The Procter Gamble Company

Robert W Blaut

James L Drobish

Arthur H Dornbusch

Leo E Taske

Roger E Schanzle

Arthur H Dornsbusch

A flexible storage and dispensing package for fluid material. The package has a first mode of operation capable of storing the fluid material without leakage when the package is subjected to unintentional external forces and a second mode of operation capable of dispensing the fluid material when the package is subjected to external forces intentionally applied by the user. The second mode of operation is capable of dispensing the fluid material through a discharge orifice in response to manually applied forces and of automatically ceasing the dispensing operation when the manually applied forces are removed. The package is also resistant to leakage in the second mode of operation when stored with its discharge orifice downwardly oriented intermediate dispensing cycles.

Bimodal storage and dispensing package including self-sealing dispensing

A shipping container which after initial delivery is adapted to be divided into two subcontainers, each of which can thereafter be shipped to another location, stored or used for display purposes. A pair of retaining members extend vertically and in face-to-face relation into the container from a closure, each being integrally attached to one of a pair of opposed flaps of the closure and each bearing securing tabs, one at each end. The securing tabs extend through slots in the side walls of the container and are folded 90.degree. and glued so the inner surface portion of each is adhesively attached to an outer surface portion of a side wall adjacent the slots. The balance of the container material is adapted to be separated along a plane interconnecting the slots.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Robert W Blaut