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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7225947 | Pouring spout seal for composite packagings The spout seal for combipacks consists of a bottom part (2) and a hinged lid (1) attached to it for opening and closing the seal. The bottom part (2) is fused onto a combipack with its level bottom side. It has a circular, upward-projecting over... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7191931 | Opening arrangement, packaging and method of providing a packaging with an opening arrangement An opening arrangement includes a bottom piece disposed to be positioned on a packaging material and to define a pouring opening; a lid disposed, in a closed state, to seal the pouring opening; and a tamper evidence intended to be broken the first time the opening a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7036714 | Carton blank, carton and method of forming the carton A carton blank having an outer layer of a relatively rigid material, a first inner layer of a relatively rigid material superposed over a portion of the outer layer and a second inner layer of a relatively flexible layer of a fluid impervious material is provided wi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028863 | Flip-top container closure apparatus A container closure apparatus having a base for attachment to the container. The base has an opening for passing the contents of the container. A lever is hinged to the base, such that an upward force on a rearward portion of the lever causes a frontward portion of ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025220 | Fitment and package for storing fluid-containing materials and methods for their production A hermetic package having a fitment having base coupled to a lid. The base is composed of a collar having a recessed groove, the base of the fitment defines an opening which provides access to the contents of the hermetic package. The lid is a planar structure havin... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017776 | Slidably sealable container having an auxiliary track A container. The container has an aperture through which contents may be accessed. The aperture is sealable with a cover. The seal is opened or closed with a slider. The slider rides in a track which is congruent with the perimeter of the aperture. A portion of the ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6996949 | Packing container and method of manufacturing the containers The packaging container includes a container body formed from a packaging material, and a cap unit attached to a top wall of the container body. The cap unit includes a lip, a pull tab which covers a discharge opening and an inner tape which covers the discharge ope... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994246 | Packaging case A packaging case which can store a plurality of stored items, enables the stored items to be individually removed, and prevents the occurrence of formation failures. First broken cut lines (perforations) extend from a first flat plate (a side plate) over one flat pl... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6959709 | Manner of attaching component elements to filtration material such as may be utilized in respiratory masks A component is attached to filtration material by providing the component with a deformable extension member that is preferably integral with the component and that extends from a base portion of the component. The extension member is inserted through an opening pro... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6932265 | Box convertible to a display container and method of making same A container for the shipping and display of goods includes a box formed from a first blank. The box includes a front panel having upper and lower flaps, a first side panel having upper and lower flaps, a second side panel having upper and lower flaps, and a rear pan... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926194 | Reusable box construction for transporting tree seedlings A collapsible, reusable box construction (10′) for transporting horticultural products which comprises a body unit (11′) including an elongated rectangular body member (20′) having a plurality of independent panels (22′) (23 | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910623 | Paperboard can with an integrated lid having a hinge on the lid A substantially paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard containe... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6845902 | Flat gable composite packing provided with a resealable spout and procedure for its manufacture Proposed for a square flat gable composite packing are a resealable spout element (1) and the manufacture of a flat gable composite packing with such a spout element (1) that eliminate the disadvantage of known spout elements, namely that such packings... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6626315 | Direct injection molded closure and method therefor A form, fill and seal packaging machine for forming, filling and sealing a carton, molds a closure directly onto the carton. The machine includes a carton erection station adapted to receive a carton in a generally flat form and to erect the flat form car... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6554181 | Reclosable pouring element and a flat gable composite packaging provided therewith A reclosable pouring element with a base member and a closure lid which serves at the same time as the opening device. A flange surrounding the opening surface of the pouring element is fixedly connected to a flat gable top composite packaging. The closur... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6536627 | Reclosable pourer spout for a container A pourer spout for a composite package of the carton brick type, arranged to be located level with the opening zone of the latter. The pourer spout comprises a base (2) fixed onto the container around the opening zone, and an articulated cover (4), able t... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6510981 | Canister with paper and plastic layers and a plastic lid for containing a particulate-type product, such as a ready-to-eat cereal A canister for containing a particulate-type product such as a ready-to-eat cereal. The canister includes a side wall, a bottom closure and a plastic lid. The side wall defines at least a portion of a tubular body having an upper opening, a lower opening ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6484929 | Canister for a particulate-type product A canister for storing a particulate-type product. The canister includes a tubular body, a bottom panel, a top panel and a plurality of tabs. The tubular body defines an upper opening, a lower opening, and an internal storage region. The bottom panel is c... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6471083 | Induction-sealed composite container end closure A closure for sealing an opening of a tubular container is disclosed, the closure having a paperboard central panel with a plurality of secondary panels extending angularly therefrom forming a surface around the perimeter of the central panel. A plastic s... