US PATENT SUBCLASS 229 / 227
.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Segment severably attached via a removable strip of box material (i.e., tear strip)


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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  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ 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}
227.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Segment severably attached via a removable strip of box material (i.e., tear strip)


DEFINITION

Classification: 229/227

Segment severably attached via a removable strip of box material (i.e., tear strip):

(under subclass 226) Subject matter wherein the segment is separated from flange or tab by two spaced-apart lines of weakening which define section of box material which is torn off when the box is opened.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

101.1, for plural, parallel tear strips removable to sequentially reduce the box volume.

235, for a tear strip which completely encompasses the box.

240, for a nonreclosable box which is opened by completely removing a tear strip.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

206, Special Receptacle or Package,

264, for a cigarette container with tearing means.