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US3202276A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Package for cylindrical articles or objects

Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1963-12-23
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Granted: 1965-08-24
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Expires: 1983-12-23
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Robert V Burt
  • 👤 Alson R Harm

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 06:17
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D75/00; B65D75/04; B65D75/06; B65D75/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 249 words
A PACKAGE FOR AT LEAST TWO CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES HAVING THEIR AXES IN PARALLEL RELATION AND HAVING THEIR FLAT END SURFACES IN TWO PARALLEL PLANES SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID PARALLEL AXES COMPRISING A WEB OF OF WRAPPER MATERIAL HAVING SPACED PARALLEL EDGES WHEN IN FLAT CONDITION, SAID WRAPPER MATERIAL BEING A FLEXIBLE, HEAT SEALABLE, THEREMOPLASTIC, ORGANIC POLYMER MATERIAL, SAID WRAPPER BEING FITTED SNUGLY AROUND SAID CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR TUBE WITH TWO OPPOSITE SURFACES OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR TUBE SUPERPOSED ON SAID FLAT END SURFACES OF SAID CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES, SAID SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR TUBE HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SEAM JOINING THE SPACED PARALLEL EDGES OF THE WRAPPER MATERIAL TO COMPLETE THE TUBE, THE AXIS OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR TUBE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO AND INTERSECTING THE AXIS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES, SAID CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES BEING IN ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP INTERMEDIATE THEIR ACES, AN END SEAM FORMED AT EACH END OF THE SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR TUBE SURROUNDING SAID CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES, SAID END SEAMS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXES OF SAID CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES, SAID END MEANS BEING FORMED SNUGLY AGAINST THE CYLINDRICAL SURFACES OF SAID CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES, AN EXCESS OF WRAPPER MATERIAL NORMALLY EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE FLAT END SURFACES OF SAID CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES AFTER SAID END SEAMS HAVE BEEN FORMED, SAID EXCESS WRAPPER MATERIAL BEING FOLDED INWARDLY BETWEEN THE ARCUATE SURFACESE OF THE CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES AT THE ENDS OF THE PACKAGE AND THE SUPERPOSED END PORTIONS OF SAID WRAPPER IN THE AREA WHERE SAID WRAPPER IS JOINED BY SAID END SEAMS.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-08-23 1969-02-22 1969-08-24 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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