Refillable product containing dissolvable solid article

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11713179-B2
Application number	US-202117320444-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2021
Priority date	May 15, 2020
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed is a refillable product that includes a container containing two or more first dissolvable solid articles. The solid articles are characterized by a maximum dimension D and a minimum dimension z. The maximum dimension for D ranges from 1 mm to 300 mm and the minimum dimension for z ranges from 0.5 mm to 150 mm. The ratio between D and z ranges from 1:1 to 300:1. The refillable product also includes indicia for a user to put the dissolvable solid articles and a liquid carrier into another container. This product can provide an environment friendly product. For example, by not containing any liquid during transportation, the product can reduce energy consumption during the transportation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refillable product comprising:
a container;
from about 8 to about 30 first dissolvable solid article contained in the container, which is characterized by a maximum dimension D and a minimum dimension z, wherein said maximum dimension D ranges from 5 mm to 150 mm, wherein said minimum dimension z ranges from 5 mm to 50 mm, and wherein the dissolvable solid articles are porous and comprise a density from about 0.050 g/cm 3 to about 0.380 g/cm 3 ; and
an indicia for a user to put the dissolvable solid articles and a liquid carrier into another container; wherein the refillable product further comprises an indicia to instruct the amount of the liquid carrier to add to the another container; and wherein the dissolvable solid articles are dissolvable in the liquid carrier within 2 min.

2. The refillable product of claim 1 , wherein the refillable product comprises from about 11 to about 20 dissolvable solid articles.

3. The refillable product of claim 1 , wherein the dissolvable solid article consists of two or more flexible, dissolvable, porous sheets.

4. The refillable product of any of claim 1 , wherein the dissolvable solid article comprises a density ranging from about 0.06 grams/cm 3 to about 0.3 grams/cm 3 .

5. The refillable product of any of claim 4 , wherein the dissolvable solid article comprises a density ranging from about 0.07 grams/cm 3 to about 0.2 grams/cm 3 .

6. The refillable product of any of claim 5 , wherein the dissolvable solid article comprises a density ranging from about 0.08 grams/cm 3 to about 0.15 grams/cm 3 .

7. The refillable product of any of claim 1 , wherein the refillable product has an additional indicia for the user to add the dissolvable solid articles into the another container and then add the liquid carrier into the another container.

8. The refillable product of any of claim 7 , wherein the refillable product has an additional indicia for the user to dissolve the dissolvable solid article in the liquid carrier before dispensing from the another container.

9. The refillable product of any of claim 8 , wherein the refillable product has an additional indicia for the user to shake the another container after adding the dissolvable solid articles and the liquid carrier into the another container.

10. The refillable product of claim 1 , wherein the refillable product further comprises an indicia to add one or more second dissolvable solid articles into the another container.

11. The refillable product of claim 10 , wherein the refillable product further comprises one or more second dissolvable solid articles, wherein the second dissolvable solid article comprises a different color, shape and/or size as compared to the first solid article.

12. The refillable product of claim 1 , wherein the refillable product is free of any liquid contained together with the dissolvable solid articles.

13. The refillable product of claim 1 , wherein the liquid carrier is an aqueous carrier.

14. The refillable product of claim 1 , wherein the refillable product is a personal care product.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Glenn Jr Robert Wayne
• Cheng Gloria Yu Hua
• Lee Yunqin
• Thompson Todd Ryan
• Tedesco David Dean

Classifications

• B65D81/3233 Primary

  Flexible containers disposed within rigid containers · CPC title

• A45D40/24

  Casings for two or more cosmetics · CPC title

• A61K8/02

  characterised by special physical form · CPC title

• A61Q19/00 Primary

  Preparations for care of the skin · CPC title

• B05B7/00

  Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas (B05B3/00, B05B5/00 {, B05B11/06} take precedence) · CPC title