Title: Serving container for liquids or pourable materials contained in cardboard packages

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Claims: The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A serving container for flowable material in package of square edged shape, the container comparising a base portion and sleeve inserted into the base portion and fitted over the package, the sleeve having a lid provided with two tubes of different diameters having inclined tips extending into the interior of the sleeve and for extending into the package and serving as pouring and vent tubes, one of said sleeve and said base portion being provided with means for exerting pressure on the edges of the inserted package, said means for exerting pressure comprising the diagonal dimensions of said sleeve which an smaller than the diagonal dimensions of the package, and a outward curving of the sidewalls of the sleeve and the base portion.

2. A container as claimed in claim 1 wherein the internal side corners of the sleeve are rounded.

3. A container as claimed in claim 1 wherein the means for exerting pressure also comprise ribs projecting towards the interior.

4. A container as claimed in claim 1 where at least one of the tubes is fixed to a disassemblable slide plate which can be secured in an opening in the lid of the sleeve by cams engaging behind the lid.

5. A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tube of larger diameter is provided with a bridge portion extending longitudinally from the lid of the tube into the interior of the tube.

6. A container as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tube of larger diameter is provided behind its tip opening and at a side thereof opposite from the bevel with a second opening.

7. A container as claimed in claim 6, wherein the sleeve and the base portion have opposite engaging detents and the free edge of the base portion is funnel-shaped.

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Inventors: Kessler, Hans (Zurich, CH)

Application Number: 665802
Filing Date: 1976-03-11
Publication_date: 1977-11-08
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 222/86
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1920385	Aug, 1933	Hamilton	222/83.
2053370	Sep, 1936	Kann	222/83.
2499259	Feb, 1950	Prickett	222/86.
2558575	Jun, 1951	Massari	222/86.
2589890	Mar, 1952	Stoecker	222/86.
2676732	Apr, 1954	Greenwood	222/86.
3285472	Nov, 1966	Olson	222/86.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Tollberg, Stanley H.
Assistant Examiner: Lane, Hadd
Attorney: Goldfarb; Kenneth S.