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Flat top end closure for liquid container

CA 1237403 A · Owner: Ex-Cell-O Corporation · Inventors: Lisiecki, Robert E.

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Abstract, A flat top liquid carrying, paperboard container including four side panels, and inner and outer pairs of top closure panels alternately connected by respective horizontal score lines to the top edges of the four side panels as extensions thereof. While the inner pair of top closure panels each typically includes a substantially triangular panel portion and a pair of integrally connected fold-back panels, the outer pair consists of one shorter and one longer panel. fold-over panel segment is formed on the end of the shorter panel. A diagonal opening-assist score line is formed on each of the shorter and longer panels and a, reverse diagonal opening-assist score line is formed on …

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  • Granted May 31, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 31, 2005.
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FiledMay 21, 1985
GrantedMay 31, 1988
Term endedMay 31, 2005
Patent numberCA 1237403 A
Classification (IPC)B65D3/20 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 21, 1985Patent grantedMay 31, 1988Term endedMay 31, 2005

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