Tube retaining device

Abstract

After the user folds or rolls the emptied portion of a closed end collapsible tube such as a toothpaste tube a circular, oblong, or flat loop or band of elastic material is stretched over and encircles the folded or rolled emptied portion of said tube to prevent the contents from the unused portion of the tube from being expelled back into the folded or rolled, emptied and retained (by the Tube Retaining Device) portion of the tube. Concurrently, the Tube Retaining Device presents the emptied portion of the tube in a neat and tidy manner. Upon continued expression of material from the tube the elastic band is removed, the tube is once again folded or rolled and the Tube Retaining Device is re-applied. This action is repeated until the contents of the tube are completely expelled. As the spent tube is discarded, the device is removed and then ready for use on another such tube.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The Tube Retaining Device herein presented relates to devices that compress and retain the previously emptied folded or rolled portion of a closed end collapsible tube such as a toothpaste tube. This function is advantageous when pressure is applied to extrude material from the filled portion of the tube in order to prevent the back filling of the emptied portion of the tube and retain the latter in a neat and tidy condition. [0002] This Tube Retaining Device relates to other apparati that might be used to secure such a tube following the partial expulsion of its contents. However,its purpose is not to, in and of itself, expel the contents or to fold or roll the tube but to retain the empty end of said tube once the tube has been manually folded or rolled by the user. [0003] The inventor, through development of his own original concept, arrived at the herein presented and described Tube Retaining Device. Various and many devices have been patented ...

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Benefits of technology

[0005] A unique and simple solution to a long existing problem is herein presented that, in the inventors opinion, will facilitate solving the problem of how to compress and retain the used portion of a closed end collapsible tube such as a toothpaste tube after squeezed to expel contents. By simply stretching around the previously rolled or folded tube it solves the problem previously attempted by a myriad of plastic or metallic devices at considerably less cost and effort. The herein described Tube Retaining Device easily prevents back filling with materials from the unused portion of said tube and concurrently maintains it a neat and tidy state.

Problems solved by technology

However, none are as simple, inexpensive and beautifully functional in RETAINING the tube as the herein described device.

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