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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:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Philippe Marie, Coings, FR;
John M Hepworth, Rugby, GB;
Inventors:
Philippe Marie, Coings, FR;
John M Hepworth, Rugby, GB;
Assignee:
MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 17/32 (2006.01); B65D 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A carton and blank having a tear line comprising a plurality of perforations or short slits arranged in at least three rows. There is also provided a carton and blank for forming a carton having a wall provided with a tear open feature which comprises a tear initiating tab formed in the wall and at least three tear lines extending from the tear initiating tab toward the perimeter of the wall, wherein each tear line comprises a plurality of perforations or short slits arranged in at least three rows.