US 4,903,848 A · Mouthwash packaging

Abstract

A brush has a hole formed at the end of its handle. The hole cooperates with flexible prongs which interfit within the hole to removably engage and support the brush. The flexible prongs are attached to a combined bottle cap/cup which is utilized in combination with a liquid bottle. The cap/cup interfits over the mouth of the bottle in any of the usual ways as by threaded or frictional engagement with the mouth. The cup/cap may be formed in the shape of an ellipse so that it can also serve as an enlarged handle for the brush in that the brush is used without removing same from the cap/cup. In another embodiment, the cup/cap takes the form of an attachment which overfits a bottle and cap so that it can be employed as an attachment to existing packages without the necessity of modifying the existing packaging design and structure. The brush is attached to an overlay of an elongated shape of a size such that the brush hangs along the sides of the bottle.

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Dependent claims

A packaging apparatus for connecting a handle to a container comprising:

bottle cap means for a container, said bottle cap means having interior surfaces thereof formed as a cup means for holding liquids, and exterior surfaces thereof formed in an elliptical shape to enable said cap means to be more easily grasped and to serve as an extension of said handle, said bottle cap means having support means attached thereto, said support means comprising a pair of extensions extending from said closure means;
flexible protrusions attached to each of said extensions, said protrusions being located for cooperatively supporting a handle therebetween.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mouthwash packaging

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