Recloseable packaging

Patent Name Re-Enclosed Packaging Patent Applicant CARDBERIA DANCE USA LLC Principal Applicant Address Delaware Inventor Jeffrey A. Loth Application (Patent) No. 01823754.1 Date of Application 2001.11.02 Certification Date Approval Notice No. 1558856 Auditing Notice Day 2004.12.29 Instruction CD-ROM D0452 Main Classification No. B65D1/24 Classification No. B65D1/24; B65D25/10; B65D25/04; B65D43/16 Sub-division Original Application No. A reclosable package for storing elongate articles, such as one or more chewing gums, includes a container having an opening to the interior region of the container. The container has several side walls surrounding the interior area of ​​the container, and the side walls extend from the opening toward the bottom wall of the container. The reclosable package also has one or more separators disposed in the interior region of the container and extending between the container opening and the bottom wall. The one or more dividers define a plurality of elongate slots adapted to receive the elongate article in an upright orientation. A lid is hinged to one of the side walls of the container. The lid is movable between a closed position in which the lid covers the elongated item stored in the container and an open position in which the elongated item can be contacted through the opening of the container. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the one or more dividers include a first set of spaced apart ribs extending from an inner surface of the first sidewall toward an inner surface of the second opposing sidewall. In other embodiments, spaced ribs extend from two or more opposing side walls. Slavable item 1. A reclosable package comprising: a container having a bottom wall and side walls extending from the bottom wall and surrounding an interior area of ​​the container, wherein the side wall has a distance away from the An upper end of the bottom wall defining an opening of the container; one or more separators disposed in an interior area of ​​the container, between the container opening and the bottom wall Extending wherein the one or more dividers define a plurality of elongated slots adapted to receive one or more elongate articles; and a cap attached to the container and closable on the openings.