Abstract: A container or carrying case for cartridges of viscous material such as caulking compound or adhesive together with a tool or gun for using the cartridges in which the cartridges can be stored in either an open position with the cartridge nozzles pointing upwardly or in a closed position with their nozzles pointing downwardly.

Abstract: A collapsible tube is obtained by heat bonding a head to a polyolefin sleeve, the head comprising a composition which comprises a polyolefin resin (A), a saponified product of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (B) having a melting point of at least 135.degree. C., and a saponified product ethylene-vinyl acetate. copolymer (C) having a melting point of not more than 130.degree. C.

Abstract: The invention concerns a packaging tube comprising a multi-layer pure plastic laminate and a sealing arrangement for tube heads for the packaging of materials with volatile substances such as flavouring or scent substances, which has a resistance to diffusion which is the same as or comparable to tubes which in their laminate structure have a metal layer as a diffusion barrier and which improves the recycling of tubes.

Abstract: In the broader aspects of the invention, there is provided an improved dental appliance comprising a dentifrice package with an applicator at one package end and a hollow base at the other package end. A supply of dentifrice is positioned in the package. A supply of dental floss is positioned within the hollow base and threaded through an exit opening in the base.

Abstract: A laminate-tube container having a shoulder with improved barrier properties is characterized in that the shoulder comprises a material composed of (A) 0 to 50% by weight of polyethylene, (B) 10 to 50% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer or a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and (c) 10 to 90% by weight of a carboxylic acid-modified adhesive polyethylene resin. The laminate-tube is markedly improved in the gas barrier property at the shoulder thereof and, thus, the quality of the contents of the container can be maintained for a long period of time. The laminate-tube container according to the present invention is extremely useful as containers used for toothpaste, medicine, food, drinks, adhesives or the like.

Abstract: A dispensing package assembly useful for dispensing a predetermined amount of a fluent material comprises a relatively stiff base sheet, a blister overlay appended to the overlay and a dispenser pouch housed within the confines of the overlay and the sheet. The blister overlay having a main cavity and a secondary cavity includes a dispenser depression, preferably in the shape of a thumb indention, which protrudes downward into the main cavity. A shearing depression extending laterally through the secondary cavity defines an area of reduced depth within the secondary cavity. The main body of the pouch is located within the overlay main cavity having a dispensing channel or passageway extending therefrom beneath the shearing depression and into the secondary cavity.

Abstract: An oral composition, such as a paste or gel dentifrice or a liquid mouthwash, containing a substantially water insoluble non-cationic antibacterial agent, such as triclosan, which, when used to clean the teeth or rinse the mouth, acts to decrease plaque on the teeth, is packaged in a dispensing container which includes a solid polymeric material, such as polyfluoroethylene, which is compatible with the antibacterial agent so that excessive loss of anti-plaque activity of such agent on storage is avoided. Alternatively, various other polymers may be employed as container parts, which normally would cause excessive losses of anti-plaque action of the antibacterial agent in the composition but such action is countered by the presence of a stabilizer, such as a terpene, e.g., limonene, in the oral composition formula.

Abstract: An oral composition, such as a paste or gel dentifrice or a liquid mouthwash, containing a substantially water insoluble non-cationic antibacterial agent, such as triclosan, which, when used to clean the teeth or rinse the mouth, acts to decrease plaque on the teeth, is packaged in a dispensing container or bottle which includes a solid polymeric material, such as polyfluoroethylene, which is compatible with the antibacterial agent so that excessive loss of anti-plaque activity of such agent on storage is avoided. Alternatively, various other polymers may be employed as container parts, which normally would cause excessive losses of anti-plaque action of the antibacterial agent in the composition but such action is countered by the presence of a stabilizer, such as a terpene, e.g., limonene, in the oral composition formula. Also described is a method for inhibiting development of plaque on teeth.

Abstract: A dental composition, such as a paste or gel dentifrice containing triclosan, as an antibacterial agent which acts to decrease plaque on the teeth, and polyphosphate for anti-tartar actions, is packaged in a finger actuatable pump-type plastic dispensing container which is made of or includes a solid polymeric material, such as a polyfluoroethylene, which is compatible with triclosan, so that excessive loss of its anti-plaque activity on storage is avoided, which losses have been noted when various other plastics have been employed as dispensing container component materials. Alternatively, others of such plastic may be employed for dispensing container parts when a stabilizer, such as a terpene, e.g., limonene, is present in the dentifrice.

Abstract: A cake decorating utensil organizing container is disclosed for providing a container to store a variety of cake decorating utensils in a secure, organized and readily accessible manner. Clean, wet pastry tips may be stored in an erect position in individual sleeves in outwardly rotatable holders, with moisture from the pastry tips caught on outwardly rotatable drip trays. Evaporation of moisture is facilitated by ventilation holes. Additional cake decorating utensils may be stored in a removable utensil tray and also in a base portion. The container may be rapidly disassembled into component parts for cleaning.

