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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2003
Todd R. Ruhbusch, Holmen, WI (US);
Natalie G. Casey-shuman, Pittsfield, NH (US);
Michael L. Roy, Sanbornton, NH (US);
Todd R. Ruhbusch, Holmen, WI (US);
Natalie G. Casey-Shuman, Pittsfield, NH (US);
Michael L. Roy, Sanbornton, NH (US);
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Marietta, GA (US);
Abstract
A reclosable container made of a semi-rigid paperboard material or the like has a lower component with a bottom panel and an upstanding side wall and an upper component or lid that is pivotally connected to the lower component along one edge thereof. An opposite edge of the lid component has a tab formed therein which can be punched out and folded inwardly relative to the lid to releasably engage a horizontal extension or catch formed along the corresponding top edge of the lower component of the container.