IP Library Granted Patent US 10,370,180
Granted Patent B2
US 10,370,180 · App. 15/548,669 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Packaging for chewing gum

Inventors: James Joseph Best (Hewitt, NJ); Geoffery Joseph Lacorte (West Milford, NJ); Timothy Jude Kennedy (Greenwich, CT)
Assignee: THE TOPPS COMPANY INC.
B65D85/60B65D5/04B65D21/0204B65D25/10B65D25/40B65D67/02B65D81/3205
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Patent No.
US 10,370,180
App. No.
15/548,669
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chewing gum package includes a dispenser, a dispenser holder, and a gum holder. The dispenser is configured to dispense a flavored liquid. The dispenser holder is configured to detachably receive and hold the dispenser. The gum holder is configured to hold a chewing gum product. The gum holder includes a first panel connected relative to and extending outward from a first side of the dispenser holder, and a second panel connected relative to and extending outward from a first side of the dispenser holder. The first panel and the second panel are configured to be movable between a closed position and an open position. The first panel and the second panel are substantially parallel to one another in the closed position to inhibit access to the chewing gum product and are not parallel to one another in the open position to increase access to the gum product.

Claims (43)

1. A chewing gum package comprising:

a gum holder configured to hold a chewing gum product and comprising (a) a first panel, (b) a second panel, and (c) a third panel connected between and to both the first panel and the second panel, the third panel and the first panel being connected to each other along a first line, the third panel and the second panel being connected to each other along a second line that is parallel to the first line;

a dispenser configured to contain and dispense a liquid; and

a separate dispenser holder attached to a first side of the third panel, the dispenser holder being configured to detachably receive and hold the dispenser,

wherein,

at least one of the first panel or the second panel is hingedly connected to the third panel so that the first panel and the second panel are hingedly movable relative to each other about the first line, the second line, or both the first line and the second line to thereby place the gum holder in a closed condition or an open condition,

the first panel and the second panel are spaced apart and substantially parallel to one another when the gum holder is in the closed condition to inhibit access to the chewing gum product and are not parallel to one another the gum holder is in the open condition to increase access to the chewing gum product, and

the first panel, second panel, and third panel define a space enclosed on three sides at a second side of the third panel when the gum holder is in the closed condition.

2. The chewing gum package of claim 1 , wherein each of the first panel and the second panel includes a compartment in which chewing gum can be received, the compartment of the first panel facing the second panel and the compartment of the second panel facing the first panel when the gum holder is in the closed condition.

3. The chewing gum package of claim 1 , further comprising an attachment mechanism configured to secure the dispenser holder to the gum holder.

4. The chewing gum package of claim 1 , further comprising an attachment mechanism configured to secure the dispenser holder to the third panel.

5. The chewing gum package of claim 1 , wherein the dispenser further comprises a reservoir configured to hold the liquid and a nozzle configured to expel the liquid.

6. The chewing gum package of claim 5 , wherein the dispenser holder further comprises a cap configured to receive the nozzle and a main body configured to receive the reservoir.

7. The chewing gum package of claim 6 , wherein the reservoir further comprises a guide portion configured to be received and slide within the main body of the dispenser holder.

8. The chewing gum package of claim 6 , wherein the cap further comprises a nozzle-receiving portion disposed on an inner surface of the cap and configured to detachably connect to the nozzle when the dispenser is received in the dispenser holder.

9. The chewing gum package of claim 1 , wherein the dispenser holder further comprises a cap configured to receive a first portion of the dispenser and a main body configured to receive a second portion of the dispenser.

10. The chewing gum package of claim 1 , wherein the first panel comprises a securement flap configured to secure together the first panel and the second panel when the gum holder is in the closed condition.

11. The chewing gum package of claim 10 , wherein the second panel comprises a slit configured to receive the securement flap when the gum holder is in the closed condition.

12. The chewing gum package of claim 1 , wherein the first panel comprises a first compartment configured to hold the chewing gum product.

13. The chewing gum package of claim 12 , wherein the second panel comprises a second compartment configured to hold a second chewing gum product.

14. The chewing gum package of claim 1 , wherein the first panel, second panel, and third panel are made of paper, cardboard, or plastic.

