Invention Publication
- Patent Title: Squeezable Tube Dispenser
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Application No.: US18552085Application Date: 2022-02-04
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Publication No.: US20240166409A1Publication Date: 2024-05-23
- Inventor: Francis TATU , Mark BARTLETT
- Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Current Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- International Application: PCT/US2022/015211 2022.02.04
- Date entered country: 2023-09-22
- Main IPC: B65D35/10
- IPC: B65D35/10 ; B65D41/18 ; B65D65/46

Abstract:
A squeezable tube dispenser including a body, a nozzle, and a closure component. The body has an interior cavity for containing a substance. The nozzle is coupled to the body adjacent to an open top end of the body. The closure component includes a cover member that defines a cover cavity and a cap member protruding from an inner surface of the cover member into the cover cavity. The cap member defines a cap cavity. The cap member is detachably coupled to the nozzle via a friction fit with the nozzle nesting within the cap cavity of the cap member. The body and the cover member of the closure component are formed predominantly from a fibrous material and the nozzle and the cap of the closure component are formed from a plastic material. The squeezable tube dispenser has no more than 15% by weight of plastic.
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