Nondetachable tear strip with wing tab
Abstract
Abstract A CONTAINER END PANEL IS FORMED WITH A SCORE LINE DEFINING A TEAR STRIP PERMANENTLY ATTACHED AT ONE END TO THE PANEL. A TAB HAS DEFLECTABLE FINGERS EXTENDING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY ALONG OPPOSITE SIDES ADJACENT THE CONNECTING MEANS TO MAINTAIN THE CONNECTING END OF THE TAB WITHIN THE CONTAINER AFTER PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE TAB TO INSTITUTE SEVERING OF THE SCORE LINE. THE OPENING IN THE PANEL CREATED BY THE SCORE LINE HAS A REDUCED PORTION ADJACENT THE PERMANENT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PANEL AND THE TEAR STRIP WHILE THE TAB HAS AN ENLARGED PORTION ON THE CONNECTING END AND A REDUCED PORTION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THAT IS RECEIVED INTO THE REDUCED PORTION OF THE OPENING SO THAT THE TAB IS GUIDED ALONG THE OPENING TO A STORED POSITION ADJACENT THE PERMANENT CONNECTION WHILE THE TEAR STRIP IS BENT INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS AND IS ESSENTIALLY FOLDED UPON ITSELF TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE CONTAINER WHEN THE PANEL HAS BEEN FULLY OPENED. D R A W I N G
Inventors
- 👤 L Patarini
- 👤 A Zundel
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