15. The chewing gum package of claim 1 , comprising gum held within the space enclosed on three sides by the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel.

16. The chewing gum package of claim 1 , wherein the first panel, second panel, and third panel are sections of a unitary sheet created by fold lines of the sheet.

17. The chewing gum package of claim 16 , wherein the unitary sheet is made of paper, cardboard, or plastic.

18. A chewing gum package comprising:

a dispenser configured to dispense a flavored liquid;

a dispenser holder configured to detachably receive and hold the dispenser; and

a gum holder configured to hold a chewing gum product, the gum holder comprising (a) a first panel connected relative to and extending outward from a first side of the dispenser holder, (b) a second panel connected relative to and extending outward from the first side of the dispenser holder, (c) a third panel, the first panel and the second panel being connected to the third panel such that the third panel is disposed between the first panel and the second panel, and (d) an attachment mechanism configured to secure the dispenser holder to the third panel,

wherein,

the first panel and the second panel are configured to be movable relative to each other thereby to place the gum holder in an open condition or a closed condition,

the first panel and the second panel are substantially parallel to one another but spaced apart when the gum holder is in the closed condition to inhibit access to the chewing gum product and are not parallel to one another when the gum holder is in the closed condition to increase access to the chewing gum product, and

the third panel comprises at least one opening, and the attachment mechanism comprises a clip body having at least one engagement hole and at least one protrusion formed on the dispenser holder such that when the attachment mechanism secures the dispenser holder to the third panel, the at least one protrusion extends through the at least one opening and engages with the at least one engagement hole.

19. A chewing gum package comprising:

a dispenser configured to dispense a flavored liquid, the dispenser comprising a reservoir configured to hold the flavored liquid and a nozzle configured to expel the flavored liquid;

a dispenser holder configured to detachably receive and hold the dispenser; and

a gum holder configured to hold a chewing gum product, the gum holder comprising (a) a first panel connected relative to and extending outward from a first side of the dispenser holder, (b) a second panel connected relative to and extending outward from the first side of the dispenser holder, and (c) a third panel, the first panel and the second panel being connected to the third panel such that the third panel is disposed between the first panel and the second panel,

wherein

the dispenser holder is secured to the third panel,

the dispenser holder comprises a cap configured to receive the nozzle and a main body configured to receive the reservoir,

the cap comprises a nozzle-receiving portion disposed on an inner surface of the cap and configured to detachably connect to the nozzle when the dispenser is received in the dispenser holder,

the cap further comprises guiding ribs configured to guide the nozzle to the nozzle-receiving portion when the dispenser is received in the dispenser holder,

the first panel and the second panel are configured to be movable relative to each other thereby to place the gum holder in a closed condition or an open condition, and

the first panel and the second panel are substantially parallel to one another but spaced apart when the gum holder is in the closed condition to inhibit access to the chewing gum product and are not parallel to one another when the gum holder is in the open condition to increase access to the chewing gum product.

Assignments (8)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 30, 2024
From: THE BAZOOKA COMPANIES, INC.
To: THE BAZOOKA COMPANIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 066380/0285 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 6, 2023
From: THE BAZOOKA COMPANIES, INC.
To: GOLUB CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 065177/0176 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 058947, FRAME 0938 Recorded Sep 29, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
To: THE BAZOOKA COMPANIES
Reel/Frame 065084/0967 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: THE BAZOOKA COMPANIES, INC.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 058947/0938 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2022
From: THE TOPPS COMPANY, INC.
To: THE BAZOOKA COMPANIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058614/0527 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 046374, FRAME 0273 Recorded Jan 3, 2022
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: THE TOPPS COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 058570/0408 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2018
From: BEST, JAMES JOSEPH; LACORTE, GEOFF JOSEPH; KENNEDY, TIMOTHY JUDE
To: THE TOPPS COMPANY INC.
Reel/Frame 044972/0763 →
SUPPLEMENTAL PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 25, 2017
From: THE TOPPS COMPANY, INC.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 043674/0273 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62113148 · Feb 6, 2015
Provisional Application 62187555 · Jul 1, 2015
Related Publication 20180029788A1 · Feb 1, 2018