Laundry detergent capsule
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsAndrew David Green, Matthew Charles Meyrick Pritchard, Neil John Smith
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Abstract
A laundry detergent capsule containing a laundry detergent composition, the capsule including a capsule base (33) with one or more side walls (35) extending from the base to form a detergent composition cavity accommodating the laundry detergent composition (39), wherein the capsule includes a capsule lid (41) for sealing the detergent composition cavity and the capsule lid includes a flange (43) extending from a lid portion and abutting the side wall or side walls, The flange having 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 breaks or gaps arranged symmetrically around the circumference of the upper rim of the side wall or walls. a container containing a plurality of such capsules and use of such capsules to launder textiles.
Claims8
A laundry detergent capsule containing a laundry detergent composition, the capsule including a capsule base with one or more side walls extending from the base to form a detergent composition cavity accommodating the laundry detergent composition, wherein the capsule includes a capsule lid for sealing the detergent composition cavity, the capsule base, side wall(s) and/or lid include a water-soluble material and the capsule lid includes a flange extending from a lid portion and abutting the side wall or side walls, wherein the flange is a ridge or rim extending downwardly from the lid portion, the peak of the flange rim or ridge extends concentrically with the upper rim of side wall or side walls and the flange rim or ridge extends for 80% or more of the circumference or perimeter of the upper rim of the side wall or side walls, and the flange rim or ridge has 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 breaks or gaps arranged symmetrically around the circumference or perimeter of the upper rim of the side wall or side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.