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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
Stephen J. Hewitt, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Kara Marie Gustafson, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Manfred F. Maurer, Maineville, OH (US);
Ron Duane Norwood, Plainwell, MI (US);
Alexander Craig Bushman, Loveland, OH (US);
Stephen J. Hewitt, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Kara Marie Gustafson, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Manfred F. Maurer, Maineville, OH (US);
Ron Duane Norwood, Plainwell, MI (US);
Alexander Craig Bushman, Loveland, OH (US);
Evergreen Packaging, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A container formed from a paperboard laminate and including a rupturable opening for gaining access to the contents of the container, the opening being defined by an embossment pattern in a wall of the container. The embossment defines a weakened area which includes the layers of the laminate, but without destruction or deterioration of selected ones of the barrier/sealing layers of the laminate. A method is disclosed.