Cap for package of chewing gum

• US 5,636,732 A
• Filed: 11/07/1994
• Issued: 06/10/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lisa A. Gilels, Terry J. Adams
• Original Assignee: Lisa A. Gilels, Terry J. Adams
• Inventors: Gilels, Lisa A., Adams, Terry J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoap, Allan N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NEWHOUSE, NATHAN JEFFREY
• Application Number:
  US08/335,178
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: 220/254, 220/259, 220/334, 220/337, 220/339, 206/37, 206/800, 206/39, 206/39.5, 206/39.6
• US Class Current: 206/37
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/169 the lid, the hinge and the element connecting them to the container being made of one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/08 having articulated or hinged closures B65D55/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/80 Chewing gum

Abstract

A package containing sticks of chewing gum is opened at one end to expose the sticks. A cap is placed on the open end of the package and has a frame which surrounds the open end. The frame has two windows each of which is juxtaposed with a group of the chewing gum sticks. A pair of covers for the windows is pivotally mounted on the frame.

Claims

1. A combination cap and open chewing gum package comprising, in combination:

a package having sticks of chewing gum located within said package and having ends of said sticks of chewing gum exposed at one end of said package;

a cap located around a perimeter portion of said one end of said gum package and comprising a frame-like element embracing the exposed ends of said sticks of chewing gum;

said frame-like element having a first open section defining one half of said package and framing a first group of the exposed ends of said sticks of chewing gum and a second open section defining the other half of said package and framing a second group of the exposed ends of said sticks of chewing gum, said frame-like element further comprising a single strap member extending midway between said first open section and said second open section; and

a pair of covers, one of said pair of covers for said first open section and the other of said pair of covers for said second open section, each one of said pair of covers pivotally mounted on said single strap member selectively exposing or closing the open section located beneath each cover, said frame-like element is substantially rectangular and each said open section is arranged side-by-side as seen lengthwise on said frame-like element, each of said pair of covers has an open position and a closed position, said frame-like element and at least one of said covers being provided with cooperating coupling portions for arresting said cover in the closed position, said coupling portions comprise a first lip extending radially outwardly from said frame-like element and a second lip on said cover.

2. The combination cap and open chewing gum package of claim 1 wherein said coupling portions are designed for snap action.

3. The combination cap and open chewing gum package of claim 1 wherein one of said pair of covers being pivotable from an open position to a closed position in a clockwise direction and the other of said pair of covers being pivotable from an open position to a closed position in a counterclockwise direction.