Openable assembly with gripping aids and folding means
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorHenry Young Chin
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Abstract
An openable closure assembly including: a) a base having two end edges, a front longitudinal side and a back longitudinal side, a top surface and a bottom surface; b) an opening mechanism mounted on the top surface of the base adjacent to and spaced from both of the longitudinal side edges; c) at least one gripping aid joined to an end edge of the opening mechanism. Also disclosed are packages comprising the closure assembly. Additionally disclosed are securement loops which can be attached to the package bottom panel and into which the gripping aids can be inserted.
Claims23
An openable closure assembly comprising:
- a) a base having, two end edges, a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side;
- b) a closure mechanism comprising a first portion and a second portion, mounted on said base adjacent to and spaced apart from said longitudinal sides;
- c) at least one gripping aid joined to at least one of the end edges of said opening mechanism.
A package with an opening comprising:
- a) a first panel having a first longitudinal edge and a second panel having a second longitudinal edge;
- b) an openable closure assembly having a first end edge and a second end edge and comprising a closure mechanism including a first portion and a second portion;
- c) at least one gripping aid joined to at least one of said end edges of said closure assembly.
A package comprising:
- a) a first panel having a first longitudinal edge and a second panel having a second longitudinal edge;
- b) a bottom panel;
- c) a closure assembly comprising:i)
- i) a base having, two end edges, a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side, said base being joined to and extending beyond said first and second panels;
- ii) a closure mechanism comprising a first portion and a second portion, mounted on said base adjacent to and spaced apart from said longitudinal sides;
- iii) at least one gripping aid joined to at least one of the end edges of said closure assembly.
- d) at least one securement loop joined to the package which is capable of interacting with the gripping aid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.