Patent ID: 6871811

Claim:
A container for holding a strip or sheet of light sensitive material, the container comprising: a shell molded from a blank of metal disposed in substantially surrounding relation to said light sensitive material, wherein said shell includes an inner surface having a coating of black pigmented polyvinyl acetate, said shell further including a slit defined by a pair of substantially opposing outwardly projecting lips in spaced apart relation for withdrawal of said light sensitive material, such that portions of said inner surface form opposing surfaces of said lips; and at least one strip of light-blocking material of multi-layer construction attached to each of said lips, wherein said light blocking material comprises a pile fabric having a pile face comprising a plurality of outwardly projecting pile fibers, a layer of heat curable polymeric stiffening primer disposed across the underside of said fabric facing away from said pile face, and a layer of heat activatable polymeric adhesive extending away from said heat curable polymeric stiffening primer and in adhesive attachment to said coating of polyvinyl acetate at said opposing surfaces of said lips such that pile fibers of said pile face project away from each of said lips at least partially across said slit.