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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
Wolfgang Barthel, Langenfeld, DE;
Salvatore Fileccia, Oberhausen, DE;
Ulf Arno Timmann, Köln, DE;
Rudolf Töpler, Köln, DE;
Thomas Binder, Wildpoldsried, DE;
Wolfgang Barthel, Langenfeld, DE;
Salvatore Fileccia, Oberhausen, DE;
Ulf Arno Timmann, Köln, DE;
Rudolf Töpler, Köln, DE;
Thomas Binder, Wildpoldsried, DE;
Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A container, in particular for free-flowing substances, comprising a blank () made of sheet-like, flexible material in particular cardboard, which can be folded at least to form part of the container, a first wall () and a second, adjacent wall () of the container, the walls () being angled in relation to one another and being connected integrally to one another in the region of a common edge (), it being the case that a weakening line () runs over each of the walls () and surrounds the region of a reclosable pouring element (), which is formed essentially from the material of the walls (), and that a line of inflection () passes through the pouring element (), crossing over the edge () in the process, and divides the pouring element () into a pouring portion () and an operating portion (). A container in which a greater number of opening and closing actions is made possible is provided in that the operating portion () has a reinforcing element () in the region of the edge ().