US3365100A
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Article dispenser package with separate suspension means
Assignee: Continental Can Co Inc
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Filing: 1965-10-24
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Granted: 1968-01-23
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Expires: 1985-10-24
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas E Piazze
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 16:27
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47F; A47F1/00; A47F1/04; A47F1/08; A47F1/085; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/806
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
235 words
A DISPENSING PACKAGE COMPRISING A DISPENSER BODY HAVING AXIALLY OPPOSITE UPPER AND LOWER END PORTIONS AND A CENTRAL PORTION THEREBETWEEN, SAID BODY BEING CONSTRUCTED FROM HEAT SHRINKABLE MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF INTERNESTED ARTICLES PACKAGED IN SAID BODY, EACH ARTICLE HAVING A BODY AND A PERIPHERALY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY DIRECTED RIM AXIALLY OPPOSITE A BOTTOM WALL THEREOF, THE LOWER END PORTION OF SAID DISPENSER BODY BEING HEAT SHRUNK INTO CONFORMING RELATIONSHIP TO AN ARTICLE BODY AND ITS RIM AT SAID LOER END PORTION, A SEPARATE DISC DISPOSED IN SAID BODY AT THE UPPER END PORTION, A SEPARATE DISC DISPOSED IN THE HAVING MEANS FOR SUSPENDING SAID DISPENSING PACKAGE FROM A SUPPORT, SAID UPPER END PORTION BEING HEAT SHRUNK INTO AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID SEPARATE DISC THEREBY RETAINING SAID DISC IN SAID DISPENSER BODY, SAID DISC INCLUDING A BODY AND AN OVERLYING FLAP, SAID FLAP AND DISC BODY BEING NORMALLY DISPOSED IN GENERALLY PARALLEL PLANES, A FOLD LINE HINGEDLY CONNECTING SAID FLAP FOR MOVEMENT TO A PLANE GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID DISC BODY, SAID FOLD LINE BEING ADJACENT SAID BODY PORTION AND MEANS ON THE DISPENSER BODY BETWEEN THE RIM AND BOTTOM WALL OF SAID LAST-MENTIONED ARTICLE BODY FOR FACILITATING THE REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF SAID LOWER SHRUNK PORTION WHEREBY SAID ARTICLES ARE READILY REMOVED FROM SAID DISPENSER BODY THROUGH AN OPENING DEFINED BY A REMAINING PORTION OF SAID SHRUNK PORTION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
235 words
A DISPENSING PACKAGE COMPRISING A DISPENSER BODY HAVING AXIALLY OPPOSITE UPPER AND LOWER END PORTIONS AND A CENTRAL PORTION THEREBETWEEN, SAID BODY BEING CONSTRUCTED FROM HEAT SHRINKABLE MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF INTERNESTED ARTICLES PACKAGED IN SAID BODY, EACH ARTICLE HAVING A BODY AND A PERIPHERALY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY DIRECTED RIM AXIALLY OPPOSITE A BOTTOM WALL THEREOF, THE LOWER END PORTION OF SAID DISPENSER BODY BEING HEAT SHRUNK INTO CONFORMING RELATIONSHIP TO AN ARTICLE BODY AND ITS RIM AT SAID LOER END PORTION, A SEPARATE DISC DISPOSED IN SAID BODY AT THE UPPER END PORTION, A SEPARATE DISC DISPOSED IN THE HAVING MEANS FOR SUSPENDING SAID DISPENSING PACKAGE FROM A SUPPORT, SAID UPPER END PORTION BEING HEAT SHRUNK INTO AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID SEPARATE DISC THEREBY RETAINING SAID DISC IN SAID DISPENSER BODY, SAID DISC INCLUDING A BODY AND AN OVERLYING FLAP, SAID FLAP AND DISC BODY BEING NORMALLY DISPOSED IN GENERALLY PARALLEL PLANES, A FOLD LINE HINGEDLY CONNECTING SAID FLAP FOR MOVEMENT TO A PLANE GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID DISC BODY, SAID FOLD LINE BEING ADJACENT SAID BODY PORTION AND MEANS ON THE DISPENSER BODY BETWEEN THE RIM AND BOTTOM WALL OF SAID LAST-MENTIONED ARTICLE BODY FOR FACILITATING THE REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF SAID LOWER SHRUNK PORTION WHEREBY SAID ARTICLES ARE READILY REMOVED FROM SAID DISPENSER BODY THROUGH AN OPENING DEFINED BY A REMAINING PORTION OF SAID SHRUNK PORTION.
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