Confectionary product holder with individualized compartments

Abstract

The present invention provides improved confectionary product holding and dispensing. The present invention includes a holder with individualized compartments including a cover and a holder, wherein the holder includes a plurality of individualized compartments and the cover is slidable along the holder to provide access to one or more of the compartments.

1 . A confectionary product holder with individualized compartments including:
 a cover; and   a holder, wherein said holder includes a plurality of individualized compartments containing one edible product,   wherein said cover is slidable along said holder to provide access to one or more of said individualized compartments.   
     
     
         2 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 1 , wherein the holder includes a holder cap. 
     
     
         3 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 2 , wherein the holder is fully introduced into the cover so that the cover comes into contact with the holder cap. 
     
     
         4 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 2 , wherein the cover includes a bottom frictional engagement ridge. 
     
     
         5 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 4 , wherein the holder includes a bottom frictional engagement recess. 
     
     
         6 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 5 , wherein the cover causes the bottom frictional engagement ridge of the cover to mechanically and/or frictionally engage with the bottom frictional engagement recess when the cover is positioned relative to the holder cap. 
     
     
         7 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 1 , wherein the cover includes a top frictional engagement recess and the holder includes a top frictional engagement tab. 
     
     
         8 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 7 , wherein the top frictional engagement recess of the cover mechanically and/or frictionally engages with the top frictional engagement tab of the holder. 
     
     
         9 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 8 , wherein the cover includes a bottom frictional engagement recess and the holder includes a bottom frictional engagement ridge. 
     
     
         10 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 9 , wherein sufficient mechanical force may be applied to overcome the mechanical and/or frictional engagement of the bottom frictional engagement recess with the top frictional engagement tab. 
     
     
         11 . The confectionary product holder  claim 10 , wherein the holder includes one or more rear ridges. 
     
     
         12 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 11 , wherein each rear ridge corresponds to an individualized compartment. 
     
     
         13 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 12 , wherein sliding the cover downwardly from the holder cap will cause the top frictional engagement recess to encounter the first rear ridge. 
     
     
         14 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 13 , wherein sliding the cover downwardly from the holder cap will cause the top frictional engagement recess to encounter each rear ridge in the holder until the top frictional engagement recess encounters the bottom frictional engagement ridge. 
     
     
         15 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 14 , wherein the encounter of the top frictional engagement recess with the any rear ridge will cause a soft stop at that rear ridge. 
     
     
         16 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 15 , wherein the encounter of the top frictional engagement recess with a rear ridge will provide access to one or more of the individualized compartments. 
     
     
         17 . The confectionary product holder of  claim 16 , wherein the confectionary product holder is re-closable by sliding the cover along the holder until the top edge frictional engagement recess encounters the top frictional engagement tab. 
     
     
         18 . The confectionary holder of  claim 17 , wherein the holder, cover, both, or parts of both are made of plastic, including but not limited to polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene (PP), glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate (PETg), polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE), and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The confectionary holder of  claim 17 , wherein the holder, cover, both, or parts of one or both are textured so as to be smooth, pebbly, rough, opaque, translucent, transparent, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         20 . A method for packaging a confectionary product including:
 providing a holder with individualized compartments for holding confectionary product pieces; and   providing a cover, wherein the cover is slidable along the holder to provide access to one or more of the individualized compartments.