Toothpaste dispensing system
View Patent ↗The toothpaste dispensing system includes a toothpaste tube and a pair of mating hook and loop fastening strips affixed to opposing surfaces of the toothpaste tube. When the bottom end of the tube is rolled up to dispense toothpaste, the mating hook and loop strips from opposing tube surfaces interlock. Consequently, the emptied, folded portions of the tube are held together, facilitating efficient dispensing of the toothpaste. The hook and loop strips may be permanently affixed to the toothpaste tube, or removably affixed for re-use with multiple tubes.
1. A toothpaste dispensing system, consisting of:
a flexible tube adapted for containing toothpaste and having a nozzle end, an opposing sealed bottom end, and opposing first and second sides extending between and connecting the nozzle end and the bottom end;
said first and second sides each defining a length between said nozzle end and said bottom end;
a first continuous hook material fastener strip being permanently affixed to said first side along the length thereof;
a second continuous loop material fastener strip being permanently affixed to said second side along the length thereof;
wherein said hook material fastener strip and said loop material fastener strip engaging each another when rolling said bottom end toward said nozzle end, and said hook material fastener strip and said loop material fastener strip are approximately 0.25 inch wide;
whereby toothpaste contained in said tube is selectively forced out of said nozzle end, and said tube in prevented from unrolling.
2. A toothpaste dispensing system, consisting of:
a flexible tube adapted for containing toothpaste and having a nozzle end, an opposing sealed bottom end, and opposing first and second sides extending between and connecting the nozzle end and the bottom end;
said first and second sides each defining a length between said nozzle end and said bottom end;
a first continuous hook material fastener strip being removably affixed to said first side along the length thereof;
a second continuous loop material fastener strip being removably affixed to said second side along the length thereof;
wherein said hook material fastener strip and said loop material fastener strip engaging each another when rolling said bottom end toward said nozzle end, and said hook material fastener strip and said loop material fastener strip are approximately 0.25 inch wide;
whereby toothpaste contained in said tube is selectively forced out of said nozzle end, and said tube in prevented from unrolling.