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Granted Patent B2
US 12709445 · App. 18/514,546 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Dispensing package for a floor treatment composition

Inventors: Richard Christopher Hagee (Cincinnati, OH); William Michael Cannon (West Harrison, IN); John Charles Van Rens (Cincinnati, OH); Kerry Lloyd Weaver (Florence, KY)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
B65D47/123A47L13/22A47L13/42
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Patent No.
US 12709445
App. No.
18/514,546
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing package includes a coupling shell and a container. The coupling shell is provided with a dispensing opening and at least one front aperture. The container includes a membrane seal engaged with a sealing surface of the container. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.

Claims (34)

1 . A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition, said dispensing package comprising:

a coupling comprising a top wall, wherein said top wall has a top wall periphery, wherein said top wall has a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and intersecting said longitudinal axis at a z-axis, wherein said z-axis is orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and said transverse axis, wherein said coupling further comprises:

a pair of front apertures in said top wall, wherein said front apertures are on opposite sides of said transverse axis and are on one side of said longitudinal axis;

a dispensing opening in said top wall and aligned with said z-axis;

a neck fitment at least partially surrounding said dispensing opening and projecting from said top wall and aligned with said z-axis;

a first guide aperture and a second guide aperture in said top wall positioned along said longitudinal axis and positioned on opposite sides of said transverse axis, and wherein said first guide aperture and said second guide aperture extend further away from said z-axis than said front apertures; and

a container comprising a base, and body wall extending from said base towards said coupling and extending around said z-axis, a shoulder extending from said body wall to a neck that extends around said z-axis, a finish that extends around said z-axis and extends from said neck to a sealing surface that extends around said z-axis, and a membrane seal engaged with said sealing surface, wherein said neck fitment is engaged with said neck;

wherein said top wall is spaced apart from said shoulder.

2 . The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said front apertures each have a front edge oriented away from said longitudinal axis, wherein said front edges are equidistant from said longitudinal axis.

3 . The dispensing package according to claim 2 , wherein at least parts of said front edges are chamfered or beveled relative to said top wall.

4 . The dispensing package according to claim 3 , wherein each front edge has substantially the same shape.

5 . The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said coupling extends in a direction along the z-axis further than said neck fitment.

6 . The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said first guide aperture and said second guide aperture are each larger in area than individual front apertures.

7 . The dispensing package according to claim 6 , wherein said dispensing opening has a smaller scalar open area than said neck fitment.

8 . The dispensing package according to claim 7 , wherein said front apertures extend further away from said longitudinal axis than said first guide aperture and said second guide aperture.

9 . The dispensing package according to claim 8 , wherein said coupling further comprises a pair of rear apertures in said top wall and positioned on opposite sides of said transverse axis, wherein said longitudinal axis is between said front apertures and said rear apertures, wherein parts of said front apertures and parts of said rear apertures are in line with one another in a direction parallel to said transverse axis.

10 . The dispensing package according to claim 9 , wherein said rear apertures each have an inward edge oriented towards said longitudinal axis, wherein said inward edges are equidistant from said longitudinal axis.

11 . The dispensing package according to claim 10 , wherein at least parts of said inward edges are chamfered or beveled relative to said top wall.

12 . The dispensing package according to claim 11 , wherein said neck fitment comprises a land seal engaged with said membrane seal.

13 . The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said coupling is more extensive along said longitudinal axis than along said transverse axis.

14 . The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said neck further comprises a thread or bead projecting from said neck away from z-axis and extending around or partially around said z-axis and said neck fitment is engaged with said thread or bead.

15 . The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said front apertures extend further away from said longitudinal axis than said first guide aperture and said second guide aperture.

16 . The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said coupling further comprises a pair of rear apertures in said top wall and positioned on opposite sides of said transverse axis, wherein said longitudinal axis is between said front apertures and said rear apertures, wherein parts of said front apertures and parts of said rear apertures are in line with one another in a direction parallel to said transverse axis.

17 . A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition, said dispensing package comprising:

a coupling comprising a top wall, wherein said top wall has a top wall periphery, wherein said top wall has a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and intersecting said longitudinal axis at a z-axis, wherein said z-axis is orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and said transverse axis, wherein said coupling further comprises:

a front aperture in said top wall;

a dispensing opening in said top wall and aligned with said z-axis;

a neck fitment at least partially surrounding said dispensing opening and projecting from said top wall and aligned with said z-axis;

a first guide aperture and a second guide aperture in said top wall positioned along said longitudinal axis and positioned on opposite sides of said transverse axis; and

a container comprising a base, and body wall extending from said base towards said coupling and extending around said z-axis, a shoulder extending from said body wall to a neck that extends around said z-axis, a finish that extends around said z-axis and extends from said neck to a sealing surface that extends around said z-axis, and a membrane seal engaged with said sealing surface, wherein said neck fitment is engaged with said neck;

wherein said top wall is spaced apart from said shoulder.

18 . The dispensing package according to claim 17 , wherein said coupling extends in a direction along the z-axis further than said neck fitment.

19 . The dispensing package according to claim 17 , wherein said front aperture extends further away from said longitudinal axis than said first guide aperture and said second guide aperture.

20 . The dispensing package according to claim 17 , wherein said coupling is more extensive along said longitudinal axis than along said transverse axis.