IP Library Granted Patent US 8,875,916
Granted Patent B2
US 8,875,916 · App. 14/039,356 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Package for laundry scent additive

Inventors: Natalie Vitalia Lopez (Cincinnati, OH); Adrian Keith McKinney (Evans, GA); Richard Lawrence Horstman (Cincinnati, OH); Kristin Marie Finley (Cincinnati, OH); Karen Hussong Strader (Clearcreek Township, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
B65D75/002B65D51/18B65D2203/12B65D77/00B65D41/26B65D2251/0015B65D2251/0078B65D25/36B65D2251/0087B25D51/1633B65D77/02B65D77/22B65D85/70
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,875,916
App. No.
14/039,356
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A package for a particulate laundry scent additive.

Claims (18)

1. A package comprising;

a container, said container having an open end and containing a particulate laundry scent additive, said particulate laundry scent additive comprising free perfume;

a closure engaged with said open end of said container, said closure having a peripherally recessed portion;

a dosing cup comprising a closed end, a peripheral rim, and a wall extending from said closed end to said peripheral rim to define a dosing volume, wherein said dosing volume is in fluid communication with said peripherally recessed portion of said closure, wherein said dosing cup has a longitudinal axis, wherein at least a portion of said dosing volume extends further away from said longitudinal axis than at least a portion of said peripherally recessed portion of said closure, wherein said dosing cup comprises a vent opening in said closed end or in said wall, wherein said vent opening is sized and dimensioned to retain said particulate laundry scent additive; and

a shrink sleeve wrapping around said container and said closure thereby providing a redundant mechanism of engagement between said dosing cup and said container, wherein said vent opening is unobstructed by said shrink sleeve, wherein said shrink sleeve bridges over at least a portion of said peripherally recessed portion of said closure.

2. The package according to claim 1 , wherein said shrink sleeve comprises a line of weakness extending at least partially around one or more of said closure, said container, and an interface between said closure and said container.

3. The package of claim 2 , wherein said line of weakness is perforated.

4. The package of claim 1 , wherein said particulate laundry scent additive is an in-the-wash particulate.

5. The package of claim 1 , wherein said particulate laundry scent additive comprises a plurality of perfume microcapsules.

6. The package of claim 1 , wherein said vent opening is located at or near said closed end.

7. The package of claim 1 , wherein said closure is threadably engaged with said container.

8. The package of claim 2 , wherein said line of weakness extends at least partially about said closure.

9. The package of claim 1 , wherein said closure has a flip top cap.

10. The package of claim 1 , wherein said dosing cup comprises a plurality of vent openings sized and dimensioned to retain said particulate laundry scent additive.

11. The package of claim 1 , wherein said particulate laundry scent additive is water soluble.

12. The package of claim 1 , wherein said particulate laundry scent additive comprises and antioxidant.

13. The package of claim 1 , wherein a mass of perfume expelled from the container when tested by the Perfume Explusion Test Method is more than about 1 ng.

14. A method of sampling the particulate laundry scent additive from the package of claim 1 comprising the steps of squeezing said container to expel perfumed air from said container through said vent opening and smelling said perfumed air.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 13676509 · Nov 14, 2012
Continuation 12986658 · Jan 7, 2011
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