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US 2013/0075422 A1Published application
Package for laundry scent additive
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsNatalie Vitalia LOPEZ, Adrian Keith MCKINNEY, Richard Lawrence HORSTMAN, Kristin Marie FINLEY, Karen Hussong STRADER
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Abstract
A package for a particulate laundry scent additive.
Claims14
A package comprising;
- a container, said container having an open end and containing a particulate laundry scent additive, said particulate laundry scent additive comprising free perfume;
- a closure engaged with said open end of said container, said closure having a peripherally recessed portion;
- a dosing cup comprising a closed end, a peripheral rim, and a wall extending from said closed end to said peripheral rim to define a dosing volume, wherein said dosing volume is in fluid communication with said peripherally recessed portion of said closure, wherein said peripheral rim is releasably engaged with said closure, wherein said dosing cup has a longitudinal axis, wherein at least a portion of said dosing volume extends further away from said longitudinal axis than at least a portion of said peripherally recessed portion of said closure, wherein said dosing cup comprises a vent opening in said closed end or in said wall, wherein said vent opening is sized and dimensioned to retain said particulate laundry scent additive;
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- a shrink sleeve wrapping around said container and said closure thereby providing a redundant mechanism of engagement between said dosing cup and said container, wherein said vent opening is unobstructed by said shrink sleeve, wherein said shrink sleeve bridges over at least a portion of said peripherally recessed portion of said closure.
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