Carrier-dispenser package

Claim 1

A package comprising a compact carrier-dispenser and an outer case therefore, said carrier-dispenser comprising at least two opposed commodity carrying units and a linking panel connecting said opposed units, said linking panel being integrally connected at one edge of each of the opposed units, each of said units having a mating layer and a backing layer, means for attaching said mating layer to said backing layer, said backing layer being made of a rupturable material, said mating layer having raised portions and slightly indented spacial areas arranged in a checkerboard pattern, said raised portions providing commodity compartments in said mating layer of each unit; said raised portions in each unit being positioned to mate with the raised portions of said opposing unit when said units are pivoted about the linking panel, the raised portions of one unit register within the indented spacial areas of the opposing unit forming a layered alignment of commodity compartments; said linking panel having a height at least equal to that of the commodity compartment so that there is no tension upon the commodity units and is made of biased, shape retaining material which acts as a living hinge holding said units in mated position when not in use and returns them to mated position after use; said outer case having a plurality of opposed panels comprising a back panel, two opposed side panels each of which is integrally connected to said back panel at its longitudinal edges, said side panels having a height at least equal to the height of said linking panel, two closure panels, each of which is integrally connected to a side panel at its longitudinal edge, said closure panels pivot about said longitudinal edges and fold upon each other forming an enclosure, and means for securing said closure panels in closed position, said back panel having a slot therein, said carrier-dispenser having a tab attached to the backing layer of one of said commodity carrying units, said slot in said back panel being positioned to accept said tab to attach said carrier-dispenser to said back panel, said closure panels folding over said carrier-dispenser to secure same in said outer case.