Confectionary packaging design

Abstract

A gum packaging design that utilizes two separate compartments, an upper compartment and a lower compartment. Each of the compartments may be formed from a separate paperboard blank. The blanks are folded to form the compartments and then the lower compartment is adhered to the upper compartment in a fashion that allows the lower compartment to be later separated therefrom by tearing along a perforation after the lower compartment is emptied. A cover flap on the upper compartment can be used to selectively hold the package in a compact, closed position by folding the compartments to face each other and tucking an end of the cover flap into a receiving slot formed in the back panel of the lower compartment. Once the lower compartment is separated from the upper compartment, the same cover flap can be used to close the remaining package by tucking the same end of the cover flap into a receiving slot formed in a front panel of the upper compartment. The cover flap may be asymmetrical.

1 . A package for containing pieces of an edible product, comprising: 
 a compartment formed to receive and contain a plurality of individual pieces of an edible product, the compartment having a front wall and a back wall;    a cover flap extending from a back wall of the compartment and adapted for folding over at least a portion of the front wall of the compartment, the cover flap being asymmetrical with respect to an axis, the axis extending through the compartment and the cover flap when the cover flap is extended.    
   
   
       2 . A package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the cover flap is selectably engageable with the front wall of the compartment.  
   
   
       3 . A package as defined in  claim 2 , wherein the front wall of the compartment includes a receiving slot defined therein for selectably receiving a portion of the cover flap.  
   
   
       4 . A package as defined in  claim 3 , wherein the receiving slot is offset with respect to the axis.  
   
   
       5 . A package as defined in  claim 3 , wherein the receiving slot is chevron-shaped.  
   
   
       6 . A package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the pieces of an edible product are individual slabs of chewing gum.  
   
   
       7 . A package for containing pieces of a product, comprising: 
 a compartment formed to receive and contain a plurality of individual pieces of a product, the compartment having a front wall and a back wall;    a cover flap extending from a back wall of the compartment and adapted for folding over at least a portion of the front wall of the compartment, the cover flap being asymmetrical with respect to an axis, the axis extending through the compartment and the cover flap when the cover flap is extended.    
   
   
       8 . A package as defined in  claim 7 , wherein the cover flap is selectably engageable with the front wall of the compartment.  
   
   
       9 . A package as defined in  claim 8 , wherein the front wall of the compartment includes a receiving slot defined therein for selectably receiving a portion of the cover flap.  
   
   
       10 . A package as defined in  claim 9 , wherein the receiving slot is offset with respect to the axis.  
   
   
       11 . A package as defined in  claim 9 , wherein the receiving slot is chevron-shaped.  
   
   
       12 . A package as defined in  claim 7 , wherein the pieces of an edible product are individual slabs of chewing gum.