Patent ID: 7644822

Claim:
A container for storing and dispensing consumer products, comprising: a tray having a generally planar top surface into which has been formed a plurality of discrete cavities; consumer products disposed in one or more of the discrete cavities; and a cover sheet secured to the generally planar top surface of the tray, the cover sheet sealing the plurality of cavities and retaining the consumer products in one or more of the plurality of cavities, the cover sheet being arranged in a plane and having pre-formed separation lines defining a plurality of separatable portions corresponding to the peripheries of the plurality of cavities, each separatable portion being configured to retain the respective consumer products in the respective cavity until the separatab 1 e portion is removed, each separatable portion of the cover sheet having a respective associated lug portion that is not secured to the tray, each lug portion configured for gripping by a consumer preparatory to removing the respective separatable portion; wherein the top surface of the tray has a plurality of rigid upwardly extending protrusions each positioned underneath a respective one of the lug portions and bending the respective lug portion upwardly out of the plane of the cover sheet.