Abstract: An oral composition, such as a paste or gel dentifrice or a liquid mouthwash, containing a substantially water insoluble non-cationic antibacterial agent, such as triclosan, which, when used to clean the teeth or rinse the mouth, acts to decrease plaque on the teeth, is packaged in a dispensing container or bottle which includes a solid polymeric material, such as polyfluoroethylene, which is compatible with the antibacterial agent so that excessive loss of anti-plaque acitivity of such agent on storage is avoided. Alternatively, various other polymers may be employed as container parts, which normally would cause excessive losses of anti-plaque action of the antibacterial agent in the composition but such action is countered by the presence of a stabilizer, such as a terpene, e.g., limonene, in the oral composition formula. Also described is a method for inhibiting development of plaque on teeth.

Abstract: Sheet materials and packages capable of holding hard-to-hold products such as methyl salicylate. The preferred embodiments include a foil layer 12 and a layer 14 of EVOH between foil layer 12 and the enclosed product. A carboxy modified adhesive layer 18 is disposed between the EVOH layer 14 and the product 52. Additional layers are used in the sheet material for purposes of adhesion, appearance, protection, body, and the like. One embodiment of the invention is a coextruded film comprising the EVOH layer 514, a surface layer 516, an intervening adhesive layer 518, and a fourth covering layer 519 for covering and protecting the EVOH layer 514, especially from physical abuse. A method is disclosed wherein the sheet materials of the invention may be made into packages using fin seals 54 and lap seals 50.

Abstract: A commodity package includes a body, a part of an outer surface of the body being recessed inwardly of the body to provide an auxiliary container portion for containing an auxiliary commodity therein. A transparent cover member is attached to the body to cover at least the auxiliary container portion containing the auxiliary commodity therein.

Abstract: A product for the building industry includes a container having opposed transparent sidewall portions and a transparent caulking compound contained therein so that the appearance of a substrate surface with the caulking compound may be previewed before actual application of the caulk. A dispensing nozzle is provided at a downstream end and has a resealable cap. The container has a flexible sidewall that is flattened at an upstream end to form a region of reduced thickness so that a mass of caulking compound therein has a flattened configuration with this mass confined between the facing transparent sidewall portions. Preferably the entire sidewall is transparent and has index markings correlated to available bead length of the caulk remaining in the container. The flexible sidewall permits manual dispensing and allows a crease to be made thereby forming a preview packet.

Abstract: A toothbrush holder attachment for stand-up toothpaste dispensers which is readily fabricated from thin sheet material, and which may be carried by the dispenser ready for use in the usual dispenser merchandizing carton. Toothbrushes may also be packaged therewith. The attachment is characterized by having an effective width substantially that of the stand-up base of such dispenser so as to be mounted thereon prior to packaging of the dispenser in the usual rectangular merchandizing carton, wherein the attachment assists in stabilizing the dispenser in its carton, and also permits the prepackaging therewith of a toothbrush carried by the mounted attachment.

Abstract: A container for viscous materials having volatile components is constructed to have substantial transparency. The container includes a tubular housing having first and second closing structures at opposite ends. The housing may be entirely constructed of amorphous nylon, but preferably is formed as a laminate having a relatively thin inner lining of high barrier amorphous nylon and an outer sleeve of low barrier plastic, such as plyethylene terephthalate. In one embodiment the container is adapted for caulking compounds wherein the first closing structure is an end wall, nozzle and snout assembly and wherein the second closing structure is defined by a moveable piston slideably received in the housing interior.

Abstract: Dental cream in contact with a polyolefin resin surface of a package such as a laminate tube, a mechanical dispenser or a flexible sachet. The dental cream contains a dentally acceptable water-insoluble alkaline earth metal salt, a liquid vehicle and a gelling agent. The liquid vehicle contains water, glycerine and sorbitol and, as an additive to prevent syneresis due to contact between the dental cream and the polyolefin resin, propylene glycol which acts also as a preservative against bacterial contamination of the product.

Abstract: A blister pack strip comprises two congruent deep-drawn carrier foils (1) of polystyrene. Each foil (1) has a thickness of between 130 and 190.mu.. The foils (1) are coated on their facing surfaces with polyethylene (2) having a thickness of between 40 and 50.mu., are welded together in mirror image to form a plurality of pockets (7), and define a plurality of inlet funnels (4) along one edge of the strip communicating with respective pockets. Each inlet funnel (4) is at least partly closed by a weld bridge (5). Welded-up squirt nozzles (8) communicating with each pocket (7) are formed on the side of the strip opposite to the inlet funnels (4), and a groove (9) is provided transversely to the squirt nozzles (8) and parallel with the adjacent edges of the carrier foils (1).

