Swab dispenser for package therefor

Claim 2

A package adapted for storing a plurality of stacked swabbing pads comprising a casing having substantially parallel sides and integral closure means at one end of the casing, means at the other casing end for supporting the bottom swab pad of said stack in sliding dispensing alignment with an hereinafter defined dispensing opening, said supporting means including a pair of spaced and oppositely opposed shoulders carried by said casing sides, with free edges on said shoulders defining the spaced relationship therebetween, said shoulders being integral with said casing and substantially perpendicular to the sides thereof, the free edges of said shoulders forming a channel to permit engagement with the exposed bottom swab pad at the other end of said casing and the directing of said swab pad into the dispensing opening, and a dispensing opening formed in said casing front through which said swabs are adapted to be in slidably dispensed seriatim.

Claim 3

The package of claim 1 comprising second closure means received on said other casing end thereby to close said dispensing opening and being removable from said received position to allow said swabs to be dispensed.

Claim 4

The package of claim 1 wherein said casing comprises a unitary elongated rectangular cardboard blank, said blank carrying a plurality of spaced parallel scored lines dividing said blank into a plurality of adjoining side sections and an end flap, said blank being foldable about said scored lines forming in horizontal section a rectangular body secured together by said end flap immovably joined to the inner surface of said body side sections.

Claim 5

The package of claim 3 wherein said casing closure means includes a plurality of closure members extending lateral of, integral with and along a top side of the blank, said closure members adapted to be folded about a score line with the plane of the blank top thereby to close the casing end.

Claim 6

A package adapted for storing a plurality of stacked swabbing pads comprising a casing including closure means at one end of the casing, means at the other casing end for supporting the bottom swab pad for said stack in sliding dispensing alignment with an hereafter defined dispensing opening, said supporting means including a pair of spaced and oppositEly opposed shoulders carried by said casing sides, and a dispensing opening formed in said casing front through which said swabs are adapted to be in slidably dispensed seriatim, said casing including a unitary elongated rectangular cardboard blank, said blank carrying a plurality of spaced parallel scored lines dividing said blank into a plurality of adjoining side sections and an end flap, said blank being foldable about said scored lines forming in horizontal section a rectangular body secured together by said end flap immovably joined to the inner surface of said body side sections, said casing supporting means including a plurality of individual supporting members extending laterally of three adjacent blank side sections and both integral with and along the bottom side of the blank, said supporting members being individually foldable about a score line spaced substantially the thickness of said bottom swab pad below the casing bottom, the outer of the supporting members having a width less than the width of the blank side section from which said member extends to define the dispensing opening, and the center of said supporting members having a central channel with its base disposed within the plane of casing bottom, said channel sides forming a portion of said opposed shoulders and said outer supporting members being foldable about said channel sides.

Claim 7

A package adapted for storing a plurality of stacked swabbing pads comprising a casing including closure means at one end of the casing, means at the other casing end for supporting the bottom swab pad for said stack in sliding dispensing alignment with an hereafter defined dispensing opening, said supporting means including a pair of spaced and oppositEly opposed shoulders carried by said casing sides, and a dispensing opening formed in said casing front through which said swabs are adapted to be in slidably dispensed seriatim, said casing including a unitary elongated rectangular cardboard blank, said blank carrying a plurality of spaced parallel scored lines dividing said blank into a plurality of adjoining side sections and an end flap, said blank being foldable about said scored lines forming in horizontal section a rectangular body secured together by said end flap immovably joined to the inner surface of said body side sections, said casing supporting means including a plurality of individual supporting members extending laterally of three adjacent blank side sections and both integral with and along the bottom side of the blank, said supporting members being individually foldable about a score line spaced substantially the thickness of said bottom swab pad below the casing bottom, the outer of the supporting members having a width less than the width of the blank side section from which said member extends to define the dispensing opening, and the center of said supporting members having a central channel with its base disposed within the plane of casing bottom, said channel sides forming a portion of said opposed shoulders and said outer supporting members being foldable about said channel sides.

Claim 8

The package of claim 5 wherein said outer supporting members are of a length approximately equal to twice the width of the sides of the center supporting member and include a score line along substantially the median, and a tap at the end of each outer supporting member, each of said tabs intercooperable with a slot formed in the score line within the member and spaced from said casing bottom.