Patents Assigned to Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Meiji Milk Products Company Limited
  • Patent number: 4669640
    Abstract: A gable top carton for containing a beverage or like liquid product is diosed which comprises a boxlike body having a closed bottom and a double sloping top. The top has an aperture defined in one of its sloping sides for pouring out the contained liquid. Closing this aperture is a plastic mouthpiece of one piece construction, which is fused to otherwise watertightly attached to the edge portion of the top around the aperture. The mouthpiece includes a lid having a pull tab protruding therefrom. The lid can be torn open upon exertion of a pull on the pull tab. Preferably, the pull tab is formed integral with a hook capable of engaging the ridge of the gable top when the lid is torn open, so that the lid may be held fully open as the liquid is poured out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Meiji Milk Products Company Limited
    Inventors: Michihiro Ando, Ryoichi Kawajiri, Hiroshi Uematsu