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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Patrick E Mulry, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
Amway Corporation, Ada, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
22911716 ; 220416 ; 22911713 ; 229225 ;
Abstract
A flip-top paperboard container with (a) a bowling-grip-type handle in the top wall for removing individual containers from multiple container shipping cases and for carrying the container before it is opened, and (b) a side handle in the rear wall for carrying the container after it is opened. The bowling grip handle includes a finger opening and a thumb opening. The thumb opening is located toward the rear of the top wall so that, when desired, the side handle and thumb opening can be grasped simultaneously by a single hand.