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US 11,053,047 B2Granted
Container system with improved messaging structure
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsNikola Curcic, Eric Douglas Banks, Ashley Chonta Robinson, Mary Ellen Finnegan, Sofie Van Assche
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Abstract
Container systems having improved messaging structures. Container systems that include a tab that partially occludes a mouth or passageway to an interior volume. Methods of making and using container systems.
Claims20
A container system comprising a container and a selectively openable cover,
- the container comprising a bottom wall and one or more side walls extending away from the bottom wall,
- the bottom wall and the one or more side walls defining an interior volume of the container,
- the container further comprising a rim defining a mouth to a passageway that provides access to the interior volume,
- the container further comprising only one tab,
- wherein the tab is a single unitary piece,
- wherein the tab comprises a fixed end that attached to the container,
- wherein the tab is joined to the container by pressure sealing, heat sealing, an adhesive, welding, or combinations thereof,
- wherein the tab is positioned to partially occlude the mouth or passageway such that there is a space between the tab and the rim so that a consumer can see into the interior volume of the container,
- the tab comprising a free end that is biased to a resting position, the free end being deflectable by a deflecting force into the interior volume, wherein the free end returns to the resting position once the deflective force is removed.
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