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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Clark Bow, Dandridge, TN (US);
Alan V. Sorrentino, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Assignee:
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 75/32 (2006.01); B65D 75/36 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 75/5844 (2013.01); A46B 15/00 (2013.01); B65D 75/326 (2013.01); B65D 75/328 (2013.01); B65D 75/366 (2013.01); B65D 75/368 (2013.01); B65D 2575/3236 (2013.01); B65D 2575/367 (2013.01);
Abstract
A packaged oral care implement () and method of opening the same. In one embodiment, the package () includes a tab () on a first panel () of the package that is strategically located so that the oral care implement itself () acts as a foundation or barrier adjacent to the tab that assists with shearing the first panel to release the tab.