Gable top container

Claim 1

A GABLE TOP CONTAINER OF PAPERBOARD OR THE LIKE, AND COMPRISING A TUBULAR BODY HAVING A BOTTOM CLOSURE FIXED THERETO, A PAIR OF OPPOSED ROOF PANELS INCLINED TOWARD EACH OTHER AND OVERLYING SAID BODY, A PAIR OF OPPOSED TRIANGULAR END PANELS INFOLDED BETWEEN SAID ROOF PANELS FROM THE OPPOSITE GABLE ENDS FORMED BY THE LATTER, TWO PAIRS OF TRIANGULAR FOLD-BACK PANELS, EACH PAIR OF WHICH IS INTEGRAL WITH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID INFOLDED TRIANGULAR END PANELS ALONG FOLD LINES WHICH ARE IN PROXIMITY WITH SAID ROOF PANELS, SAID FOLD-BACK PANELS BEING FOLDED AGAINST THE UNDER SIDES OF SAID ROOF PANELS, A RIDGE PANEL SURMOUNTING EACH OF SAID ROOF PANEL AND FOLDBACK PANELS, SAID RIDGE PANELS BEING OF UNIFORM HEIGHT AND BEING DISPOSED VERTICALLY IN CONTACTING RELATION TO DEFINE A CENTRAL LAMINAR TOP RIDGE, A FIRST PAIR OF RIDGE PANELS SURMOUNTING ONE PAIR OF SAID FOLD-BACK PANELS BEING PROVIDED WITH A WEAKENDED LINE OF SEVERANCE EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF RIDGE PANELS INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES TH EREOF, A STRIP OF SHEET MATERIAL POSITIONED ON THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF RIDGE PANELS AND BEING FOLDED TO PROVIDE AN OUTER PORTION OVERLYING THE OUTER DURFACE OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF RIDGE PANELS, WITH THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID OUTER PORTION TERMINATING ABOVE SAID WEAKENED LINE OF SEVERANCE TO PERMIT THE OPPOSING PORTIONS OF THE OUTER SURFACES OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF RIDGE PANELS NOT COVERED BY SAID STRIPS TO BE HEATED SEALED TO EACH OTHER, AND AN INNER PORTION OVERLYING THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF RIDGE PANELS AND TERMINATING BELOW THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF RIDGE PANELS, ALL OF SAID ROOF PANELS, FOLD-BACK PANELS AND RIDGE PANELS BEING PROVIDED WITH A HEATSEALABLE COATING OF THERMOPLASTIC HEAT-SEALABLE MATERIAL ON THEIR INNER AND OUTER SURFACES, THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID INNER PORTION OF SAID STRIP CONTACTING SAID INNER SURFACE OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF RIDGE PANELS AND THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID OUTER PORTION OF SAID STRIP CONTACTING SAID OUTER SURFACE OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF RIDGE PANELS BEING NON-HEATED-SEALABLE THERETO, THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID STRIP BEING HEATSEALABLE TO ITSELF AND TO THE RIDGE PANELS SURMOUNTING SAID ROOF PANELS, THE ENDS OF SAID STRIP TERMINATING IN SPACED RELATION TO THE FREE ENDS OF THE RIDGE PANELS ON WHICH IT IS MOUNTED.