Dispensing containers

Abstract

A container for storing and dispensing consumer products comprises a multi-compartment moulded tray (1) formed with an array of discrete cavities (6) for receiving consumer products. A cover film (20) is secured by adhesive to the generally planar top surface (5) of the tray (1) to retain the one or more items within the cavities (6). The cover film has pre-formed tear lines (23) defining the peripheries of an array of tear-off portions (22), each tear-off portion being arranged so that in use it overlies an associated one of the cavities to retain the one or more items in that cavity until it is removed. Each tear-off portion (22) has an associated lug portion (24) not secured to the tray in use, for gripping by a user preparatory to removing the said tear-off portion (22). The top surface of the tray has an array of upwardly extending protrusions (7) positioned to be located beneath the lug portions (24) in use to bend those lug portions (24) upwardly out of the plane of the remainder of the cover film (20) when the cover film (20) is secured by adhesive to the generally planar top surface of the tray (1), to make the lugs readily graspable by a user.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.