Dispensing package
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1. A package in combination with swabs comprising:
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Abstract
A package especially useful for dispensing cotton swabs. The package includes a cover comprised of a thin plastic bubble and a base made of paperboard. The cover is adhered to the base along its periphery. An access opening if formed by lines of weakness in both the cover and the base. The opening permits removal of the swabs by the consumer, but prevents escape of the swabs during normal use.
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1. A package in combination with swabs comprising:
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a) a paperboard base and b) a thermoplastic cover adhered thereto, c) said base comprising base lines of weakness, d) said cover comprising cover lines of weakness, e) said base lines of weakness and said cover lines of weakness together defining a removable access closure the removal of which forms an access opening in said package, said opening including a medial area and lateral areas in said cover and a medial area of said base, which access opening permits access to the contents of said package wherein said medial access opening defined in said base includes an elongated finger aperture extending in a direction transverse to said lateral portions of said access opening, said package containing said swabs comprising a stick having two ends and a ball of fibrous material at least at one of said ends, wherein said access opening is sufficiently narrow normally to confine said swabs to said package but wherein said package is sufficiently flexible to permit a user readily to remove a swab from the package through a portion of the access opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A package in combination with swabs comprising:
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a) a paperboard base and b) a thermoplastic cover adhered thereto, c) said base comprising base lines of weakness, d) said cover comprising cover lines of weakness, e) said base lines of weakness and said cover lines of weakness together defining a removable access closure the removal of which forms an access opening in said package, said opening including a medial area and lateral areas in said cover and a medial area of said base, which access opening permits access to the contents of said package wherein said medial access opening defined in said base includes an elongated finger aperture extending in a direction transverse to said lateral portions of said access opening, said cover including a front wall which includes a first downwardly extending section extending toward said base, a forwardly extending section extending generally parallel to said base and a second downwardly extending section, said lines of weakness being disposed between said first downwardly extending section and said forwardly extending section, said package swabs comprising a stick having two ends and a ball of fibrous material at least at one of said ends wherein said cover lines of weakness include two ends and comprise a medial portion and at each end, a lateral portion, said cover lateral portions being spaced from said base to define a width of said access opening at said lateral portions which will not normally permit the fibrous balls to exit the package, said cover and base being sufficiently flexible to permit a user readily to remove a swab from the package through said access opening at least at one of said cover lateral portions. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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