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I don't have one and not sure, but I would think it was to make it easier to get what ever you put in there out with gloves on. Kind of like the ribbons inside a battery compartment of toys and stuff, to make them easier to get out. Just a guess though.
Obviously you've never opened a remote control.....where is has that little white ribbon so that with one quick pull, you can get all the batteries out....