Patent ID: 8833638
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A container erected from a blank of a material for holding a product, said container comprising: a plurality of panels extending between a common top fold line and a common bottom fold line and foldable relative to one another along multiple fold lines thereby forming said container of a tubular configuration; a plurality of flaps integral with and foldable relative each of said panels along said common top and bottom fold lines to form a bottom end and a top end of said container; at least one peripheral tear line extending around said container and along at least one of said plurality of panels and at least one of said plurality of flaps for exposing said container to an open top thereby exposing all of the product; and said at least one peripheral tear line including a first multitude of slits disposed along said at least one of said plurality of flaps with each of said slits in said first multitude of slits having a straight portion along the tear line and an inwardly angled portion and a second multitude of slits disposed along said at least one of said plurality of panels with each of said slits in said second multitude of slits having a straight portion along the tear line and an inwardly angled portion, the straight portions of the slits in said first multitude of slits being different in length from the straight portions of the slits in said second multitude of slits.