Lined reclosable container having opening and reclosing means

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A LINED RECLOSABLE CONTAINER HAVING A COMPARATIVELY RIGID BOX-LIKE BODY PORTION INCLUDING WALLS JOINED TO AN OPENABLE TOP PORTION COMPRISING AN OVERLAPPING FLAP, AND AN UNDERLYING FLAP, A MULTILAYER LINER AFFIXED TO THE INNER WALLS OF SAID BODY PORTION AND INCLUDING A METALLIC LAYER IN CONTACT WITH THE CONTAINER CONTENTS, AN ADHESIVE PAPER LAYER IN CONTACT WITH SAID WALLS AND A WAX LAYER INTERMEDIATE SAID OTHER LAYERS, SAID LINER BEING FOLDED AND SEALED TO ITSELF ALONG A METALTO-METAL SEAM POSITIONED ALONG THE CONTAINER TOP PORTION UNDER SAID FLAPS AND MOVABLE UPWARDLY INTO AN UNFOLDING POSITION UPON SEPARATION OF SAID FLAPS, THE SEALED PORTION OF SAID SEAM BEING SPACED FROM THE EXTREME EDGE OF SAID LINER THEREBY TO PROVIDE AN UNSEALED STRIP SUITABLE FOR SEPARATION OF ITS CONTACTING METALLIC SURFACES WITHOUT MULTILATION OF SAID LINER DURING OPENING OF SAID CONTAINER, AND SAID OVERLAPPING FLAP INCLUDING A TEAR STRIP INTEGRALLY FORMED THEREIN AND SAID UNDERLYING FLAP INCLUDING AN OPENING, SAID TEAR STRIP DURING ITS REMOVAL FROM SAID CONTAINER BEING ARRANGED TO TEAR ALONG AN IRREGULAR LINE AND TO FORM AN IRREGULAR SHAPED RECLOSING TAB ON SAID OVERLAPPING FLAP, AND SAID TAB BEING RECEIVABLE IN SAID OPENING TO RECLOSE SAID CONTAINER.