IP Library Granted Patent US 10,138,041
Granted Patent B2
US 10,138,041 · App. 15/784,954 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Package for laundry scent additive

Inventors: Natalie Vitalia Lopez (Cincinnati, OH); Adrian Keith McKinney (Maineville, OH); Richard Horstman (Cincinnati, OH); Kristin Marie Finley (Cincinnati, OH); Karen Hussong Strader (Clearcreek Township, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
B65D75/002A47L15/0055B65D1/0246B65D25/36B65D41/04B65D41/26B65D43/16B65D51/1633B65D51/18B65D75/5827B65D77/00B65D77/02B65D77/22B65D83/06B65D85/70C11D3/0084C11D3/50C11D11/0017C11D17/06G01F19/00B65D2203/12B65D2251/009B65D2251/0015B65D2251/0021B65D2251/0028B65D2251/0078B65D2251/0087
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,138,041
App. No.
15/784,954
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A package for a particulate laundry scent additive.

Claims (13)

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 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 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 package further comprises a closure engaged with said open end of said container.

2. The package of claim 1 , wherein said peripheral rim is releasably engaged with said closure.

3. The package of claim 2 , wherein said closure has a peripherally recessed portion, 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, wherein said dosing volume is fluid communication with said peripherally recessed portion, and wherein said shrink sleeve bridges over at least a portion of said peripherally recessed portion.

4. The package of claim 3 , wherein said shrink sleeve comprises a line of weakness.

5. The package of claim 4 , wherein said wall comprises a tapered portion that is inwardly tapered towards said longitudinal axis.

6. The package of claim 5 , wherein said laundry scent additive is water soluble.

7. A method of sampling the particulate laundry scent additive from the package of claim 6 comprising the steps of squeezing said container to expel perfumed air from said container through said vent opening and smelling said perfumed air.

8. The package of claim 6 , wherein said vent opening is unobstructed by said shrink sleeve.

9. The package of claim 7 , wherein a mass of perfume expelled from the container when tested by the Perfume Explusion Test Method is more than about 1 ng.

Continuity (7)
Continuation 15384969 · Dec 20, 2016
Continuation 14919148 · Oct 21, 2015
Continuation 14508399 · Oct 7, 2014
Continuation 14039356 · Sep 27, 2013
Continuation 13676509 · Nov 14, 2012
Continuation 12986658 · Jan 7, 2011
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