US 12,420,996 B2
Label having tear strip
Robert T. Mitten, Mechanicsville, VA (US); Christopher J. Hession, Mechanicsville, VA (US); and Christopher L. Simpson, Richmond, VA (US)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,408.
Application 17/872,408 is a division of application No. 15/445,523, filed on Feb. 28, 2017, granted, now 11,414,249.
Application 15/445,523 is a continuation of application No. 14/206,782, filed on Mar. 12, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/791,560, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355987 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 23/00 (2006.01); B65D 25/20 (2006.01); B65D 55/06 (2006.01); B65D 55/08 (2006.01); G09F 3/03 (2006.01); G09F 3/10 (2006.01); G09F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 55/0818 (2013.01) [A24F 23/00 (2013.01); B65D 25/205 (2013.01); B65D 55/06 (2013.01); G09F 3/0341 (2013.01); G09F 3/10 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0222 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0272 (2013.01); Y10T 428/1303 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1352 (2015.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A labeled container defining an interior space, the container comprising:
a base including a bottom wall and a base side wall;
a lid including a top wall and a lid skirt, the lid mating with the base to define an interior space; and
a label having a front face and a rear face and a first end and a second end, the second end overlapping with the first end, the label including
a web having a first side and an opposing second side, the second side of the inner web being adhesively bonded to the base side wall and to the lid skirt to form a seal between the base and the lid,
a tear strip being defined by first score lines or first cuts in the web, the tear strip being positioned between a first portion of the web bonded to the base side wall and a second portion of the web adhesively bonded to the lid skirt,
a pull tab being defined by second score lines or second cuts in the web, the pull tab aligned with the tear strip, a rear side of the pull tab being adhesively bonded to an end portion of the tear strip, and
a hinge portion defined by a third cut in the web, the third cut being perpendicular to the tear strip, the hinge portion configured to connect upper and lower portions of the label after the container is opened by using the tear strip, the
second end of the label including the hinge portion.