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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Ryan A. Bailey, Richmond, VA (US);
Ryan A. Bailey, Richmond, VA (US);
MeadWestvaco Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a packaging system () for containing and dispensing loose filled product units. An inverted tray () is sealed to a backer board () with a guide insert disposed there between defining an interior chamber that is also filled with product units. The guide insert may include a base flange (), a pair of side flanges for funneling product units into the truncated area that defines a next dispensing position. A flexible bridge () includes at least one high point and a fence portion that can descend into the base flange upon application of sufficient pressure to the at least one high point. This allows a product unit to advance to a dispensing position such that product units can be dispensed one at a time through user manipulation of the flexible bridge.