Adhesively closed packaging systems
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorsWenzhen Cheng, William Blake Soeters
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Abstract
A packaging system includes a base, a lid, a closure structure, and an adhesive deposit. The base has a well. The lid is hingeably connected to the base and has a user input region and a protrusion projecting into the well. The closure structure is configured for releasably retaining the lid in a closed position relative to the base. The adhesive deposit is located within the well and at least partially surrounds the protrusion, and forms a first plurality of adhesive bonds with the well and a second plurality of adhesive bonds with the protrusion. The second plurality of adhesive bonds and the closure structure are configured to exert a combined retention force of at least 20N.
Claims17
A packaging system, comprising:
- a base having a well;
- a lid hingeably connected to the base, the lid having a user input region and a protrusion projecting into the well;
- a closure structure configured for releasably retaining the lid in a closed position relative to the base;
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- an adhesive deposit located within the well and at least partially surrounding the protrusion, the adhesive deposit forming a first plurality of adhesive bonds with the well and a second plurality of adhesive bonds with the protrusion,
- wherein the second plurality of adhesive bonds and the closure structure are configured to exert a combined retention force of at least 20N which resists a lid force FL applied to the user input region of the lid, wherein when the lid force FL exceeds the combined retention force, the second plurality of adhesive bonds break.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.