TUBULAR CARTON WITH ARTICLE RETENTION TABS AND BLANK THEREFOR - Patent 1575766

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EP 1 575 766 A3

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	04.08.2005

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	21.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/38

(21)	Application number: 03818834.8

(22)	Date of filing: 05.09.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B31F 1/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/027951

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/044549 (19.05.2005 Gazette 2005/20)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

05.09.2002 JP 2002259800

(71)	Applicant: MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems LLC
	Smyrna, GA 30080 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	IKEDA, Tamio Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa (JP)

(74)	Representative: Hepworth, John Malcolm et al
	HLBBshaw Bloxam Court Corporation Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU Warwickshire CV21 2DU (GB)

(54)	TUBULAR CARTON WITH ARTICLE RETENTION TABS AND BLANK THEREFOR