Dispensing cover with tear strip and living hinge

Abstract

A dispensing cover for use with a fiberboard drum having a rolled-in lip which defines a cover-receiving opening includes a main body having a first portion and a second portion which is pivotal with respect to the first portion and which is joined thereto using a living hinge. An inner and outer skirt extends about the periphery of the main body, which skirts are spaced apart from each other to define therebetween a cavity for receiving the rolled-in lip of the fiberboard drum. Molded into the outer skirt at the living hinge is a tear strip. Unless removed, the tear strip prevents the second portion from pivoting with respect to the first portion. Barbs formed on the inner or outer skirts and extending into the cavity defined between them engage the rolled-in lip of the fiberboard drum to secure the dispensing cover to the fiberboard drum at least over the non-pivoting first portion.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to lids and covers for containers, and more particularly relates to a dispensing cover for a fiberboard drum. [0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0004] Current packaging applications frequently require containers for granular products which may be dispensed from the containers. One current type of package includes a rectangular fiberboard drum which has a top sealed off with an injection molded cover. The cover is attached to the drum with tape. [0005] In order to dispense product from the container, the consumer removes the tape to detach the cover. Frequently, this results in the tape peeling off part of the label of the container. This is both aesthetically undesirable, and results in the removal of some of the lettering or other information on the box. Further, once the tape has been removed, there is no way to securely reseal the container other than re-taping it. The current t...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention is a dispensing cover for a fiberboard drum that can be securely attached to the drum and easily opened without needing a separate taping operation. The cover can be stacked on top of another fiberboard drum and cover without using a corrugated sheet. The cover allows the fiberboard drum to be opened to dispense product and then resealedably closed. The cover has a main body with a continuous upstanding drum wall with a wall edge formed as a rolled-in lip, and a living hinge joins the two main body sections. The cover also has barbs that ride up and over the lip of the drum to securely attach the cover. The cover can be opened to dispense product and then resealedably closed, and the second portion of the cover can be detached from the drum to partially uncover the container opening."

Problems solved by technology

Frequently, this results in the tape peeling off part of the label of the container.

This is both aesthetically undesirable, and results in the removal of some of the lettering or other information on the box.

Further, once the tape has been removed, there is no way to securely reseal the container other than re-taping it.

The current type of cover design is friction fit to the outside of the container, and while it provides adequate protection from the elements, it will come off when the box is knocked over (unless it is re-taped), thus resulting in spillage of the contents.

Furthermore, the taping operation employed with current technology is very labor intensive.

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