Package having a dispensing opening and fold over flap

a technology of opening and opening flap, which is applied in the direction of packaging sweets, packaging foodstuffs, packaged goods, etc., can solve the problems of difficult effective reclose of the open end, easy inadvertent dispense of more than the desired number of pieces,
US20080173564A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-07-24INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
Publication Date
2008-07-24
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

The package contains and dispenses a product, preferably a confectionery product such as a gum piece. The package includes a package housing having opposed front and back walls and a perimterical wall enclosing the package interior. One wall includes a dispensing opening having a size which closely approximates the size of the product contained therein. A flap extends from the back wall for covering the dispensing opening so as to maintain the product within the package.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 881,729, filed Jan. 22, 2207; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 920,641, filed Mar. 29, 2007; which are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates generally to a package for containing and dispensing product. More particularly, the present invention relates to a package for dispensing loose products which may include confectionery products such as gum pieces and the like.BACKGROUND

[0003] The art has seen a wide variety of packages for containing and dispensing products which may include confectionery products such as candy and particularly gum. One type of package is a blister package including a blister tray and a cover which slidably receives the blister tray. The blister tray houses a plurality of gum pieces, each piece in an individual blister depression.

[0004] The art has also seen the use of packages which loos...

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