# US 11,896,692 B2 · Beauty care product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,896,692 B2 - Document ID: US11896692B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/079,694 - Filed: 2022-12-12 - Published: 2023-04-13 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-07 - Assignees: Wella Operations US, LLC - Applicants: Wella Operations US, LLC - Inventors: Victor Akinbobola; Alton Lloyd Finley, III; Matthew David Joseph; Christopher Robert Kopulos; Nicholas Arthur Ruebusch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896692B2 ## CPC - A61K 8/22: Peroxides; Oxygen; Ozone - A45D 7/04: chemical - A45D 19/0066: {Coloring or bleaching} - A61K 8/0204: {Specific forms not provided for by any of groups A61K8/0208 - A61K8/14} - A61Q 5/08: Preparations for bleaching the hair - A61Q 5/10: Preparations for permanently dyeing the hair - B65D 1/0207: {characterised by material, e.g. composition, physical features} - B65D 1/0223: {characterised by shape} - B65D 1/023: {Neck construction} - B65D 1/32: Containers adapted to be temporarily deformed by external pressure to expel contents - B65D 79/0084: {in the sidewall or shoulder part thereof} - A45D 2200/058: Means for mixing different substances prior to application - A45D 2200/25: Kits - A61K 2800/87: Application Devices; Containers; Packaging - B65D 2501/0081: Bottles of non-circular cross-section - A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) - A45D: HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT (wigs, toupees or the like A41G3/00, A41G5/00; hairdressers' chairs A47C1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B); EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING - A61Q: SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A beauty care product comprising a sealable plastic container, a sealing means and a beauty care component is provided, wherein the container of which is resistant to random, uncontrolled deformation under a substantial pressure differential between the environment and inside the container, yet having an affordable cost of manufacture and/or being appealing to the consumer. A kit comprising said product thereof, a method of manufacturing said product, and a method of using said product for application onto skin and/or hair are also provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A beauty care product comprising: (a) a sealable plastic container comprising a base section, a body section, and a neck section forming an aperture; said sections delimiting an inner reservoir; (b) a sealing means, affixed onto the neck section of the container; (d) a beauty care component, contained within the reservoir of the container; wherein the reservoir comprises upon storage nor more than about 70% of the beauty care component by total volume of the reservoir, the remaining volume being filled with gas; wherein the body section is four-paneled and comprises a non-collapsible squeezable front panel, two symmetrical collapsible side panels and a non-collapsible squeezable back panel; wherein the front panel and back panel have a first average thickness, and the two side panels have a second average thickness which is less than the first average thickness. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the side panels are temporarily deformable in response to a substantial pressure differential between the environment and inside the reservoir of the container. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the front and/or back panels have a first average thickness in the range of about 0.25 mm to about 3 mm. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the side panels have a second average thickness in the range of about 0.25 mm to about 1.5 mm. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the container further comprises a shoulder section, joining the body section to the neck section. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the reservoir has a total volume of from about 20 ml to about 1500 ml. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the remaining volume of the reservoir is filled with ambient air. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the body section is an extended hollow body section; and wherein the panels are substantially non-planar relative to the horizontal plane. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the panels are substantially non-planar relative to the horizontal plane. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the container has a width of from about 20 mm to about 105 mm, a length of from about 20 mm to about 80 mm, and a height of from about 50 mm to about 300 mm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the sealing means is releasably-affixed onto the neck section of the container. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the beauty care component is a hair coloring and/or hair bleaching component comprising a total amount of oxidizing agent ranging from about 3% to about 13%, by weight of the total beauty care component. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the container is made of plastics. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The product according to claim 13, wherein the container is made of high-density polyethylene. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the container is made of high-density polyethylene and is substantially free of polyethylene terephthalate. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The product according to claim 1, wherein the ratio of the first average thickness to the second average thickness is in the range of 2:1 to 5:1. ### Claim 17 A beauty care product comprising: (a) a sealable plastic container comprising a base section, a body section, and a neck section forming an aperture; said sections delimiting an inner reservoir; (b) a sealing means, affixed onto the neck section of the container; (d) a beauty care component, contained within the reservoir of the container; wherein the reservoir comprises upon storage nor more than about 70% of the beauty care component by total volume of the reservoir, the remaining volume being filled with gas; wherein the body section is four-paneled and comprises a non-collapsible squeezable front panel, two symmetrical collapsible side panels and a non-collapsible squeezable back panel; wherein the front panel and back panel have a first thickness, and the two side panels have a second thickness which is less than the first thickness. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The product according to claim 17, wherein the side panels are temporarily deformable in response to a substantial pressure differential between the environment and the inside of the reservoir of the container.