Package for consumer care products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9795206-B2
Application number	US-201514971860-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2015
Priority date	Dec 22, 2014
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A dispensing package for a consumer care product is provided, having a product chamber and an outer jacket. The product chamber has an upper dispensing end; an inner surface; an outer surface; a top ridged opening at the upper dispending end of the product chamber on the outer surface; a major axis and a minor axis. At least a portion of the project chamber has a thickness “t” from about 0.45 mm to about 1.2 mm. The outer jacket has an inside surface; an outside surface; an upper end, a major axis and a minor axis. At least a portion of the outer jacket has a thickness “T” from about 0.45 mm to about 1.2 mm. The outer jacket at least partially surrounds the product chamber and attaches to the product chamber. A consumer care composition may be disposed in the product chamber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dispensing package for a consumer care product, comprising:
a product chamber comprising:
an upper dispensing end; an inner surface; an outer surface; a top ridged opening at the upper dispensing end of the product chamber on the outer surface; a major axis and a minor axis;
at least a portion of the product chamber has a thickness (“t”) from about 0.45 mm to about 1.2 mm;

an outer jacket comprising:
an inside surface; an outside surface; an upper end, a major axis and a minor axis:
at least a portion of the outer jacket has a thickness (“T”) from about 0.45 mm to about 1.2 mm; and

wherein the outer jacket at least partially surrounds the product chamber and attaches to the product chamber;
wherein the top ridged opening further comprises one or more grooves along the outer surface of the top ridged opening; and
wherein the one or more grooves along the outer surface of the top ridged opening extend above the upper end of the outer jacket.

2. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein the product chamber has a flexural rigidity of about 1.5 lb to about 8 lb and the outer jacket has a flexural rigidity of about 1.5 lb to about 6.5 lb.

3. The dispending package of claim 1 wherein the top ridged opening further comprises an outermost ridge.

4. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein the inside surface of the outer jacket has one or more ribs along the upper end of the outer jacket that cooperate with the one or more grooves of the top ridged opening to create a semi-permanent attachment of the outer jacket to the product chamber.

5. The dispensing package of claim 4 wherein the semi-permanent attachment further provides a retention force of from about 1.5 lbs. to about 50 lbs.

6. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein the outer surface of the product chamber is in frictional contact with the inside surface of the outer jacket along at least a portion of the minor axis of product chamber and the minor axis of the outer jacket.

7. The dispensing package of claim 6 wherein the outer surface of the product chamber is in frictional contact with the inside surface of the outer jacket along substantially all of the minor axis of product chamber and the minor axis of the outer jacket.

8. The dispensing package of claim 1 further comprising a spacing between the outer surface of the product chamber and the inside surface of the outer jacket along at least a portion of the minor axis of the product chamber and the minor axis of the outer jacket, wherein the spacing is from about 0.01 to about 1.5 mm.

9. The dispensing package of claim 1 comprising at least one gap region defined between the outer surface of the product chamber and the inside surface of the outer jacket along at least a portion of the major axis of the product chamber and the major axis of the outer jacket.

10. The dispensing package of claim 9 wherein the gap region extends a distance from about 11 mm to about 5 mm.

11. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein thickness of the product chamber at the top ridged opening is greater than the thickness (T) of the outer jacket.

12. The dispensing package of claim 1 , wherein the top ridged opening is integral with the product chamber.

13. The dispensing package of claim 12 wherein the upper dispensing end of the product chamber further comprises a curved downward extension of the sidewall to form a free end and a gap extending along the major axis between the free end and the outer surface of the product chamber.

14. The dispensing package of claim 13 wherein the free end has a thickness (t′) that is substantially non-uniform.

15. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein thickness (t) is substantially uniform.

16. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein the thickness (T) is non-uniform.

17. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein the product chamber and the outer jacket are molded from a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS), polyethylene-terephthalate (PET), styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer (SAN), polyethylene-terepthalate copolymers, polycarbonate (PC), polyamides, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), thermoplastic elastomers, polyoxymethylene copolymer and mixtures thereof.

18. The dispensing package of claim 1 further comprising an outer cap that is translucent or transparent and the one or more grooves along the outer surface of the top ridged opening are viewable through the outer cap.

19. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the product chamber and the outer jacket is translucent or transparent.

20. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein the product chamber and the outer jacket are shaped differently.

21. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein the dispensing package contains an antiperspirant or deodorant composition in a form selected from the group consisting of a solid form, a gel form, and a semi-solid form.

22. The dispensing package of claim 1 wherein the assembled product chamber and outer jacket have a combined flexural rigidity of about 1.5 lb to about 17 lb.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Ellsworth Justin Alan
• Weaver Kerry Lloyd
• Bates Christopher Eugene
• Smith Christopher Lawrence
• Horstman Richard Lawrence
• Lim Julie Oilun
• Retherford Ricky V
• Rego John Joseph
• Reichling Timothy David

Classifications

• A45D40/04 Primary

  effected by a screw · CPC title

• A45D2040/0012

  with special decorative arrangements or form · CPC title

• A45D40/06

  Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a screwing movement · CPC title