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US 12,654,920 B2Granted
Product containers and bundles thereof, and methods of forming the same
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorsTheodore Tekip, Jessica Hamilton, Joerg Hendrix, James Martinek, Li Zhang, Timothy Mui, Stephanie Gustafson, Ryan Brooks, Clayton Ohmes
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Abstract
A product container made of a certain plastic material, and the coupling of multiple such product containers together are disclosed herein. Each of the product containers includes either a solid or a solid/liquid combination product therein, which impacts the process of coupling the product containers.
Claims20
A packaged product, comprising:
- a first container and a second container, each of the first container and the second container having a side wall, the first container being made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and having a minimum wall thickness between 0.003 inches and 0.09 inches, the first container having a product therein, the product in the first container including free liquid within the first container, the free liquid directly engaging less than 5% of a length of the side wall of the first container;
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- a plastic film coupling the first container and the second container together, wherein heat energy is applied to the plastic film to couple it to the first container and the second container.
A product, comprising:
- a plurality of containers, each of the containers having a minimum wall thickness between 0.003 inches and 0.09 inches, each of the containers being made of PET and having a product therein with at least a portion of the product in direct contact with a portion of a side wall for the container, the product in each container directly engaging less than 5% of a length of the side wall of that container;
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- a coupler activatable by heat energy to shrink around portions of the plurality of containers, wherein heat energy is applied to the coupler so that it shrinks.
A packaged product, comprising:
- a first container having a first side wall with a first length extending from an upper end to a lower end, the first container being made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and having a minimum wall thickness between 0.003 inches and 0.09 inches, the first container having a first product therein, the first product including a free liquid that engages less than 20% of the first length of the first container;
- a second container having a second side wall with a second length extending from an upper end to a lower end, the second container being made of PET and having a minimum wall thickness between 0.003 inches and 0.09 inches, the second container having a second product therein, the second product including a free liquid that engages less than 20% of the second length of the second container;
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- a plastic film coupling the first container and the second container together, wherein heat energy is applied to the plastic film to couple it to the first container and the second container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.