Gum-wrapper.

Application filed June 11,1817. Serial No. 174,048.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, John S. Campbell, a citizen of the United States, resident of Owatonna, county of Steele, State of Min5 nesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements⁸ in Gum-Wrappers, of which the, following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means by which the paper wrapper can be 10 easily and quickly removed from a stick of gum.

The invention consists generally in a wrapper substantially as described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a view showing the gum wrapped and sealed, ready for sale,

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the pre20 ferred manner of placing the wrapper on the gum, the edges being turned back to illustrate the gummed surfaces,

Fig. 3 illustrates a stick of gum with my improved wrapper thereon, with the per25 forated section partially removed,

Fig. 4 is a view showing the wrapper inclosing the tinfoil unfolded.

. Tn the drawing, 2 represents the tinfoil or other suitable moisture-proof wrapper for 30 the stick Of gum, and 3 is a paper wrapper on which sunable printed matter is placed, and provided at one end with a gummed surface 4 for sticking to the tinfoil inner wrapper 2, and a similar outer surface 5 for ad35 Bering to the inner surface 6 of the opposite end of the wrapper. Both ends of the wrapper have projecting tabs 7 on one Side which are arranged to register when the wrapper is folded and stuck down on the tinfoil, and 40 the ends of the wrapper stuck together. The wrapper is perforated along the lines 8 and 9 and when it is folded and sealed, the edge of the end 6. will be in line substantially and will register with the perforations 9 and 45 the perforations 8 will be in register with the edge of the end 4, all these parts being secured together by the adhesion of the gummed surfaces.

When the purchaser wishes to remove the wrapper, he will grasp the tabs 7 and a 50 quick pull thereon will tear the strip along the lines 8 and 9 and the adhesion of the wrapper to the tinfoil will pull it up also, as indicated'in Fig. 3 and expose the surface of the stick of gum, so that when the tab 55 section has been entirely pulled off, the tinfoil and wrapper will drop from the gum. Usually in gum packages this paper wrapper has to be pulled off in pieces and oftentimes it is fitted so snugly that it has to be 60 torn off in small bits or will be stuck to the gum surface and cause breakage bf the stick before it can be removed. Then when the paper wrapper is taken off, there is still the tinfoil to be detached. With my im- 65 provement the wrapper can be almost instantly taken , off the stick, at the same time removing a section of the tinfoil and allowing immediate access to the gum.