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Confectionary product including compartment for housing an object

Patent 6221407 Issued on April 24, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject September 16, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 931795 filed on 09/16/1997

US Classes:

426/91, Stick feature426/90, Having inedible feature426/103, Sugar or carbohydrate containing426/104, IMITATED, SIMULATED, ORNAMENTAL, THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRODUCT OR CONFECTIONARY PRODUCT HAVING CHILD-ORIENTED UTILITY426/110, Having package attached support means426/115, For dispensing or serving426/120, Diverse food426/134Stick feature

Examiners

Primary: Weinstein, Steven

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 4141727 DE 07/13/1993
  • 295 11 712 U DE. 11/13/1995
  • 296 07 116 U DE. 09/13/1996
  • 0178188 EP. 04/13/1986
  • 1008335 FR. 05/13/1981
  • 262005 GB. 12/13/2012
  • 1362764 GB 08/13/1974
  • 2093433 GB 09/13/1982
  • 62-36151 JP 02/13/1987
  • 62-220150 JP 09/13/1987
  • 76242 NO 02/13/2012
  • 100783 PT 05/13/1994

International Classes

B65D 085/60
A23G 003/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1997-02-21 DE

Abstract

A confectionary product including a substantially transparent candy mass and a substantially cylindrical housing for supporting and retaining the candy mass and including an interior compartment for storing a small object. The housing includes a cylindrical base having a tubular wall defining an interior compartment and an opening leading to the interior compartment, a cap removably engaging with the base and enclosing the candy mass when in engagement with the base, and a sealing member for closing the opening of the base to thereby seal the interior compartment of the base. The object in the interior compartment is accessible by removing the sealing member from engagement with the base. The candy product or mass may have a plurality of different tastes and/or a plurality of different colors.

Other References

  • Topps Co. Pamphlet, Topps. Co., Brooklyn Tn.Y. Dec. 1993.
  • The Confectioner 77(1-2) May 1992, p. 14 (Dialog Abstract
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