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US 10,894,651 B2Granted
Box including capsules and method of sending capsules
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsDeborah Jane Cooke, Andrew David Green, Matthew Charles Meyrick Pritchard, Neil John Smith
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Abstract
A box (51) containing a two dimensional array of laundry detergent capsules (21) containing laundry detergent composition, the box having a height of no more than 3.5 cm and a method of sending such a box to a consumer using a postal service.
Claims8
A box comprising a two-dimensional array of laundry detergent capsules containing a laundry detergent composition, the box having a height of no more than 3.5 cm,
- wherein each of the laundry detergent capsules containing the laundry detergent composition and having a substantially planar capsule lid and a substantially planar capsule base, the capsule having a height in the range of 1.5 and 2.5 cm and the capsule lid or capsule base having a lateral dimension in the range of 3.0 and 5.0 cm,
- wherein the capsule includes the capsule lid and capsule base with the same shape and size,
- wherein the shape is selected from the group consisting of rounded square, rounded rectangle, truncated circle and squircle,
- wherein the laundry detergent composition occupies at least 70% of the total volume of a cavity within the capsule, with any remaining volume being occupied by air, and
- wherein the capsule contains headspace formed by the air in the cavity of the capsule.
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