Day of opening reminder for a container
OwnerDavid Lawrence Shalkopinventor
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Abstract
A container (100 and 600) has a sealed top formed from adhered sealing panels at a top of the container that keeps contents of the container sealed until ready for use. A top of the container is provided with a day of opening reminder (131 and 631). The day of opening reminder includes tabs (163, 563 and 663) made of a same material as the container. Each tab includes a different symbol that corresponds to a name of a day of the week. The day of opening reminder includes perforations (134 and 634) or cuts between each tab thereby allowing one of the tabs to be moved into a different position relative to the other tabs, thereby conveying information about the day of week that the container was first opened.
Claims20
A gable-top container for holding a pourable product, comprising:
- a piece of material with a plurality of cutouts, fold lines and perforations for forming a sealable container when folded to include
- a rectangular body,
- a substantially flat bottom, and
- a substantially gable top having a top edge, the substantially gable top including a series of bendable tabs disposed at the top edge and lines of perforations in the material, each line of perforations defining a boundary between adjacent bendable tabs, wherein the bendable tabs are directly adjacent to each other and are only separated by a line of perforations,
- wherein the gable-top container remains sealed after one, some or all of the bendable tabs are bent.
A container for holding a pourable product, comprising:
- a piece of material with a plurality of cutouts, fold lines and perforations for forming a sealable container when folded to include
- a body,
- a substantially flat bottom,
- a top including a top sealing panel, and
- a plurality of bendable tabs disposed entirely above the top sealing panel, wherein the bendable tabs are directly adjacent to each other and are only separated by a line of perforations,
- wherein the container remains sealed after one, some or all of the bendable tabs are bent.
A container for holding a pourable product, comprising:
- a piece of material with a plurality of cutouts, fold lines and perforations for forming a sealable container when folded to include
- a body,
- a bottom,
- a top including a top sealing panel, and
- a plurality of tabs disposed above the top sealing panel, wherein the tabs are directly adjacent to each other and are only separated by perforations,
- wherein the container remains sealed after one, some or all of the tabs are bent or removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.