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6471122 | Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a slide closure A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The container comprises a ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6454161 | Opening device on a packaging sheet material An opening device (2) attached at a hole (4) in a top wall portion (16) of a packaging container (12) and positioned adjacent a fold line (14) of the packaging container, including a base portion (8) connected to the top wall at the hole, and a lid portio... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6394339 | Thermoformed closure for cartons A closure for attachment to a carton. The closure comprises a base and a cover. The base includes a debossment or trough which facilitates adhesion of the closure to the carton, e.g. with hot melt. The surface of the carton to which the closure is being a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6390358 | Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a hinge on the lid A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container c... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6375067 | Packaging container The object is to provide a packaging container which can improve the quality of a packaging material (10) and which does not restrict the types of usable lid members (13). The packaging container has a container body (12) and a lid member (13) welded to t... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6349866 | Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a hinge on the lid A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container c... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6131804 | Reclosable fitment with pull off liner film A container closure has a generally planar base (2) with an aperture (5) therein which is adapted to be mounted on a wall of a container to surround an aperture therein with the two apertures in register. A flap (3) is connected to the base for movement b... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6116501 | Stackable, self-supporting container with lid-alignment feature A container having a container body, an open end and an opposed bottom. Around the open end of the container is a substantially continuous outwardly extending flange. The container has a lid for closing the container. The container flange and lid include ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6047878 | Substantially paper container A substantially paper container has a top end closure adapted to be removed for opening the container and repositioned for closing the container. The container includes a tubular body of substantially paper material, a cup-shaped end closure of substantia... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5927594 | Method for fastening a closure to a container of liquid, granular or powdery products, and container so achieved The method, relatively to the fastening of a closure (1) to a container (2) of liquid, granular or powdery products, provided at least of an opening (3) and a pouring opening (4), in which the closure (1) comprises a hub (5) forming a single block, throug... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5875959 | Cuboid flat gable package The specification represents and describes a cuboid flat gable package made from a multi-layer composite, with the composite having at least one carrier layer made from paper or cardboard, a coupling layer, a barrier layer and a double-sided plastic coati... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5829672 | Cut-out integrated closure and forming method therefor A container and closure package includes container material stock formed of a severable material defining an opening therein defining a removable confetti portion and a dispensing member molded to the material stock. The dispensing member is superimposed ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5655706 | Reusable top for use with a disposable storage container An improved method and apparatus for the disposal of noxious and hot kitchen waste using a reusable, sealable top structure detachably fixed in a discarded paper half-gallon consumer grade liquid container. Once the carton has been emptied of the milk or ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5636784 | Pack for flowing media having a pouring device, a method for the manufacture of a pack for flowing media and a tool for carrying out the method A pack for liquids having a flat top wall portion of plastics-coated cardboard in which a pouring device is arranged. A method of manufacturing an improved pouring device, economically and in a technically simple way, and which pouring device can be opene... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5556004 | Ninety degree pouring spout A spout for a container is provided with depending wings extending down from a bottom edge of the spout. The depending wings terminate in a point for piercing a container. The depending wings permit the spout to pivot ninety degrees from the container to ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5452849 | Easy open tab sealer for packages A method and apparatus for a pull tab opening mechanism utilized in container systems for easy opening and convenient manufacturing. The method and apparatus therefor comprising a base paper stock in which a pour hole is die cut. The paper stock being lam... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5364019 | Opening arrangement The disclosure relates to a method of providing a liquid package (2) with an opening arrangement (1) and to the opening arrangement (1) proper. A hole (3) is punched out in the material (15) of a package (2) of the type which is produced from a material w... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5341952 | Rigid container for interchangeable flexible packs A rigid container for interchangeable flexible packs including an interchangeable flexible pack and a substantially parallelepiped-shaped box that includes an upper edge that includes a plurality of structures for supporting the interchangeable flexible p... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5287983 | Pourer device for a flowable media package and a method of producing such a device A pourer device of synthetic plastic material for attachment to a hole in a package for flowable contents includes a bottom part and a closure part that are connected to one another by a hinge. At least one of the bottom part and the closure part is movab... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5211305 | Carton A carton-type container has a lid which is snapped into place on top of a paperboard outer shell having a sift-proof inner liner. The lid is provided with a re-closable pour opening through which the product contained within the container can be repeatedl... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5199635 | Container having reclosable pour spout mounted thereon A container for holding pourable contents includes an exterior surface, an interior surface, an interior for holding contents and a reclosable pour spout mounted on the container. The pour spout includes a flange member having oppositely positioned first ... | 04/06/1993 |
