IP Library Granted Patent US 7,954,671
Granted Patent B2
US 7,954,671 · App. 11/439,446 · Granted Jun 7, 2011

Pack, especially for breath freshening products

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Patent No.
US 7,954,671
App. No.
11/439,446
Granted
Jun 7, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The pack comprises a container defining a containment volume containing pastilles or the like, a lid closing off the said containment volume and includes a flap for dispensing the pastilles or the like. The pack also contains a spray dispenser including a sprayable fluid and spray nozzle for dispensing the fluid. The spray dispenser is inserted within the containment volume of the container with the spray nozzle associated with the lid.

Claims (12)

1. A pack comprising:

a container defining a containment volume,

a product selected from the group consisting of pastilles, comfits, dragées, pills and lozenges located within said containment volume,

a spray dispenser located within said containment volume, said spray dispensing comprising a containment body, a sprayable or atomisable fluid located within said containment body and a movable operating plunger with a dispensing nozzle for dispensing the fluid, the operating plunger being movably connected to the containment body,

a lid closing off the containment volume, said lid comprising an opening for dispensing said pastilles and an auxiliary pressure member that is movable to exert a pumping pressure to dispense the fluid by moving the operating plunger.

2. A pack according to claim 1 , wherein the said auxiliary pressure member comprises a body hinged to the upper wall of the lid and the spray dispenser is inserted in the containment volume with the operating plunger in a position beneath the auxiliary pressure member in such a way that a pressure exerted on the said auxiliary pressure member causes the said auxiliary pressure member to exert a pumping pressure on the operating plunger.

3. A pack according to claim 2 , wherein a side wall of the lid has an opening in a position facing said dispensing nozzle of the spray dispenser.

4. A pack according to claim 1 , wherein the lid is in the form of a hollow cap inserted into a mouth of the container and a flap hinged to an upper wall of the lid selectively closes the opening.

5. A pack according to claim 1 , wherein the spray dispenser comprises a pressurised container including a liquid which is to be dispensed in combination with a volatile liquid, a propellant agent, preferably for food use.

6. A pack according to claim 1 , wherein the spray dispenser comprises a pump dispenser.

7. A pack according to claim 1 , wherein said product is breath-freshening pastilles and said fluid is a breath-freshening liquid.

8. A pack according to claim 1 , wherein said product is comfits for oral hygiene and said fluid is a liquid which can be dispensed as a spray for oral and tooth hygiene.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2014
From: SOREMARTEC S.A.
To: SOREMARTEC S.A.
Reel/Frame 032653/0690 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2006
From: TERRASI, GIUSEPPE
To: SOREMARTEC
Reel/Frame 018048/0451 →