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Granted Patent B2
US 10,112,758 · App. 15/218,953 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Product packaging containing a solid product block

Inventor: Sarah Beyer (Dusseldorf, DE)
Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
B65D75/004B65D85/84C11D17/0047C11D17/04C11D17/041C11D17/044
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Patent No.
US 10,112,758
App. No.
15/218,953
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A product packaging may include a solid product block for a dispenser system comprises a solid product block having a top, sides, and a bottom, a handle attached to the top of the solid product block, and a water-soluble foil enclosing the solid product block or the handle. Thus, a safe handling of the solid product block when loading or unloading the substance from a dispenser is enhanced without the risk of a person handling the substance getting into direct contact with the substance.

Claims (14)

1. A product packaging containing a solid product block for a dispenser system, comprising:

a solid product block having a top, sides, and a bottom;

a handling means attached to the top of the solid product block and including a protective plate having an outside shape corresponding to the shape of the top of the solid product block; and

a wrapping means enclosing the solid product block and arranged between the top of the solid product block and the protective plate.

2. The product packaging according to claim 1 , characterized in that the handling means comprises a first fastening means form-lockingly connected to the solid product block.

3. The product packaging according to claim 2 , characterized in that the top of the solid product block comprises at least a first opening configured and arranged to receive the at least first fastening means.

4. The product packaging according to claim 3 , characterized in that:

the handling means further comprises a second fastening means form-lockingly connected to the solid product block;

the top of the solid product block further comprises a second opening configured and arranged to receive the second fastening means;

and the first and second fastening means extend at least partially into the solid product block.

5. The product packaging according to claim 1 , characterized in that the handling means is a handle or a flexible strip.

6. The product packaging according to claim 1 , characterized in that the bottom of the solid product block comprises a cavity receiving the handling means when stacking product packages.

7. The product packaging according to claim 1 , characterized in that the wrapping means is a water-soluble foil.

8. The product packaging according to claim 1 , characterized in that the solid product block is formed by pressing or extruding.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2017
From: BEYER, SARAH
To: ECOLAB USA INC.
Reel/Frame 041488/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2016
From: ECOLAB INC.
To: ECOLAB USA INC.
Reel/Frame 039635/0652 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2013074709 · Nov 26, 2013
Related Publication 20160332793A1 · Nov 17, 2016
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