# US 11,993,434 B2 · Detergent product container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,993,434 B2 - Document ID: US11993434B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/079,929 - Filed: 2022-12-13 - Published: 2023-04-13 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-09 - Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company - Applicants: The Procter & Gamble Company - Inventors: Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte; Clara Sophie Lea Ng Pak Leung; Joost Peter Leflere; Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993434B2 ## CPC - B65D 5/68: Telescope flanged lids - B65B 5/024: {for making containers from preformed blanks} - B65B 7/28: by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers - B65D 5/443: {Integral reinforcements, e.g. folds, flaps (double walls B65D5/02)} - B65D 65/38: Packaging materials of special type or form - B65D 65/403: {with at least one corrugated layer} - B65D 85/70: {for materials not otherwise provided for} - 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 - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) ## Abstract A consumer product that includes a detergent product and a container, particularly containers that include corrugated fiberboard, where the container includes a box and a lid, the lid having a top panel and flanks, and the flanks have a first flank corresponding to a first side of the lid from a first flank corner to a second flank corner, the first flank having a first major flap that includes a first flank corrugated fiberboard layer. Methods of making and using such products and containers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A consumer product comprising a detergent product and a container, the container containing the detergent product, the container comprising a box and a lid, the lid comprising a top panel and flanks, the flanks comprising at least a first flank, the first flank corresponding to a first side of the lid from a first flank corner to a second flank corner, the first flank corner connecting the first flank with a second flank of the flanks, the second flank corner connecting the first flank with a third flank of the flanks, the first flank comprising a first major flap, the first major flap comprising a first flank corrugated fiberboard layer, the first flank corrugated fiberboard layer being connected by a first flank fold line to the top panel, the first flank corrugated fiberboard layer comprising first flank flutes, each first flank flute running along a first flank flute length parallel to the first flank fold line, each first flank flute forming a channel in communication with an external environment outside of the lid at a first first flank flute end and at a second first flank flute end. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The consumer product according to claim 1, wherein the detergent product comprises water soluble unit dose articles. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The consumer product according to claim 1, wherein the flanks comprise a fourth flank opposite to the first flank, the fourth flank corresponding to a second side of the lid from a third flank corner to a fourth flank corner, the second side being opposite to the first side, the fourth flank comprising a second major flap, the second major flap comprising a fourth flank corrugated fiberboard layer, the fourth flank corrugated fiberboard layer being connected by a fourth flank fold line to the top panel, the fourth flank corrugated fiberboard layer comprising fourth flank flutes, each fourth flank flute running along a fourth flank flute length parallel to the fourth flank fold line, each fourth flank flute forming a channel in communication with an external environment outside of the lid at a first fourth flank flute end and at a second fourth flank flute end. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The consumer product according to claim 3, wherein the fourth flank comprises an additional fourth flank corrugated fiberboard layer, the fourth flank corrugated fiberboard layer being superposed to the additional fourth flank corrugated fiberboard layer, the additional fourth flank corrugated fiberboard layer being between the fourth flank corrugated fiberboard layer and an internal volume of the lid, the additional fourth flank corrugated fiberboard layer comprising a first fourth flank minor flap extending from the third flank corner and a second fourth flank minor flap extending from the fourth flank corner, the first fourth flank minor flap covering a first portion of the second side and the second fourth flank minor flap covering a second portion of the second side, whereby the first fourth flank minor flap is connected by a fold line to the third flank and whereby the second fourth flank minor flap is connected by a fold line to the second flank. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The consumer product according to claim 4, wherein the first portion of the second side and the second portion of the second side are separated by a gap of the second side, the gap of the second side defining a gap surface area of the second side of less than about 20%, of an area covered by the first and second portions of the second side. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The consumer product according to claim 4, wherein the second major flap is glued to both of the first and second fourth flank minor flaps. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The consumer product according to claim 4, wherein an outside flank surface is continuous between flank corners, the outside flank surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The consumer product according to claim 1, wherein the top panel is a rectangle, the lid comprising two short flanks and two long flanks, whereby the first flank and the fourth flank are short flanks, and whereby the second flank and the third flank are long flanks. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The consumer product according to claim 8, wherein one or both of the long flanks are reinforced, wherein each reinforced long flank comprises a main long flank corrugated fiberboard layer and a folded back long flank corrugated fiberboard layer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The consumer product according to claim 1, wherein the detergent product comprises flexible water soluble unit dose articles. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The consumer product according to claim 1, wherein the first flank comprises an additional first flank corrugated fiberboard layer, the first flank corrugated fiberboard layer being superposed to the additional first flank corrugated fiberboard layer, the additional first flank corrugated fiberboard layer being between the first flank corrugated fiberboard layer and an internal volume of the lid, the additional first flank corrugated fiberboard layer comprising a first first flank minor flap extending from the first flank corner and a second first flank minor flap extending from the second flank corner, the first first flank minor flap covering a first portion of the first side and the second first flank minor flap covering a second portion of the first side, wherein the first first flank minor flap is connected by a fold line to the second flank and wherein the second first flank minor flap is connected by a fold line to the third flank. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The consumer product according to claim 11, wherein the first portion of the first side and the second portion of the first side are separated by a gap of the first side, the gap of the first side defining a gap surface area of the first side of less than about 20%, of an area covered by the first and second portions of the first side. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The consumer product according to claim 11, wherein the first major flap is glued to both of the first and second first flank minor flaps. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) A method for manufacturing a consumer product according to claim 11, the method comprising: folding the first first flank minor flap and the second first flank minor flap towards each other to form the additional first flank corrugated fiberboard layer; and folding the first major flap on top of the folded first first flank minor flap and second first flank minor flap in order to form the first flank of the lid. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14 comprising: folding the first fourth flank minor flap and the second fourth flank minor flap; and folding the second major flap on top of the folded first fourth flank minor flap and second fourth flank minor flap in order to form the fourth flank of the lid. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method according to any of claim 14, the method comprising: folding second and third flank panels along second and third flank fold lines to form the second and third flanks prior to folding the minor flaps. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method according to any of claim 14 further comprising: applying glue to the first major flap prior to folding the first major flap on top of the folded first first flank minor flap and folded second first flank minor flap; gluing the first major flap on top of the folded first first flank minor flap and folded second first flank minor flap when folding the first major flap on top of the folded first first flank minor flap and folded second first flank minor flap; and placing the lid on the box comprising the detergent product. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method according to any of claim 15 further comprising: applying glue to the second major flap prior to folding the second major flap on top of the folded first fourth flank minor flap and folded second fourth flank minor flap; gluing the second major flap on top of the folded first fourth flank minor flap and folded second fourth flank minor flap when folding the second major flap on top of the folded first fourth flank minor flap and folded second fourth flank minor flap. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method according to any of claim 14, the flanks comprising two short flanks and two long flanks, whereby one or both of the long flanks are reinforced, the method comprising: forming the one or both of reinforced long flanks by folding and gluing folded back long flank corrugated fiberboard layers onto main long flank corrugated fiberboard layers. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) A method to protect a detergent product from an external environment, the method comprising: placing the detergent product in a container of a consumer product according to claim 1; closing the lid; and limiting entry of humidity or water from the external environment into the container by using flutes forming a channel in communication with the external environment outside of the lid from a flute end to another flute end. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) A method to dismount a container of a consumer product according to claim 1, the method comprising pulling the first major flap to disconnect the first flank from other flanks.