US PATENT SUBCLASS 53 / 133.3
.~.~ Adjunct comprising provision to open package

Current as of: June, 1999
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53 /   HD   PACKAGE MAKING

128.1  DF  WITH COVER-ADJUNCT APPLICATION OR FORMATION {13}
133.1  DF  .~ Adjunct comprising provision to allow access to contents, e.g., spout, straw, drain, opening, etc. {2}
133.3.~.~ Adjunct comprising provision to open package {3}
133.4  DF  .~.~.~> Reclosable
133.5  DF  .~.~.~> Tear string or tape under cover {2}
133.8  DF  .~.~.~> Cover weakened for tearing, e.g., having integral tear strip

DEFINITION

Classification: 53/133.3

Adjunct comprising provision to open package:

(under subclass 133.1) Apparatus for forming on, applying to, or otherwise making provision for some structure associated with the cover material which will modify at least a portion of the cover to expose a part or all of the contents.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

133.1, for packaging of flowable contents in an openable package, generally.

412, for a method of package making including forming or applying a cover adjunct comprising a package opening device.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

220, Receptacles,

265+, for devices to open metallic receptacles by breaking through or ripping the soldered parts. 229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes,

200+, for a paperboard box having severing means.

413, Sheet Metal Container Making,

15, for the method of forming a frangible area in a can lid.

493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web,

212+, for making a pliable container including applying a tear strip thereto.