US 11,882,914 B2Granted

Refilling method and refillable bottle

AssigneeNatura Cosmeticos S.A.

InventorsMárcio Miranda de Faria, Thiago Milano de Oliveira, Gideon Moreira Ferreira, Josué Ferreira

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Abstract

A refillable bottle (10) is provided, comprising a lid (1) that can be connected to an applicator (2) and a storage portion (3) that can be connected to the applicator (2), in which the lid (1), the applicator (2) and the storage portion (3) are connected together using screw threads in the lid (1), the applicator (2) and the storage portion (3). An accompanying method for refilling a bottle (10) is also provided, comprising the following steps: disconnecting the storage portion (3) from the applicator (2) by means of a first unscrewing action, and connecting a refill (20) to the applicator (2), in which the force required to perform the first unscrewing action is greater than the force required to perform a second unscrewing action, the second unscrewing action being understood to be the action performed to disconnect the lid (1) from the applicator (2).

Claims11

Dependent claims

Refillable bottle (10), comprising:

a lid (1) connectable to an applicator (2), and
a storage portion (3) connectable to the applicator (2),
wherein:
the connection between the lid (1), applicator (2) and storage portion (3) occurs through an arrangement of threads on the lid (1), in the applicator (2) and in the storage portion (3),
the connection between the lid (1) and the applicator (2) occurs by means of an internal thread of the lid (1A) and of an external thread of the applicator (40), wherein an angulation range of the internal thread of the lid (1A) with the external thread of the applicator (2) is between 3.50 to 6.0 degrees, and
the connection between the storage portion (3) and the applicator (2) occurs by means of an internal thread of the applicator (40A) and of an external thread of the storage portion (30), wherein an angulation range of the internal thread of the applicator (40A) with the external thread of the storage portion (30) is between 0.50 to 1.90 degrees.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/760,188Filed 5 Feb 2021
Priority: BR 102020002566-06 Feb 2020
Published: US 2023/0081620 A116 Mar 2023
Granted: 30 Jan 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A45D 34/041
Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball: using a roller, a disc or a ball
A45D 34/043
Using a brush or the like: movable within the container
A45D 34/045
Using a brush or the like: connected to the cap of the container
B65D 25/38
Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers: devices for discharging contents