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US 2007/0175899 A1Published application
Package closure
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsMarc Christopher Hatcher, William Kater Lasala, Rachel Wiley, Stephen Paul MacKowiak, Robert Vincent Sheehy
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Abstract
The present invention is a product package having a first package within a second package wherein the product is accessible with removing the second package.
Claims29
A closure for securing an object within a package comprising:
- a. a plurality of positioning ribs extending from said closure;
- b. a plurality of vertically raised separate segments about the peripheral edge of said closure;
- c. a plurality of horizontal protrusions extending outward from said separate segments wherein said protrusions are capable of engaging a complementary indent of a package.
A package having an interior package located within an exterior package comprising:
- a) an interior package capable of dispensing a product;
- b) an exterior package comprising
- 1) an opening for accepting said first package;
- 2) a collar opposite of said opening, said collar having an orifice of sufficient dimensions to provide access to said internal package;
- c) a closure for securing said internal package within said external package said closure comprising a plurality of vertical protrusions extending from said closure, said protrusions having sufficient length to engage the base surface of said internal package when affixed by an attachment means to said external package;
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- d) an actuator located within said collar for dispensing product from the internal package.
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A product package assembly having an interior package located within an exterior package comprising:
- a) an interior package capable of dispensing a product;
- b) an exterior package comprising
- 1) an opening for accepting said first package;
- 2) a collar opposite of said opening, said collar having an orifice of sufficient dimensions to accept the shoulder of said first package and allowing for dispensing of the product from the internal package without removing it from the external package;
- c) a closure for securing said internal package within said external package said closure comprising:
- 1) a plurality of positioning ribs radiating horizontally and outward from the closure's central portion, said ribs terminating about at the outer edge of said closure;
- 2) a plurality of vertical protrusions extending from said closure, said protrusions having sufficient length to engage the base surface of said internal package within said external package
- 3) an attachment means for securing said closure to said external package;
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- d) an actuator for dispensing product from the internal package.
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A package assembly having an interior package located within an exterior package comprising:
- a) an interior package capable of dispensing a product;
- b) an exterior package comprising
- 1) an opening for accepting said first package;
- 2) a collar opposite of said opening, said collar having an orifice of sufficient dimensions to provide access to the shoulder of said internal package;
- c) a means for attaching said internal package to said external package comprising a bead on the shoulder of said internal package and a complementary horizontal lip on the internal surface of said collar wherein upon applying force directing the internal package into said external package, the bead snap engages the ridge on the collar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.