Gum slab package having insertable product retention member
View Patent ↗A package assembly encloses a plurality of individual elongate consumable products. The package assembly includes a plurality of products aligned in a side-by-side array. The package housing enclosed the array of product. The package housing has front and back walls for supporting the products therebetween and a closeable cover for closing a product dispensing opening. The package housing further includes a frictional product retention member insertably supported within the package for frictionally retaining the array of product within the package.
1. A package assembly for individual elongate consumable products comprising:
a plurality of said products aligned in a side-by-side array;
a package housing for enclosing said array of products, said package housing having a front wall, a back wall and a closeable lid for closing a dispensing opening;
a frictional product retention member insertably supported within said package for frictionally retaining said array of products within said package;
wherein said frictional product retention member includes a carrier insertably secured in said package, said carrier having a foldable front flap forming a U-shaped lower section for supporting one end of said products and a foldable upper section for foldable positioning over the other end of said products wherein said foldable upper section includes a plurality of tabs overlying each product, said tabs being separable from one another to dispense one of said products and each of said tabs is re-positionable between adjacent products upon removal of one of said products of said array.
2. A package assembly of claim 1 wherein said tabs are separated by perforations.