Packaging device for protecting a trigger-operated dispenser
AssigneeReckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
InventorsStuart Michael Ruan Jones, Simon Alan Campbell
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Abstract
A packaging device for protecting a trigger-operated sprayer comprising a bottle and a spray gun attachment comprising a trigger, a shroud and a nozzle. The packaging device has a plurality of panels which together define a tube adapted to fit over the tipper part of the sprayer with the lower edge thereof seated on the bottle and to cover the trigger, thereby hindering operation of the sprayer. One of the panels has an opening in which the free end of the trigger engages to hinder operation of the trigger and to hinder removal of the packaging device.
Claims20
A packaging device for protecting a trigger-operated sprayer comprising a bottle and a spray gun attachment having a trigger that has a free end, a shroud and a nozzle said bottle having an upper part shaped so as to facilitate manual holding of the bottle, shroud and trigger, said packaging device comprising a plurality of panels which together define a tube having upper and lower edges and adapted to fit over the upper part of the sprayer with the lower edge of said tube seated on the bottle and covering the trigger, thereby hindering operation thereof, wherein one of said panels has an opening in which the free end of the trigger engages in order to hinder operation of the trigger and to hinder removal of the packaging device.
The packaging device according to claim 6 wherein the line of weakness comprises a fold or a crease line.
In combination:
- a trigger-operated sprayer comprising a bottle and a spray gun attachment having a trigger that has a free end, a shroud and a nozzle, said bottle having an upper part shaped so as to facilitate manual holding of the bottle shroud and trigger;
- and a packaging device for protecting said sprayer, said packaging device comprising a plurality of panels which together define a tube having upper and lower edges and adapted to fit over the upper part of the sprayer with the lower edge of said tube seated on the bottle and covering the trigger, thereby hindering operation thereof, wherein one of said panels has an opening in which the free end of the trigger engages in order to hinder operation of the trigger and to hinder removal of the packaging device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.