Abstract: A plastic container is filled with an antiseptic toothpaste composition comprising an aluminum oxide compound such as aluminum oxide trihydrate as a main abrasive and a polyhydric alcohol such as propylene glycol, sorbitol, etc. in an amount of 5 to 100 moles in fluoride-free systems or 4.0 to 100 moles in fluoride-containing systems per liter of water in the toothpaste composition.

Abstract: A display system is provided for consumer fluid product containers of the tubular, crimped-end type. A carton whose top panel can be folded back to reveal the contents and form a display board receives a tray having a series of parallel rows. Each row or trough has one or more individual pockets formed by low partitions, and each pocket has a plurality of members projecting from either pocket side to releasably grip a received crimped container end. The pockets of any one row are skewed from the pockets of the row before it or behind it, creating a close packing, mutual support and fixed positioning of the containers inside the carton.

Abstract: A soft tube intended for packaging paste products is provided. The bottom end of the tube to be filled is flattened and folded upon itself. The result is a four-ply area which is sealed by slipping a U-shaped clip into place covering it.

Abstract: A carton blank, and a display carton erected therefrom, are adapted for securely holding a tube in a specially-designed cradle means made from a unitary panel of the carton. The unitary panel has a first cut line extending generally along the width dimension at the top end. A second cut line extends from the first cut line along the length of the cradle means, terminating at a point short of the bottom end. Third and fourth cut lines are spaced outwardly on opposite sides of the second cut line and extend along the length of the cradle. Score lines extend in angular relationship from the third and fourth cut lines toward the bottom end of the cradle means. A tab on the bottom end of the cradle means is adapted for engaging a chime on the tube cap and preventing the tube from inadvertent displacement from the carton.

Abstract: A dental hygiene kit having a main body, a toothbrush detachably fastened to one end of the main body, a sleeve or cover for enclosing the toothbrush, and fitting around a portion of the main body, the main body constituting a handle portion having a cavity or recess therein, and a toothpaste container shaped to fit snugly within the cavity, the toothpaste container being formed of a flexible material and having a nozzle and cap at one end, through which toothpaste may be squeezed onto the brush, and at the other end, having an open end, and having a cylindrical member located at the open end, forming an outer wall around the open end of the container, which is expanded or bulged relative to the rest of the container making a push-tight fit within the cavity so that it will remain securely in place until removed for use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible package for storing and dispensing liquid or pasty matters, of the type made by moulding a plastics material and comprising a tube extended by an endpiece, the joining portion of these two parts being such as to allow the complete expulsion of the product, wherein the joining portion is deformed irreversibly under the action exerted thereon by the user.

Abstract: A system for handling tubular containers includes apparatus for unloading the tubular containers from incoming cases within which the tubular containers are arranged in freely stacked rows, the apparatus including a pusher member for engaging the exterior of each container in a row of tubular containers and pushing the tubular containers from each case in row-by-row sequence at a level elevated relative to a selected delivery point, and a delivery ramp for receiving the pushed rows of tubular containers and enabling the tubular containers to descend to the delivery point in appropraite order and alignment. The cases have a slot-like access opening for the pusher member and an opposite egress opening for allowing each row of tubular containers to emerge from the case in response to actuation of the pusher member.

Abstract: A collapsible dispensing container having a laminated tubular body, the laminated tubular body including a metal foil layer, and a layer of a copolymer resulting from the polymerization of 100 parts by weight of (a) at least 50 percent by weight of at least one nitrile having the structure ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen, a lower alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a halogen, and (b) up to 50 percent by weight based on the combined weight of (a) and (b) of an ester having the structure ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen, and R.sub.

Abstract: A display carton shaped generally in the shape of the article enclosed, and it may optionally have advertising thereon.

Abstract: Toothpaste containing sodium bicarbonate as the principal abrasive and a lesser amount of another compatible abrasive. Examples of these are chalk, silica, alumina, zirconium silicate or sodium aluminosilicate, or a mixture thereof, said other abrasive constituting at least about 3% of the toothpaste.

Abstract: Dental cream suitable for use in an unlined aluminum container comprising between about 35% and 60% of abrasive containing alumina as the major abrasive component and as agents to render the dental cream compatible with an unlined aluminum container, calcium carbonate present as minor abrasive component in amount of at least about 1% of the dental cream and a dissolved or dispersed silicate present in amount of about 0.05%-0.25%. The composition also desirably contains a water-soluble monofluorophosphate salt in amount which provides 0.01-1% fluoride in the dental cream and when the dental cream contains the monofluorophosphate salt and more than about 5% calcium carbonate, an alkali metal tripolyphosphate in an amount up to about 1.5% is also present.

