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Holder for a dispenser package

US6610966B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 2002
Grant dateAug 26, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D83/0894
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A holder for a dispenser package having a resealable cap assembly with an outer perimeter includes a front wall, a rear wall and a bottom wall interconnecting lower ends of the front and rear walls, the front, rear and bottom walls defining a receiving area for the dispenser package, the front wall including an aperture defined by inner peripheral edges of the front wall. The holder also includes a heating element in thermal communication with at least one of the front, rear and bottom walls, a power source connected with the heating element, and at least one actuator provided at the inner peripheral edges of the front wall aperture, the at least one actuator being in communication with the heating element. The at least one actuator is movable between a first position for activating the heating element and a second position for deactivating the heating element.

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