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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2011
Allen S. Aldridge, South Orange, NJ (US);
Paul K. Bowers, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Dan Devine, Rockton, IL (US);
Christopher J. Feltman, Rockton, IL (US);
Frank Schiro, Doylestown, PA (US);
Allen S. Aldridge, South Orange, NJ (US);
Paul K. Bowers, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Dan Devine, Rockton, IL (US);
Christopher J. Feltman, Rockton, IL (US);
Frank Schiro, Doylestown, PA (US);
Cadbury Adams USA LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
A gum packaging design that utilizes two separate compartments, an upper compartment and a lower compartment. Each of the compartments may be formed from a separate paperboard blank. The blanks are folded to form the compartments and then the lower compartment is adhered to the upper compartment in a fashion that allows the lower compartment to be later separated therefrom by tearing along a perforation after the lower compartment is emptied. A cover flap on the upper compartment can be used to hold the package in a compact, closed position by folding the compartments to face each other and tucking an end into a receiving slot formed in the back panel of the lower compartment. Once the lower compartment is separated from the upper compartment, the same cover flap can be used to close the remaining package by tucking the same end of the cover flap into a receiving slot formed in a front panel of the upper compartment.