Abstract: A collapsible dispensing container having a laminated tubular body, the laminated tubular body including a metal foil lamination, a layer of a polyolefin on the outside of the metal foil lamination, and, on the inside of the metal foil lamination and on the outside of the polyolefin layer, a layer of a copolymer resulting from the polymerization of 100 parts by weight of (a) at least 50 percent by weight of at least one nitrile having the structure ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen, a lower alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a halogen, and (b) up to 50 percent by weight based on the combined weight of (a) and (b) of an ester having the structure ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen, and R.sub.

Abstract: Dentifrice containing a compound which provides fluorine, amorphous silica polishing agent and an additive which supplies calcium ions. The dentifrice is compatible with an unlined aluminum container.

Abstract: A display carton for an elongated bottle which is substantially equal to the length of the carton, but is of smaller width than the carton, is provided with top and bottom retaining panel structures to prevent lateral movement of the bottle within the carton. Each retaining panel structure includes a first flap pivotally connected to the back panel of the carton, and having, in turn, a glue flap hingedly attached thereto. Hingedly connected to the opposite edges of the glue flap are two spaced tabs, with the combined length of the tabs and the glue flap being greater than the length of the first flap. By this arrangement, the first flap is disposed in abutting relationship to the end flap closure of the carton, and the glue flap is bonded to the first flap. The spaced tabs are wholly disposed within the carton and extend at an angle to the back panel so as to form with the first flap and the back panel a right triangle.

Abstract: Dental cream suitable for use in an unlined aluminum container comprising between about 35% and 60% of abrasive containing alumina as the major abrasive component and as agents to render the dental cream compatible with an unlined aluminum container, calcium carbonate present as minor abrasive component in amount of at least about 1% of the dental cream and a dissolved or dispersed silicate present in amount of about 0.05%-0.25%. The composition also desirably contains a water-soluble monofluorophosphate salt in amount which provides 0.01-1% fluoride in the dental cream and when the dental cream contains the monofluorophosphate salt and more than about 5% calcium carbonate, an alkali metal tripolyphosphate in an amount up to about 1.5% is also present.

Abstract: A dentifrice which is stable in an unlined aluminum tube comprising alpha-alumina trihydrate polishing agent and which has a pH of about 6.5-8.0, which dentifrice contains an acidifying agent consisting essentially of saccharin acid.

Abstract: A carton and blank for making same are provided wherein such carton is particularly adapted to contain a bottle having a lower main body and an upwardly extending elongated neck and the carton has a reinforcing flap in the upper portion thereof with such reinforcing flap having opposed supporting side edges disposed in spaced relation beneath a top panel of the carton enabling such flap to serve as a horizontal reinforcement against collapse of the carton sides upon squeezing such sides toward each other during grasping of the carton for lifting and carrying purposes. The reinforcing flap is also such that upon disposing an unshrunk sealing sleeve around the upper portion of the neck and a closure for the bottle such flap may be placed in its final position and the carton closed immediately without sliding or damaging the unshrunk sleeve.

Abstract: Dental cream comprising between about 35 and 60% by weight of abrasive consisting essentially of calcium carbonate and alumina, with the alumina at least about 0.05% by weight of the dental cream and in an amount not greater than the calcium carbonate. The dental cream also contains a water-soluble monofluorophosphate salt in an amount which provides about 0.01-1% by weight fluoride in said dental cream and about 0.1-1.5% by weight of an alkali metal tripolyphosphate as an agent to improve the ability of the dental cream to retain monofluorophosphate as fluoride. The dental cream may also contain 0.025-0.25% by weight of a dissolved or dispersed silicate.

Abstract: Containers are disclosed in which a transparent front wall is joined along lateral margins to a rear wall, which is formed of front and back panels adhered together and arranged to be stored flat. The rear wall has transversely elongated flaps of curved outline that cause the front and rear walls of the container to bow away from each other when the flaps are erected, the erected flaps forming end closures of the container. The panels of the rear wall provide article-engaging formations for fixing the location of an article or articles in the container, and to enable the container to be stood upright or to be hung on a rod for display purposes.

Abstract: A display carton for deformable dispensing tubes in which the tube is oriented with the cap down in an opening formed in the front of the carton, with an inwardly folded flap at the bottom thereof on which the tube cap rests. The crimped base of the tube is held in position between opposed sections of the front of the carton above the opening, the opposed sections formed by a line cut and separated to exert a shearing force on the crimped end of the tube. Also disclosed is a locking flap positioned to restrain the crimped end of the tube from moving inward by holding the tube in position in the carton.