Patent ID: 7967169
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: B65D,G01F

Abstract:
1. A toothpaste dispensing system, comprising a device especially adapted to fit and slide inside of a flexible tube adapted for containing toothpaste and having a nozzle end, and opposing sealed bottom end and opposing first and second sides extending between and connecting the nozzle end and the bottom end; and a pair friction strips containing grooves or teeth the strips being affixed to the full length of the two sides of the device and facing the first and second sides of the flexible tube; and a pair of friction strips containing grooves or teeth the strips being affixed to the full length of the first and second sides of the flexible tube; and the grooves or teeth are oriented so that when the flexible tube is manually squeezed the toothpaste is propelled out of the tube as the device easily moves forward toward the nozzle end; however, the opposing friction strips of the device and the first and second sides of the tube have grooves or teeth that interlock preventing the device from retracting toward the closed end when the tube is manually squeezed.