EP0117673A3 - A food package with reclosable snap lock - Google Patents

A food package with reclosable snap lock Download PDF

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EP0117673A3
EP0117673A3 EP84300865A EP84300865A EP0117673A3 EP 0117673 A3 EP0117673 A3 EP 0117673A3 EP 84300865 A EP84300865 A EP 84300865A EP 84300865 A EP84300865 A EP 84300865A EP 0117673 A3 EP0117673 A3 EP 0117673A3
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food package
base
snap lock
cavity
reclosable
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Robert Louis Goller
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Oscar Mayer Foods Corp
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  • Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)

Abstract

This invention pertains to a food package having a base and a transparent cover cooperating with the base to form a cavity. Separating the base from the cover provides an opening for inserting and removing foodstuff from the cavity. A sealing means is provided for hermetically sealing the cavity and a reclosable means encompassing the hermetical sealing is provided for snap locking at least 35% of the opening between the base and the transparent cover.
EP84300865A 1983-02-14 1984-02-10 A food package with reclosable snap lock Expired EP0117673B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT84300865T ATE34147T1 (en) 1983-02-14 1984-02-10 FOOD PACKAGING WITH A RECLOSABLE SNAP-IN LID.

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US46624183A 1983-02-14 1983-02-14
US466241 1983-02-14

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EP0117673A2 EP0117673A2 (en) 1984-09-05
EP0117673A3 true EP0117673A3 (en) 1985-08-21
EP0117673B1 EP0117673B1 (en) 1988-05-11

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JP (1) JPS59209563A (en)
AT (1) ATE34147T1 (en)
CA (1) CA1248050A (en)
DE (1) DE3471074D1 (en)
ES (1) ES285934Y (en)

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CA1248050A (en) 1989-01-03
ES285934U (en) 1985-11-01
EP0117673B1 (en) 1988-05-11
ATE34147T1 (en) 1988-05-15
JPS59209563A (en) 1984-11-28
DE3471074D1 (en) 1988-06-16
ES285934Y (en) 1986-06-01
EP0117673A2 (en) 1984-09-05

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