Containers for Dispensing Personal Care Product
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsNathaniel David THULIN, Christopher Eugene BATES, Jonathan Robert CETTI, David Andrew DALTON
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Abstract
A container is configured for selectively dispensing a personal care product. The container includes a body, a drive apparatus, and an elevator. The body at least partially defines a product chamber and a distal opening. The elevator is disposed within the product chamber. Rotation of the drive apparatus results in axial movement of the elevator within the product chamber.
Claims19
A container configured for selectively dispensing a personal care product, the container comprising:
- a body comprising a side wall and a base, the side wall comprising an inner surface that at least partially defines a product chamber, the inner surface extending axially from the base to a proximal opening, the base defining a distal opening;
- a drive apparatus comprising a knob and an elongated stem, the elongated stem attached to the knob and defining a thread;
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- an elevator disposed within the product chamber and comprising an inner member and an outer member, the inner member defining a threaded aperture, the outer member defining a bore and comprising an exterior rim structure in engagement with the inner surface of the side wall of the body, the inner member dimensioned to pass through the distal opening in the base and into mating engagement at least partially within the bore of the outer member;
- wherein rotation of the drive apparatus results in axial movement of the elevator within the product chamber.
A container configured for selectively dispensing a personal care product, the container comprising:
- a body comprising an inner surface, the inner surface at least partially defining a product chamber and defining a proximal opening;
- a drive apparatus comprising a knob and an elongated stem, the elongated stem attached to the knob and defining a thread;
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- an elevator disposed within the product chamber and comprising an inner member and an outer member, the inner member defining a threaded aperture, the outer member defining a bore and comprising an exterior rim structure in engagement with the inner surface of the body, the inner member engaged in a snap-fit at least partially within the bore of the outer member;
- wherein rotation of the drive apparatus results in axial movement of the elevator within the product chamber;
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- a product disposed within the product chamber comprising at least one antiperspirant active.
A container configured for selectively dispensing a personal care product, the container comprising:
- a body comprising a side wall and a base, the side wall comprising an inner surface that at least partially defines a product chamber, the inner surface extending axially from the base to a proximal opening, the base defining a distal opening;
- a drive apparatus comprising a knob and an elongated stem, the elongated stem attached to the knob and defining a thread;
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- an elevator disposed within the product chamber and defining a hole, wherein the hole is configured to receive a filling head and has a cross-sectional area greater than 3 cm2;
- wherein rotation of the drive apparatus results in axial movement of the elevator within the product chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.