Deodorant package with expanding platform
AssigneeTessy Plastics Corporation
InventorsJames Weishaar, Eric Frearson
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Abstract
A deodorant package with an expanding platform is provided. The deodorant package has a threaded shaft connected to a rotatable dial. An elevator with an platform engages the threaded shaft. The platform has a first section joined to a second section by at least one flexible hinge such that the first section and the second section are biased to expand to contact an inner wall of the body of the package. An advantage that may be realized in the practice of some disclosed embodiments of the deodorant package is that a significant draft angle may be used that aids manufacturing.
Claims20
A deodorant package with an expanding platform, the deodorant package comprising:
- a body defining a cavity for receiving deodorant;
- a threaded shaft connected to a rotatable dial, the threaded shaft being connected to the rotatable dial such that rotation of the rotatable dial causes the threaded shaft to rotate;
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- a platform comprising a threaded region that engages the threaded shaft such that rotation of the threaded shaft causes the platform to traverse along the threaded shaft, the platform comprising a first section joined to a second section by at least one flexible hinge such that the first section and the second section are biased to expand to contact an inner wall of the body.
A deodorant package with an expanding platform, the deodorant package comprising:
- a body defining a cavity for receiving deodorant;
- a threaded shaft connected to a rotatable dial, the threaded shaft being connected to the rotatable dial such that rotation of the rotatable dial causes the threaded shaft to rotate;
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- a platform comprising a threaded region that engages the threaded shaft such that rotation of the threaded shaft causes the platform to traverse along the threaded shaft, the platform comprising a first section joined to a second section by a plurality of flexible hinges such that the first section and the second section are biased to expand to contact an inner wall of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.