PACKAGED ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT & METHOD OF OPENING THE SAME

摘要

A packaged oral care implement (1000) and method of opening the same. In one embodiment, the package (2000) includes a tab (106) on a first panel (100) of the package that is strategically located so that the oral care implement itself (1000) acts as a foundation or barrier adjacent to the tab that assists with shearing the first panel to release the tab.

主权项

1. A packaged oral care implement comprising:
a first panel and a second panel, a cavity formed between the first and second panels; the first panel comprising at least one pre-weakened line that defines a tear-away portion and a base portion, the base portion coupled to the second panel; the base portion comprising a tab that protrudes into the tear-away portion, the tab defined by a first portion of the pre-weakened line; an oral care implement positioned within the cavity so that a portion of the oral care implement lies beneath a first portion of the tear-away portion adjacent the tab, the tab located above an unoccupied portion of the cavity; and the tab alterable, in response to a downward force applied to the tab, from: (1) a closed state in which the first portion of the pre-weakened line is intact; and (2) an open state in which the first portion of the pre-weakened line is sheared and the tab is deflected into the unoccupied portion to a depth below an upper surface of the portion of the oral care implement.