Tube with wrap-around tube tabs for dispensing

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of tube with wrap-around tube tabs for dispensing according to the invention, heat sealed to the bottom of the tube, the back view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the tube with wrap-around tube tabs for dispensing of FIG. 1, the other side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top end view of the tube with wrap-around tube tabs for dispensing of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom end view of the tube with wrap-around tube tabs for dispensing of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the tube with wrap-around tube tabs for dispensing including a phantom thumb for advancing a substance internal to the tube towards the top of the tube; and,

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the tube with wrap-around tube tabs for dispensing of FIG. 1, showing the tube in a partially flattened position and the tabs in a bent state.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D338396 August 17, 1993 Olson
D350065 August 30, 1994 Edge et al.
3920157 November 1975 Yeung
4807782 February 28, 1989 Meinerding et al.
5275311 January 4, 1994 Piarrat
5373968 December 20, 1994 Nelson
5579956 December 3, 1996 Seale
Patent History
Patent number: D422488
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 30, 1998
Date of Patent: Apr 11, 2000
Inventor: James T. Gates (Columbus, OH)
Primary Examiner: Cathron B. Matta
Attorney: Christen M. Kremblas, Foster, Millard & Pollick Millard
Application Number: 0/90,112
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9302
International Classification: 0901;