Assertion: spout | /r/CapableOf | mean having a base wall
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text: An opener and spout for cardboard milk cartons and the like comprising, in combination, an elongated and relatively Wide face plate having a flat inner surface positionable against the outer surface of a milk carton or the like, an integral flange along the center portion of one edge of said face plate and projecting therefrom at substantially a right angle thereto, elongated spout means having a base wall integrally formed with said flange and projecting to each side of the plane of said flange, said spout means being triangular in transverse cross section with said base wall thereof being positioned in a plane substantially parallel to and spaced from the plane of said face plate, the lower end portion of said spout means being tapered from said base wall thereof to the edge thereof opposite from said base wall and inclined outwardly and downwardly from said base wall to form a sharp point, a wall in said spout means extending from the bottom edge thereof upwardly therealong and positioned in a plane substantially parallel to and spaced from the plane of said base wall, said last-named wall having a lip thereon at the upper edge thereof facing said base wall thereof to deflect liquids, said last-named wall and the portion of said spout means between said wall and said edge thereof opposite from said base wall extending above said base wall and defining an air vent, the upper edge of said base wall of said spout means being inclined from the end portions thereof downwardly and inwardly toward the center of said base wall and defining a pouring lip, said opener and spout being constructed and adapted to be mountable on a cardboard milk carton or the like with said point of said spout means piercing the inclined top portion of said carton and folding a portion of same downwardly to be snugly gripped between said base wall of said spout means and said face plate and with said air vent providing a passageway for air into said carton during the pouring of milk therefrom across said pouring lip.