Toothpaste tube roll-up retainer
OwnerFrank G. Pirralloinventor
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for rolling up a tube of toothpaste and retaining the tube in the rolled-up condition as the toothpaste is dispensed from the tube. The roll-up means is achieved by providing a bendable strip of material and integrally molding a pair of parallel spaced bendable wires with the bendable strip of material. This device is then attached to a bottom end of the toothpaste tube. The ends of the integrally molded bendable strip and wires extend past the bottom end of the toothpaste tube on both sides of the toothpaste tube, and these extending ends are foldable over the toothpaste tube end to maintain the toothpaste tube in a progressively rolled up condition as the toothpaste is dispensed from the tube.
Claims19
An improved method for rolling up a tube of toothpaste as the toothpaste is dispensed from the tube, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a bendable strip of material;
- integrally molding a pair of parallel spaced bendable wires with the bendable strip of material;
- attaching the integrally molded bendable strip and wires to a bottom end of the toothpaste tube, wherein the integrally molded bendable strip and wires extend past the bottom end of the toothpaste tube on both sides of the toothpaste tube with the extending ends foldable over the toothpaste tube end to maintain the toothpaste tube in a progressively rolled up condition as the toothpaste is dispensed from the tube.
An improved system for rolling up a tube of toothpaste as the toothpaste is dispensed from the tube, the system comprising:
- a bendable strip of material;
- a pair of parallel spaced bendable wires integrally molded with the bendable strip of material;
- means for attaching the integrally molded bendable strip and wires to a bottom end of the toothpaste tube, wherein the integrally molded bendable strip and wires extend past the bottom end of the toothpaste tube on both sides of the toothpaste tube with the extending ends foldable over the toothpaste tube end to maintain the toothpaste tube in a progressively rolled up condition as the toothpaste is dispensed from the tube.
A roll-up retainer device comprising:
- a bendable strip of material;
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- a pair of parallel spaced bendable wires integrally molded with the bendable strip of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.