container is formed of a container body in the form of a tubular member formed to a desired shape. The container body is closed using the top member that closes a top opening of the container body, and a bottom member that closes a bottom opening of the container body.
Claims7
A method of making a container, comprising the acts of:
- providing a container body having an interior and including at least one edge defining a container opening;
- providing an end member that includes an outer frame portion and a peripheral electromagnetically responsive fusion member embedded within the outer frame portion, wherein the end member is formed in a bi-injection molding process wherein the fusion member is formed in a first injection molding operation and the frame portion is subsequently formed around the fusion member in a second injection molding operation, wherein the fusion member is encapsulated by the frame portion;
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- bonding the end member to the edge of the container body to enclose the opening by subjecting the end member to an electromagnetic field, wherein the fusion member is heated in response to the electromagnetic field to bond the edge of the container body to the material of the frame portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.