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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:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward B Kovens, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Assignee:
Parkway Machine Corporation, Timonium, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220259 ; 220835 ; 220837 ; 220847 ; 206540 ;
Abstract
A hinge flap capsule for containing a pourable material or articles being capable of non-destructive opening and re-sealing where the capsule is formed of a shell container and a cap interference fit thereto and the hinge flap is integrally formed with the cap to permit repeated opening and closure of the capsule for access to the contents thereof, where the capsule is particularly suited for use in vending pourable (fluid) materials from bulk vending machines.