- Patent Title: Shell container suitable for housing a discrete refill container
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Application No.: US16471155Application Date: 2017-12-04
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Publication No.: US11883835B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Slavica Cesare , Lauren Alicia Ugliuzza , Graham Keith Lacy , Jonathan Edward Mason , Gregory Lalier
- Applicant: Conopco, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Englewood Cliffs
- Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Englewood Cliffs
- Agent Gerard J. McGowan, Jr.
- Priority: EP 206354 2016.12.22
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/081341 2017.12.04
- International Announcement: WO2018/114301A 2018.06.28
- Date entered country: 2019-06-19
- Main IPC: B05B11/00
- IPC: B05B11/00 ; A47K5/12 ; B65D41/16 ; B65D47/08 ; B65D75/58 ; B65D77/06 ; B05B11/02

Abstract:
A discrete product refill container and a rigid outer shell container. The refill container includes a product chamber and a fitment secured thereto. The fitment includes a ledge which is suitable for resting on a ledge of the rigid outer shell container while permitting the product chamber to pass into the shell interiorly to the ledge. It may also include a rim for grasping by transfer equipment. The fitment includes a destructive cover, i.e., one which cannot readily be re-closed, so that the consumer can easily make the product within the refill available for pumping, as desired. The rigid outer shell container can be snap fit closed. The refill bottle may be a pouch or a thin walled bottle, with a fitment. The fitment may serve to support the bottle in an inverted position for display or storage. The refill bottle may also include an integral ledge for support in the rigid outer shell container, instead of a discrete fitment. A modular fitment may be used which accommodates different types of closures, if desired.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200023391A1 A SHELL CONTAINER SUITABLE FOR HOUSING A DISCRETE REFILL CONTAINER Public/Granted day:2020-01-23
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