Dispensing package for a floor treatment composition
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn Charles VAN RENS, William Michael CANNON, Kerry Lloyd WEAVER, Richard Christopher HAGEE
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Abstract
A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing package includes a coupling shell and a container. The coupling shell is engaged with the container by a neck fitment projecting from the coupling shell. The coupling shell is provided with a dispensing opening and at least two support zones. The container includes a membrane seal engaged with a sealing surface of the container. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.
Claims20
A dispensing package (15) for a floor treatment composition (50), said dispensing package comprising:
- (a) a coupling shell (40) comprising a top wall (55), wherein said top wall has a top wall periphery (60) and a shell wall (65) extending from said top wall periphery, wherein said top wall and said shell wall partially define a shell interior (115), wherein said top wall has a longitudinal axis (L), a transverse axis (T) orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and intersecting said longitudinal axis at a z-axis (Z), wherein said z-axis is orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and said transverse axis, wherein said top wall is more extensive along said longitudinal axis than along said transverse axis, wherein said top wall is open at said z-axis, wherein said coupling shell further comprises:
- (i) at least two support zones, wherein each support zone comprises a portion of said top wall and an open area (450) in said top wall at least partially bounded by a front edge (85) substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, wherein said open area is continuous between said support zones;
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- (ii) a neck fitment (110) projecting from said top wall into said shell interior and aligned about said z-axis;
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- (b) a container (125) comprising a base (130), a body wall (135) extending from said base towards said coupling shell and extending around said z-axis, a shoulder (137) extending from said body wall to a neck (140) that extends around said z-axis, a finish (150) that extends around said z-axis and extends from said neck to a sealing surface (155) that extends around said z-axis, and a membrane seal (160) engaged with said sealing surface, wherein said neck fitment is engaged with said neck, and wherein said top wall is spaced apart from said shoulder.
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