Patent ID: 7168563
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: A61F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A dispensing aid for facilitating removal of an individual product from a compressed package, comprising: a) a plurality of products arranged in a row within said compressed package, each of said products having a first major surface and a second major surface, said first major surface aligned opposite to said second major surface, and said first major surface of a product to a major surface of an adjacent product having an average coefficient of friction value; b) an opening formed in a wall of said compressed package, said opening being aligned perpendicular to said first major surface of at least one of said products, and said opening being of sufficient size to allow said products to be individually withdrawn such that as a product is removed from said compressed package, said first major surface of an exiting product moves parallel to an adjacent product; and c) a sheath having an open end and being sized to contain one of said products to be withdrawn from said compressed package, said sheath to an adjacent sheath having an average coefficient of friction value lower than said average coefficient of friction value of said first major surface of a product to a major surface of an adjacent product, whereby said sheath reduces the force needed to remove said contained product from said compressed package.