Bundle support for compact dispensing package
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsRoger P. Pierson, Lawrence V. Mastalish, Daniel J. Zollar
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Abstract
A compact dispensing package for sheet-like products having an improved stack support member with outwardly projecting protuberences. The stack support member is formed from a cardboard blank having essentially the same unfolded length as the sheet-like product contained in the dispensing package, but having a folded length greater than the sheet-like product. The increased length provides better stability for the bundle of sheet-like product during shipping and storage of the compact dispensing package.
Claims3
An improved compact dispensing package for sheetlike materials comprising:
- a folded bundle of sheets of flexible material;
- a carton for containing said folded bundle of sheets of flexible material;
- said carton having a top wall with a dispensing aperture therein;
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- a support member for maintaining said folded bundle in dispensing position within said carton;
- said support member being folded from a blank having first and second stem portions and having a stem projecting toward said top wall;
- said stem comprising an upper edge and said first and second stem portions being joined at said upper edge and having at least one outwardly projecting protuberance integral with said support member and essentially coincident with said upper edge of said stem;
- said stem having an outer surface which contacts and supports said folded bundle;
- said protuberance forming an extension of said stem whereby the length of said outer surface of said stem is greater than the sum of the lengths of said first and second stem portions.
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