Toothbrush package

• US 7,475,775 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2006
• Issued: 01/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
• Original Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
• Inventors: Fattori, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): BUI, LUAN KIM
• Application Number:
  US11/451,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20060226041A1
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: 206/15.1, 206/15.2, 206/361, 2063621-3623, 132/286, 132/308, 312/206, 312/207, 220/212, 220/252, 2203452-3454
• US Class Current: 206/362.3
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2201/00 Means or constructions for testing or controlling the contents
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/20 External fittings of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/44

Abstract

A package for displaying certain features of a toothbrush is disclosed. The package includes a movable slider bar as part of the package that can be manipulated by a potential consumer. The slidable bar engages a movable portion of a toothbrush so that a potential customer can observe that movement without opening the package.

Claims

1. A package for displaying a toothbrush with an upper movable portion prior to purchase, comprising:

a sealed, container for retaining the toothbrush therein, the container having an opening therein adjacent to an upper moveable portion of the toothbrush,

a bar disposed in the opening to provide lateral movement of the upper moveable portion of the toothbrush, the bar having a surface outside the container for lateral movement upon application of a force thereon, and the bar having a downwardly extending portion inside the container that engages the upper movable portion of the toothbrush while maintaining the container in a sealed position.

2. The package of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the bar covers the opening in the container during use.

3. The package of claim 1, wherein the bar is positioned on an upper surface of the container.

4. The package of claim 1, wherein the bar further comprises side edges that are flush with side edges of the container prior to movement of the bar for engagement with the movable portion of a toothbrush.

5. The package of claim 1, wherein the bar has a concave contour.