Container having integrated applicator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10179688-B2
Application number	US-201514981426-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2015
Priority date	Dec 28, 2015
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

A container constructed from paperboard, card board stock, etc., includes at least one panel that is configured to be removed from the container. The panel is configured, for example, with a plurality of score lines, to enable the panel to transition from its primary configuration to a different, secondary configuration. The secondary configuration can form a handle, a stirrer or mixing stick, etc., for use with the contents of the packaging. The container can be included as part of a kit that is presented at a point of sale.

First claim

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A containerboard container, comprising:
a container body that includes an interior cavity for receiving one or more items, the container body composed of a plurality of walls, at least one wall removable from the container body, the at least one wall configured to be formed into a device having a configuration different than the wall once removed from the container body,
wherein the device is a brush, and wherein the at least one wall includes a plurality of perforation lines that extend inwardly from an edge of the at least one wall and that when torn along the plurality of perforation lines form bristle members of the brush.

2. The container of claim 1 , wherein the container body is formed by a containerboard blank, the blank comprising a plurality of panels configured to form said plurality of walls of the container body when erected, wherein the plurality of panels includes:
a rectangular bottom panel;
first and second side wall panels hingedly connected to first and second sides of the bottom panel;
first and second end wall panels hingedly connected to first and second ends of the bottom panel;
a top panel hingedly connected to one of said first and second side wall panels and first and second end wall panels,
wherein one of said plurality of panels includes a plurality of score lines configured and arranged such that one of said plurality of panels can be folded about the plurality of score lines in order to form said device.

3. The container of claim 2 , wherein another of said plurality of panels includes a plurality of score lines configured and arranged such that said another panel can be folded about the plurality of score lines in order to form another portion of said device.

4. The container of claim 3 , wherein said one of said plurality of panels and said another of said plurality of panels are hingedly connected by a perforation line.

5. The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least one wall is a lid hingedly connected to the container body.

6. The container of claim 5 , further comprising means for promoting separation between the lid and the container body.

7. The container of claim 5 , wherein the lid includes means for promoting transition into said device.

8. The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least one wall includes a plurality of score lines configured to promote transition into said device.

9. A cosmetic kit, comprising:
one or more cosmetic compositions; and
a container body that includes an interior cavity configured to house the one or more cosmetic compositions, the container body including a plurality of walls, at least one wall removable from the container body, the at least one wall configured to be formed into a device having a configuration different than the wall once removed from the container body,
wherein the device is a brush, and wherein the at least one wall includes a plurality of perforation lines that extend inwardly from an edge of the at least one wall and that when torn along the plurality of perforation lines form bristle members of the brush.

10. The kit of claim 9 , wherein the one or more cosmetic compositions are contained in a structure selected from the group consisting of a bottle, a packet, and a tube.

11. The kit of claim 9 , wherein the at least one wall includes a plurality of score lines configured to promote transition to said device.

12. A method of using a containerboard container that includes a plurality of panels, comprising:
detaching one panel of said plurality of panels from the container, said panel detached from the container being configured so as to be formed into a device having a configuration different than the panel,
wherein the device is a brush, and wherein the at least one panel of the plurality of panels includes a plurality of perforation lines that extend inwardly from an edge of the at least one panel and that when torn along the plurality of perforation lines form bristle members of the brush.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising forming said device from the detached panel.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising applying a chemical composition with the bristle members of the brush.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising mixing two or more chemical compositions in the container with said device.

16. The container of claim 9 , wherein another of said plurality of walls includes a plurality of score lines configured and arranged such that said another wall can be folded about the plurality of score lines in order to form another portion of said device.

Assignees

• Oreal

Inventors

• Miller Zane Bowman Allen

Classifications

• B65D5/6602

  formed by folding one or more extensions hinged to the upper edge of a tubular container body · CPC title

• B65D81/368 Primary

  Foldable carton-boxes simulating, or transformable into, a special configuration, e.g. a car, a house, an animal (cartons with spaced apart images to give a 3-D effect B65D5/4258; toy models made by folding paper A63H33/16) · CPC title

• A45D19/00

  Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair · CPC title

• B65D5/02

  by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body (specially constructed to allow collapsing and re-erecting without disengagement of side or bottom connections B65D5/36) · CPC title

• A45D40/262

  using a brush or the like · CPC title