Patent ID: 8622216
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A composite package for containing articles comprising: a paperboard portion having a first panel and a second panel, said first panel joined to said second panel along a hinge, said first panel defining an opening; a first plastic component secured with and carried by said first panel, said first plastic component including a first flange secured to said first panel; a second plastic component secured with and carried by said second panel, said second plastic component including a second flange secured to said second panel, said second plastic component being configured to selectively interlock with said first plastic component by frictional interfit, said first plastic component and said second plastic component shaped to cooperatively define an article containing space when interfitted with one another, said first and second plastic components being integrally joined to each other along a portion of said first flange and a portion of said second flange; and wherein said paperboard portion is movable about said hinge between a closed position in which said first and second panels are adjacent one another and said first plastic component releasably interlocks with said second plastic component to cooperatively define said article containing space, and an open position in which said first and second panels are moved away from one another and said first plastic component and said second plastic component are separated to provide access to an interior of said article containing space, wherein said paperboard portion is repeatedly movable between said closed position and said open position without damaging the package, wherein said first and second flanges each have an inside surface facing toward each other when said paperboard portion is in said closed position, and an outside surface facing away from each other when said paperboard portion is in said closed position, wherein said first panel is positioned adjacent said outside surface of said first flange and said second panel is positioned adjacent said outside surface of said second flange, wherein said first panel remains secured to said first plastic component and said second panel remains secured to said second plastic component as said paperboard panel repeatedly moves between said closed and said open positions, and said first and second plastic components engage one another when said hinge of said paperboard orients said first and second panels in said closed position and said first and second plastic components are separated when said hinge of said paperboard orients said first and second panels in said open position.