Patent ID: 8658229
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package assembly for individual elongate consumable products comprising: a plurality of said products aligned in a side-by-side array; a package housing for enclosing said array of products, said package housing having a front wall, a back wall and a closeable lid for closing a dispensing opening; a frictional product retention member insertably supported within said package for frictionally retaining said array of products within said package; wherein said frictional product retention member includes a carrier insertably secured in said package, said carrier having a foldable front flap forming a U-shaped lower section for supporting one end of said products and a foldable upper section for foldable positioning over the other end of said products wherein said foldable upper section includes a plurality of tabs overlying each product, said tabs being separable from one another to dispense one of said products and each of said tabs is re-positionable between adjacent products upon removal of one of said products of said array.