Paper based container for household products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12240656-B2
Application number	US-202217677226-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2022
Priority date	Feb 22, 2021
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

A container blank including a paperboard shell layer and a core layer. The container blank has a predetermined removable portion the provides for a separable cap portion after the container blank is erected. The container blank can include a lobe for tightly fitting the cap portion to the body portion of the erected container and or provide for a core rim that is located at a rim distance that is a function of position about the longitudinal axis of the container and or include at least one dosing indicia.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container blank comprising:
a paperboard shell layer comprising two transverse edges on opposing sides of a central axis, a shell bottom edge extending between said transverse edges orthogonal to said central axis, and a shell top edge opposite said shell bottom edge and extending between said transverse edges;
wherein said shell layer comprises:
a body portion extending from said shell bottom edge to a lower line of limitation;
a predetermined removeable portion extending from said lower line of limitation to an upper line of limitation; and
a cap portion extending from said upper line of limitation to said shell top edge; and
a paperboard core layer, wherein when said core layer is in facing relationship with said shell layer said core layer extends from below said lower line of limitation to a core rim above said upper line of limitation;
wherein when said core layer is in facing relationship with said shell layer said core rim is located at a rim distance from said shell bottom edge as measured parallel to said central axis and said rim distance is a function of distance from said central axis;
wherein when said core layer is in facing relationship with said shell layer said core rim has a rim distance global maxima and a rim distance global minima relative to said shell bottom edge; and
wherein said core rim is sinusoidal.

2. The container blank according to claim 1 , wherein said core layer extends from and is unitary with one of said transverse edges and is foldable about said transverse edge.

3. The container blank according to claim 1 , wherein when said core layer is in facing relationship with said shell layer when said global maxima is at said central axis.

4. The container blank according to claim 1 , wherein said shell top edge is away from said shell bottom edge by a distance greater than said rim distance global maxima plus a maximum distance between said upper line of limitation and said lower line of limitation measured parallel to said central axis.

5. The container blank according to claim 1 , wherein said cap portion has a cap portion height measured parallel to said central axis between said upper line of limitation and said shell top edge and said predetermined removeable portion has a predetermined removeable portion maximum height measured parallel to said central axis and said cap portion height is greater than said predetermined removeable portion height.

6. The container blank according to claim 1 , wherein said container blank further comprises a tear strip joined to said predetermined removable portion.

7. The container blank according to claim 1 , wherein said core layer extends from and is unitary with one of said transverse edges and is foldable about said transverse edge, and wherein when said core layer is in facing relationship with said shell layer when said global maxima is at said central axis.

8. The container blank according to claim 7 , wherein said shell top edge is away from said shell bottom edge by a distance greater than said rim distance global maxima plus a maximum distance between said upper line of limitation and said lower line of limitation measured parallel to said central axis.

9. The container blank according to claim 8 , wherein said cap portion has a cap portion height measured parallel to said central axis between said upper line of limitation and said shell top edge and said predetermined removeable portion has a predetermined removeable portion maximum height measured parallel to said central axis and said cap portion height is greater than said predetermined removeable portion height.

10. The container blank according to claim 9 , wherein said container blank further comprises a tear strip joined to said predetermined removable portion.

11. A container blank comprising:
a paperboard shell layer comprising two transverse edges on opposing sides of a central axis, a shell bottom edge extending between said transverse edges orthogonal to said central axis, and a shell top edge opposite said shell bottom edge and extending between said transverse edges;
wherein said shell layer comprises:
a body portion extending from said shell bottom edge to a lower line of limitation;
a predetermined removeable portion extending from said lower line of limitation to an upper line of limitation; and
a cap portion extending from said upper line of limitation to said shell top edge; and
a paperboard core layer, wherein when said core layer is in facing relationship with said shell layer said core layer extends from below said lower line of limitation to a core rim above said upper line of limitation;
wherein said body portion comprises a lobe immediately below said lower line of limitation and has a body portion length between said transverse edges orthogonal to said central axis immediately below said lobe;
wherein said lobe has a lobe length orthogonal to said central axis and said lobe length is more than 5% of said body portion length;
wherein said lobe has a lobe exterior height parallel to said central axis and said lobe has a lobe length to lobe height ratio greater than 1.

12. The container blank according to claim 11 , wherein said core layer extends from and is unitary with one of said transverse edges and is foldable about said transverse edge.

13. The container blank according to claim 11 , wherein said body portion comprises two said lobes and said two lobes are on opposite sides of said central axis.

14. The container blank according to claim 11 , wherein said core layer extends to a core rim above said upper line of limitation, wherein said core rim is located at a rim distance from said shell bottom edge as measured parallel to said central axis and said rim distance is a function of position relative to said central axis, and wherein said core rim has a rim distance global maxima and a rim distance global minima relative to said shell bottom edge.

15. The container blank according to claim 11 , when said core layer is in facing relationship with said shell layer said shell layer has an interior facing surface oriented towards said core layer, and wherein said interior facing surface above said lower line of limitation comprises at least one dosing indicia.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Hoefte Paulus Antonius Augustinus
• Brooks Logan Taylor
• Walburger Kassandra

Classifications

• B65D5/38

  Drawer-and-shell type containers · CPC title

• B65D3/262

  forming a circumferential line of weakness · CPC title

• B65D3/12

  Flanged discs permanently secured, e.g. by adhesives or by heat-sealing · CPC title

• B65D3/04 Primary

  essentially cylindrical · CPC title

• B65D2203/00

  Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators · CPC title