Title: Article holding and dispensing container

Abstract: An article holding and dispensing container having an article receiving and holding compartmental tray and a plurality of vertical and horizontal score lines separating the tray into a plurality of individually removable pockets. A closure member is heat-sealed to the back of the tray closing off the pockets and includes vertical and horizontal score lines aligned with the score lines of the tray. The closure member is not heat-sealed to the tray in the vicinity of the intersection of the score lines to facilitate breaking away of individual pockets or removing the contents thereof. A plurality of such containers may be hung in a generally vertical array on support members with indicia at the top of each container and the pockets at the bottom with one of the containers being removable from the support members without the necessity of removing any of the remaining containers.

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Inventors: Mullen, Patrick E.

Application Number: 377557
Filing Date: 1973-07-09
Publication_date: 1976-01-20
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Primary Class(es): 206/532 206/461, 206/539, 206/564, 211/59.1
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1524348	Jan, 1925	Field	211/59.
1755927	Apr, 1930	Levinsohn	211/59.
2126980	Aug, 1938	Sears	211/57.
3503493	Mar, 1970	Nagy	206/232.
3780856	Dec, 1973	Braverman	206/42.
3809220	May, 1974	Arcudi	206/498.

Other Refs: 577,151939,676

Aug, 1946	UK
Oct, 1963	UK

Primary Examiner: Price, William I.
Assistant Examiner: Hart, Ro E.
Attorney: