Container with stored scoop
View Patent ↗A container with a granulated, powdered or other loose product stores a scoop within the container adjacent to a closure for the container, in such a way that the scoop will not sink down into the product. Several embodiments are disclosed, including different ways for retaining the scoop. Promotional material can be retained below the closure, in addition to or in lieu of the scoop.
1. In combination:
a container for retaining product, said
container having a generally cylindrical neck with external threads and an interior ledge, said container neck defining an interior and including a container finish at a top end of the neck;
product retained in said container;
a liner adhered and sealed to the container finish thus sealing the product within the container;
a threaded closure screwed onto the threaded container neck and bearing down against the liner, said threaded closure
having a generally cylindrical skirt with internal threads and with a skirt diameter; and
a scoop positioned within the container below the liner and held in place within the interior of the container neck, the scoop extending across the interior of the container neck with opposite ends of the scoop resting on the ledge, in a space defined between the liner and the product in the container.
2. The combination of claim 1 , further including a basket within the container neck resting on the ledge below the liner, the basket being removable from the container, with the scoop retained in the basket.
3. The combination of claim 1 , further including promotional material in the container, held between the scoop and the liner.
4. The combination of claim 3 , wherein the liner and a top panel of the closure are sufficiently translucent as to allow viewing of the promotional material from outside the closed container.
5. A container and threaded closure combination accompanied by a scoop for product retained in the container, comprising:
a container having a generally cylindrical neck with external threads, and a container finish at a top end of the neck;
product retained in the container;
a liner adhered and sealed to the container finish for sealing the product within the container;
a threaded closure screwed onto the threaded container neck and bearing down against the liner, the closure having a generally cylindrical skirt with internal threads and with a skirt diameter; and
a scoop within the container, below the liner and held in place by adhesion to the bottom surface of the liner such that the scoop is removable from the container and from the liner.
6. The combination of claim 5 , wherein the scoop is retained in the liner using a food grade glue dot.
7. A container and threaded closure combination accompanied by a scoop for product retained in the container, comprising:
a container having a neck with external threads, and a container finish at a top end of the neck;
product retained in the container;
a liner adhered to the container finish for enclosing the product within the container;
a threaded closure screwed onto the threaded container neck and advanced so as to contact the liner, the closure having an annular skirt with internal threads;
a scoop positioned within the container, below the liner, in a space defined between the liner and the product in the container; and
an inner ledge formed on said container neck for retaining the scoop within said space, wherein said scoop spans said inner ledge with opposite ends of said scoop resting on said inner ledge.
8. A container and threaded closure combination accompanied by a scoop for a-product retained in the container, comprising:
a container having a generally cylindrical neck with external threads, and a container finish at a top end of the neck;
product retained in said container;
a liner adhered and sealed to the container finish for sealing the product within the container;
a threaded closure screwed onto the threaded container neck and bearing down against the liner, the closure having a generally cylindrical skirt with internal threads and with a skirt diameter;
a scoop within the container, below the liner and held in place on the interior of the container neck, in a space defined between the liner and the product in the container, with means for retaining the scoop within the space; and
wherein the container has a neck that includes an internal annular groove forming an internal ledge, and the scoop being snapped into the annular groove and held therein by two opposed ends of the scoop resting on the internal ledge, the length of the scoop between the two opposed ends being such as to require bending deformation of the scoop on insertion and removal from the annular groove.
9. A container and threaded closure accompanied by a scoop for a product in the container, comprising:
a container having a generally cylindrical neck with external threads, and a container finish at a top end of the neck, said container including a ledge which is formed on the interior of the neck;
a threaded closure screwed onto the threaded container neck, the closure having a generally cylindrical skirt with internal threads and with a skirt diameter; and
a scoop within the container which is positioned on the interior of the container neck by means of said ledge, said scoop extending across the interior of the container neck with opposite ends of the scoop resting on the ledge.
10. The container and threaded closure of claim 9 wherein said ledge is continuous.
11. The container and threaded closure of claim 9 wherein said ledge is annular.
12. A container and threaded closure accompanied by a scoop for a product in the container, comprising:
a container having a generally cylindrical neck with external threads, and a container finish at a top end of the neck;
a threaded closure screwed onto the threaded container neck, the closure having a generally cylindrical skirt with internal threads and with a skirt diameter; and
a scoop within the container which is positioned on the interior of the container neck, said container neck including means formed on its interior for supporting said scoop, said scoop having a first end positioned in contact with said means for supporting and a second, opposite end positioned in contact with said means for supporting.
13. The container and threaded closure of claim 12 wherein said means for supporting includes an internal annular ledge.
14. A container and threaded closure combination accompanied by a scoop for product retained in the container, comprising:
a container having a generally cylindrical neck with external threads, and a container finish at a top end of the neck;
product retained in said container;
a liner adhered and sealed to the container finish for sealing the product within the container;
a threaded closure screwed onto the threaded container neck and bearing down against the liner, the closure having a generally cylindrical skirt with internal threads and with a skirt diameter;
a scoop within the container, below the liner and held in place on the interior of the container neck, in a space defined between the liner and the product in the container, with means for retaining the scoop within the space; and
wherein the container has a neck that includes an internal form which creates a ledge, and the scoop being snapped into the internal form and held therein by two opposed ends of the scoop resting on the ledge, the length of the scoop between the two opposed ends being such as to require bending deformation of the scoop on insertion and removal from the internal form.
15. The container and threaded closure combination of claim 14 wherein said ledge is annular.
16. A container and threaded closure combination accompanied by a scoop for product retained in the container, comprising:
a container having a generally cylindrical neck with external threads, and a container finish at a top end of the neck;
product retained in said container;
a liner adhered and sealed to the container finish thus sealing the product within the container;
a threaded closure screwed onto the threaded container neck and bearing down against the liner, the closure having a generally cylindrical skirt with internal threads and with a skirt diameter;
a scoop within the container, below the liner and held in place on the interior of the container neck, in a space defined between the liner and the product in the container, with means for retaining the scoop within the space;
a ledge formed on the interior of the container neck; and
a basket positioned within the container neck resting on the ledge below the liner, the basket being removable from the container, with the scoop retained in the basket, wherein the ledge is continuous around the interior of the container neck, and the basket including an outwardly extending flange which rests on the ledge.
17. A container and threaded closure combination accompanied by a scoop for product retained in the container, comprising:
a container having a generally cylindrical neck with external threads, and a container finish at a top end of the neck;
product retained in said container;
a liner adhered and sealed to the container finish for sealing the product within the container;
a threaded closure screwed onto the threaded container neck and bearing down against the liner, the closure having a generally cylindrical skirt with internal threads and with a skirt diameter;
a scoop within the container, below the liner and held in place on the interior of the container neck, in a space defined between the liner and the product in the container, with means for retaining the scoop within the space;
a ledge formed on the interior of the container neck; and
a basket positioned within the container neck resting on the ledge below the liner, the basket being removable from the container, with the scoop retained in the basket, wherein the basket is of molded plastic and has a bottom with a plurality of holes.
18. A container and threaded closure combination accompanied by a scoop for product retained in the container, comprising:
a container having a generally cylindrical neck with external threads, and a container finish at a top end of the neck;
product retained in said container;
a liner adhered and sealed to the container finish for sealing the product within the container;
a threaded closure screwed onto the threaded container neck and bearing down against the liner, the closure having a generally cylindrical skirt with internal threads and with a skirt diameter; and
a scoop within the container, below the liner and held in place on the interior of the container neck, in a space defined between the liner and the product in the container, with means for retaining the scoop within the space, wherein the container is an extruded blow-molded container, said neck including an internal annular groove forming an internal ledge, and the scoop being snapped into the annular groove and held therein by two opposed ends of the scoop resting on the internal ledge, the length of the scoop between the two opposed ends being such as to require bending deformation of the scoop on insertion and removal from the annular groove.