Patent ID: 6116801
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A holder for a product having a stick-like form, said holder comprising a body including a solid sidewall portion having an interior surface defining an interior opening adapted for receiving a portion of said product, at least one barb of polymer material extending away from said interior surface of said solid sidewall portion into said interior opening, said barb including an attachment portion attached to said interior surface of said solid sidewall portion and a distal portion, said distal portion connected to said attachment portion by a resilient portion having a radius of curvature, said resilient portion enabling the displacement of said distal portion from a first position extending into said interior opening away from said interior surface of said solid sidewall portion to a second position extending within said interior opening overlying and proximate said interior surface of said solid sidewall portion upon said holder initially receiving said product therein, and thereafter, being extendible away from the underlying interior surface of said solid sidewall portion into a portion of said product received within said interior opening for preventing said product from being dislodged from said holder.