Container for storing and dispensing product
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorJerry Stephens
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Abstract
A disposable container for the storage and/or dispensing of products. The disposable container includes one or more sides that define an external surface and an internal surface. The container includes one or more apertures that extend from the internal surface to the external surface. A carrier material having a volatile material disposed on one side thereof is joined to at least one side of the container and is located adjacent at least one of the apertures. This configuration allows the volatile material, when violatilized, to pass through the aperture(s) to the external environment.
Claims20
A disposable container for storing and dispensing products, the disposable container having one or more sides defining an external surface and an internal surface such that the internal surface defines a partially or wholly enclosed internal space for storing the products, the disposable container further comprising:
- a. one or more apertures in the container extending from the internal surface to the external surface;
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- b. a carrier material having a first side and a second side including a volatile material contained on one side thereof, wherein the carrier material is joined to the internal surface of at least one side of the container and is located adjacent at least one of the one or more apertures such that the volatile material, when volatilized, can pass through at least one of the one or more apertures to an external environment.
A blank for forming a disposable container for storing and dispensing products, the blank having a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side and a fifth side, the blank being manipulatable into a disposable container having a generally parallelepiped shape wherein the parallelepiped has an internal surface and an external surface such that the internal surface defines a partially or wholly enclosed internal space for the storage of products, and wherein at least one side of the parallelepiped comprises the fifth side, the fifth side having a first surface and a second surface, and including a volatile material disposed therein or thereon, the blank farther comprising one or more apertures in at least one side of the blank extending completely there through, wherein at least one of the one or more apertures is disposed adjacent the fifth side such that the volatile material, when volatilized, can pass through at least one of the one or more openings to an external environment
A disposable container for storing and dispensing products, the disposable container having one or more sides defining a generally parallelepipedal external surface and an internal surface such that the internal surface defines a partially or wholly enclosed internal space for storing the products, the disposable container further comprising:
- c. one or more apertures in the container extending from the internal surface to the external surface;
- d. a carrier material having a first side and a second side including a volatile material contained on one side thereof, wherein the carrier material is joined to at least one side of the container and is located adjacent at least one of the one or more apertures such that the volatile material, when volatilized, can pass through at least one of the one or more apertures to an external environment;
- e. a substantially vapor impermeable cover layer releasably attached to the external surface of the container such that the cover layer substantially covers at least some of the one or more apertures and thereby limits the amount of volatile material passing through the one or more apertures to the external environment;
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- f. one or more indicia disposed on the container such that the one or more indicia can be visually detected by the human eye when in normal use, wherein the one or more indicia are related to one or more of the apertures or the volatile material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.