James S Robbins

US Patent:

8141707, Mar 27, 2012

Filed:

Apr 14, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/937692

Inventors:

James W. Robbins - Chicago IL, US
Ryan A. Bailey - Richmond VA, US

Assignee:

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B65D 75/00

US Classification:

206447, 229120011

Abstract:

A package for storing and dispensing a consumable product is provided. The package can be easily constructed from a suitable blank of material and can be composed of first and second compartments hingedly and detachably secured to each other. The package has an initially unopened configuration where the first and second compartments define a substantially common plane. The package is openable from the initially unopened configuration by relative movement of the first and second compartments about the hinge. The package is reconfigurable to either of first and second closed configurations after the initial opening. In the first closed configuration the first and second compartments define a substantially common plane and in the second closed configuration the first and second compartments define spaced apart substantially parallel planes. A blank for a package, a method of making the package and a method of reconfiguring the package are also disclosed.