Patent ID: 8317054
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package comprising a closure and a container that in combination defines a front of the package, the closure including a base member closing an open end of the container, the base member having a plurality of dispensing openings formed therein and a plurality of flaps hinged to the base member at a back portion, each of the flaps closing one of the dispensing openings and having a front edge opposite to the back portion, and a single tear strip (a) integrally joined to at least one of the flaps or the base member and securing all of flaps in a closed position and (b) extending at least partially over the front of the package; wherein the closure has a stacking shoulder complementary to a bottom of the container that is adapted to receive in stacked relation the bottom of an adjacent stacked container, the bottom of the adjacent stacked container having a peripheral stacking wall surrounding a first upstanding wall of the closure that extends from the stacking shoulder when in a stacked condition, wherein the single tear strip is pivotable relative to the stacking shoulder between unassembled and assembled positions, at least a portion of the tear strip including a second upstanding wall extending along the first upstanding wall and disposed radially inside of the peripheral stacking wall of the adjacent stacked container when in a stack condition and with the single tear strip pivoted into the assembled position.