US PATENT SUBCLASS 229 / 225
.~.~.~.~.~.~ Each flange or tab is detachably secured to a sidewall prior to tearing

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229 /   HD   ENVELOPES, WRAPPERS, AND PAPERBOARD BOXES

100  DF  PAPERBOARD BOX {54}
200  DF  .~ Having means to facilitate opening the box by severing (e.g., tearing, cutting, piercing, etc.) box material or outer wrapper {14}
210  DF  .~.~ Tearing provides reusable closure {6}
221  DF  .~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure {3}
223  DF  .~.~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure provides an access opening which is coextensive with the entire top wall of the box {1}
224  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Reusable hinged closure includes three depending flanges or tabs {2}
225.~.~.~.~.~.~ Each flange or tab is detachably secured to a sidewall prior to tearing {1}
226  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~.~> Including a segment of box material bonded to a sidewall and severably attached to a flange or tab prior to tearing {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 229/225

Each flange or tab is detachably secured to a sidewall prior to tearing:

(under subclass 224) Subject matter wherein each flange or tab is removably attached to an upwardly extending box wall before the box is torn open.

(1) Note. The flanges or tabs may be unitary parts of the box walls, or they may be separate from the box walls, but adhered to them.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

160.1, for a hinged closure which includes material cut from

a box sidewall.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

206, Special Receptacle or Package,

264, for a cigarette container with tearing means.