Container with reclosable pour spout
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a container comprising opposing top and bottom walls and four side walls each having an upper and lower ends, the opposing top and bottom walls and the four side walls bridging the opposing top and bottom walls. The top wall comprises a pivotable tab integrally extending from one transverse end of the top wall. A generally U-shaped indentation is formed on one of the four side walls to receive the pivotable tab therein. A dispensing opening is configured on the upper end of one of the four side walls. The dispensing opening and the pivotable tab cooperate with one another to define a pour spout. The pivotable tab is seated in the U-shaped indentation to cover the dispensing opening when the pour spout is in a closed position and the pivotable tab is detached from the dispensing opening when the pour spout is an open position.
1. A container comprising:
opposing top and bottom walls, opposing end walls, and opposing side walls; the opposing top and bottom walls being spaced apart from one another by the opposing end walls and the opposing side walls, the opposing top and bottom walls being foldably joined to longitudinal opposing edges of the side walls, the end walls are foldably joined to transverse opposing edges of the side walls and the opposing top and bottom walls, opposing end walls, and opposing side walls all cooperate with one another to form the container, one of the opposing end walls comprising at least one pour spout being defined by a dispensing opening and a tab, the tab integrally extended from the top wall, and a generally U-shaped indentation formed on said one of the opposing end walls to receive the tab therein, the tab having a plug adapted to seal the dispensing opening, the plug is defined by a generally U-shaped cut line penetrated nearly half through a thickness of the end wall and the plug is formed by detaching the tab from the end wall and wherein the tab adapted to be moved between an open position and a closed position.
2. The container of claim 1 wherein the tab is defined by a door segment and a locking flap.
3. A paperboard blank for making a container having opposing top and bottom walls, opposing end walls, and opposing side walls, the blank comprising:
two side panels spaced apart from one another by a top wall, a bottom panel being extended from a longitudinal side of one of the two side panels, a glue flap being extended from a longitudinal side of the bottom panel, the glue flap being glued to the longitudinal side of one of the side panels when the blank is in the folded position, the top wall having a tab at one end and a flap on anther end, each of the side panels having a pair of transverse end panels, one of the pair of the transverse end panels comprises a generally U-shaped cut line, a straight cut line, and a generally U-shaped indentation, another one of the pair of the transverse end panels comprises a generally V-shaped cut out and a slot wherein the V-shaped cut out and the slot configured to cooperate with the generally U-shaped cut line, the straight cut line, the generally U-shaped indentation, and the tab to form a pour spout when the blank is constructed to make the container.