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US 7,621,403 B2Granted
Liquid cosmetic product retail unit
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsCharles Peter Althoff, Jason Tilk, John William Nottingham, John Richard Nottingham, John Wilford Spirk, Jr., Jay Tapper, Patrick Coyne, Ian Stuart Midgley, Dean Michael Limb
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Abstract
A liquid cosmetic product retail unit includes a container and a plurality of dispensers disposed in the container. The container is dimensioned to fit onto a shelf in a retail store and includes a base, a lid and a plurality of receptacles formed in at least one of the base and the lid. A method for offering for sale a liquid cosmetic product is also disclosed.
Claims15
A retail unit comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical container dimensioned to fit onto a shelf in a retail store, the container including a base, a removable lid, and a plurality of receptacles formed in at least one of the base and the lid, the lid being configured to cooperate with the base for stacking an associated container having a same configuration as the base of the container onto the lid of the container, wherein the plurality of receptacles are formed in the base and each correspond to a protrusion extending from the base, wherein the lid includes an indentation for receiving the protrusions extending from the base, and wherein the protrusions are circumscribed by a circle having a diameter that is slightly larger than the indentation whereby the protrusions snugly fit into the indentation;
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- a plurality of liquid cosmetic product aerosol dispensers each disposed in a corresponding receptacle.
A retail unit comprising:
- a plurality of body spray dispensers;
- a first tubular housing having a side wall, and a first closed end, the side wall of the first housing at least substantially surrounding the plurality of body spray dispensers, and the first tubular housing contacting each of the dispensers at the first closed end;
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- a second tubular housing having a side wall and a second closed end, the side wall of the second housing at least substantially surrounding the plurality of body spray dispensers and contacting the side wall of the first housing, and the second tubular housing contacting each of the dispensers at the second closed end;
- wherein the first tubular housing includes a first plurality of receptacles formed at the first closed end each radially inwardly offset from the side wall of the first tubular housing, and the second tubular housing includes a second plurality of receptacles formed at the second closed end each radially inwardly offset from the side wall of the second tubular housing, wherein each first receptacle and each second receptacle receive a respective dispenser.
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A retail unit comprising:
- a plurality of aerosol dispensers each including an actuator button;
- a base including a base wall, a plurality of lower receptacles extending outwardly in an axial direction from the base wall, and a plurality of downwardly extending protrusions, each lower receptacle receiving a respective dispenser and corresponding to a respective protrusion;
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- a removable lid slidable onto or into the base, the lid including a stacking indentation and an indexing indentation defining upper receptacles, the dispensers contacting the lid and being received in a corresponding upper receptacle, wherein the indexing indentation inhibits the actuator buttons from contacting one another during shipment of the retail unit, wherein the stacking indentation is configured to receive the protrusions from an associated base having a same configuration as the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.