IP Library Granted Patent US 9,561,899
Granted Patent B2
US 9,561,899 · App. 14/919,148 · Granted Feb 7, 2017

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
B65D85/70A47L15/0055B65D25/36B65D41/26B65D51/1633B65D51/18B65D75/002B65D77/00B65D77/02B65D77/22B65D83/06B65D2203/12B65D2251/0015B65D2251/0078B65D2251/0087
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,561,899
App. No.
14/919,148
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A package for a particulate laundry scent additive.

Claims (29)

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 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 cup has a longitudinal axis, wherein said wall comprises a tapered portion that is inwardly tapered towards the longitudinal axis and has a broadest dimension at an open end of said dosing cup defined by said peripheral rim, 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 at least a portion of said wall of said dosing cup thereby providing a mechanism of engagement between said dosing cup and said container, wherein said vent opening is unobstructed by said shrink sleeve.

2. The package according to claim 1 , wherein said shrink sleeve comprises a line of weakness.

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 package further comprises a closure engaged with said open end of said container, wherein said closure is threadably engaged with said container.

8. The package of claim 1 , wherein said package further comprises a closure engaged with said open end of said container, wherein said closure has a flip top cap.

9. 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.

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

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

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. The package according to claim 1 , wherein said particulate laundry scent additive is an in-the-wash particulate;

wherein said vent opening is located at or near said closed end; and

wherein said particulate laundry scent additive is water soluble.

15. The package according to claim 14 , wherein said shrink sleeve comprises a line of weakness.

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

17. 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;

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 cup has a longitudinal axis, wherein said wall comprises a tapered portion that is inwardly tapered towards the longitudinal axis and has a broadest dimension at an open end of said dosing cup defined by said peripheral rim, 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 at least a portion of said wall of said dosing cup thereby providing a mechanism of engagement between said dosing cup and said container, wherein said vent opening is unobstructed by said shrink sleeve.

18. The package according to claim 17 , wherein said particulate laundry scent additive is water soluble.

19. The package according to claim 18 , wherein said vent opening is located at or near said closed end.

20. The package according to claim 18 , wherein said shrink sleeve comprises a line of weakness.

Continuity (5)
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