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US 2007/0163914 A1Published application
Package closure
OwnerDebra Gehring, Nancy Leppla +2inventors
InventorsDebra Gehring, Nancy Leppla, David Dawson, Bruce Winslow
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Abstract
The present invention is a closure for secondary package capable of containing a product package within it wherein said product package has a prescribed orientation within the secondary package.
Claims20
A closure for a second package comprising:
- a. an extended central portion for insertion of the closure into the opening of a second package;
- b. a flange extending from said central portion of sufficient length for abutting the cross sectional edge of an opening of a second package, thereby preventing insertion of the entire closure into the interior of the second package;
- c. a flat surface on the periphery of said central portion for engaging a complimentary stop of a second package;
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- d. an imprint formed upon the planar surface of said central portion, said imprint being of sufficient shape and depth to accept a product package.
2 more elements
A package assembly for containment of a primary package wherein said package assembly comprises:
- a. a second package body;
- b. a product package within said second package;
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- c. a closure engaging the interior surface of said second package body wherein said closure comprising:
- i. a flange extending said central portion of sufficient length for abutting the cross sectional edge of said second package, thereby preventing the insertion of the entire closure into the interior of said second package;
- ii. a flat surface along on the periphery of said central portion for engaging a complementary rotational stop on the interior surface of said second package body;
- iii. an imprint formed upon the planar surface of said closure having a sufficient shape and size to accept a product package in such a manner to align said product package in designated direction within said second package;
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- iv. a means for disengagement of at least a portion of said closure from said second package in order to access the primary package within said second package.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.