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US 2006/0037484 A1Published application
Container with sliding lid
OwnerKeith Dixon, Allen McDowell +1inventors
InventorsKeith Dixon, Allen McDowell, Thomas Liebe
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Abstract
A container for breath mints and the like includes a tray and lid. The lid may be retracted to define a dispensing slot of limited width for controlled dispensing. An internal shelf may be provided to facilitate dispensing. The lid and tray are configured to resist inelastic deformation during normal use.
Claims22
A package assembly for food products, comprising:
- a tray defining a product-receiving cavity for receiving a plurality of food items;
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- a cover slidably mounted to said tray so as to be movable between a fully closed position enclosing said cavity, and a partially open position for dispensing said food items;
- said tray having a pair of opposed ends and defining a shelf adjacent one end to receive a limited number of said food items so that, with limited opening of said cover away from the first end of said tray, said limited number of said food items is free for extraction from said package assembly.
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A food product package assembly comprising:
- a tray defining a product-receiving cavity and a plurality of food items therein, each of said food items having a horizontal dimension, a cover slidably mounted to said tray so as to be movable between a fully closed position enclosing said cavity, and a partially open position defining a slot for dispensing said food items so that, with limited opening of said cover away from the first end of said tray, a limited number of said food items may be dispensed in a controlled manner by gravity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.