Box closure with hinged tab

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2007-10-23

2007-10-23

Elkins, Gary E (Department: 3782)

Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes

Paperboard box

With closure for an access opening

C024S545000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11612302

ABSTRACT:
A box closure device releasably engages the flaps of a box in a closed configuration. The device has a lower element which extends generally in a first plane. An upper element is connected to the lower element and spaced substantially parallel to it by a central stem, such that portions of the box flaps are engaged between the upper and the lower element. A tab is connected to the upper element along a living hinge and is pivotable about the hinge from a first position extending substantially in the same plane as the upper element, to a second position which extends upwardly from the upper element, such that the tab may be engaged to assist in the rotation of the device when being installed in a box, and, when released, the tab returns to the first position. The lower element may be a planar disc, or may be cupped.

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