Receptacles – Closures – With closure opening arrangements for means
Reexamination Certificate
2003-10-13
2011-11-29
Stashick, Anthony (Department: 3781)
Receptacles
Closures
With closure opening arrangements for means
C220S268000, C220S269000, C220S257200, C220S258100, C220S258200, C220S258300, C220S258500, C215S232000, C215S255000, C215S305000, C426S115000, C426S116000, C426S117000, C222S541900, C229S123200
Reexamination Certificate
active
08066141
ABSTRACT:
A sealed package for pourable food products includes a removable portion and a closable opening device. The opening device has a frame defining a pour opening and fixed to the package about the removable portion, and a cap fitted to the frame to close the pour opening and movable to free the pour opening. A pull-off opening device is housed in the frame and has a rigid plane integral with the removable portion and extractable from the frame, by pulling action, together with part of the removable portion. A pull tab of sheet material is interposed between the removable portion and the plate and attached to both.
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Casale Cristiano
De Simoni Sara
Buchanan & Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Stashick Anthony
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA
Volz Elizabeth
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