Packaging for a consumer product
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsKiat-Cheong Toh, Jonas Damon, Daniel Antonio Pacis-Sanchez, Allison Stacey Conner
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Abstract
A consumer product comprises a container for packaging a composition having a scent. A removable cap is fitted to the container, with the cap and the container defining a cavity therebetween. The cap has an orifice, for communicating between the cavity and an exterior of the cap, and a manually deformable part which is adapted to be displaceable thereby to displace air from an internal location within the cavity outwardly through the orifice.
Claims25
A consumer product comprising a container for containing a scented composition to be dispensed from the container during use by a user, and a cap fitted to the container, the cap and the container defining a cavity therebetween, the cap having an orifice, for communicating between the cavity and an exterior of the cap, and the cap further having a manually deformable part which is adapted to be displaceable thereby to displace air that is scented by the scented composition to be dispensed from the container during use by a user from an internal location within the cavity outwardly through the orifice.
A package for a consumer care product, comprising:
- a container for containing a scented consumer care composition;
- a scented consumer care composition to be dispensed from the container during use by a user and positioned within the container, wherein the scented consumer care composition has a scent and the scented consumer care composition is selected from a liquid composition and a solid composition;
- air within the package, wherein the air is scented by the scented consumer care composition;
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- a scent sampler for displacing the air which contains the scent from an internal location within the package to a location outside the package without opening the package.
A package for a consumer product comprising a container containing a scented composition having a scent, the scented composition to be dispensed from the package during use by a user and being selected from a liquid and a solid composition, and a scent sampler for displacing air which contains the scent from the scented composition from an internal location within the package to outside the package without opening the package while an entirety of the scented composition, except for the scent within the scented air, remains within the container.
A method of packaging a consumer product within a package, the method comprising:
- disposing a composition in a container, the composition being, selected from a liquid personal care composition and a solid personal care composition;
- applying a cap to the container to seal the container, the cap including a manually actuatable scent sampler for displacing scented air located between the cap and the container to outside the package without opening the package;
- permitting a scent from the composition to become infused in the air located between the cap and the container;
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- forming the package so as to allow the scented air to be displaced from the container while an entirety of the composition, except for the scent within the air, remains within the container.
A method of sampling the scent of a consumer product, the method comprising:
- providing a package comprising a container, scented air positioned within the container, and a scented composition positioned within the container, wherein the scented composition has a scent, the scented air contains the scent from the scented composition, and the scented composition is selected from a liquid composition and a solid composition;
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- displacing the scented air which contains the scent from an internal location within the package to outside the package without opening the package while an entirety of the scented composition, except for the scent within the scented air, remains within the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.