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Granted Patent B2
US 11,008,145 · App. 15/954,637 · Granted May 18, 2021

Packing system and method of packing

Inventors: Wolfram Beck (Singapore, SG); Kumaresh Govindan Radhakrishnan (Singapore, SG); Richard Lee Lane (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
B65D75/366B65B35/56B65D21/0202B65D73/0057B65D75/522B65D77/0413B65D2577/047
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Patent No.
US 11,008,145
App. No.
15/954,637
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A packing system for a plurality of articles comprising: first and second packages; wherein each of the first and second packages comprises: a housing comprising a front wall and a rear wall, wherein the rear wall comprises a recessed portion; an article disposed within the housing, at least a part of the article protruding from the front wall of the housing; wherein the rear wall comprises a recessed portion, a shape of the recessed portion corresponding to a profile of the at least a part of the article protruding from the front wall, wherein the front wall of the second package is adjacent to the rear wall of the first package.

Claims (13)

1. A packing system for a plurality of articles comprising:

first and second packages;

wherein each of the first and second packages comprises:

a housing comprising a front wall and a rear wall;

an article disposed within the housing, at least a part of the article protruding from the front wall of the housing;

wherein the rear wall comprises a recessed portion, a shape of the recessed portion corresponding to a profile of the at least a part of the article protruding from the front wall,

wherein the front wall of the second package is adjacent to a rear wall of the first package,

wherein the front wall comprises an opening through which the at least a part of the article protrudes from the front wall, and the rear wall comprises a rear protrusion for receiving a back portion of the article for maintaining the article in a fixed position within the housing, wherein the front wall is a cardboard card, and wherein the rear wall is a thermoformed blister, wherein one of the first package and second package is disposed in a standing position and the other one of the first or second packages is disposed in an upside-down position relative to the standing position,

wherein the recessed portion comprises at least one concave profile, and wherein the at least a portion of the protruding portion of the article is matingly engaged with the concave profile of the recessed portion of the rear wall.

2. The packing system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least a part of the article comprises a top end and a bottom end, wherein the shape of the recessed portion corresponds to a vertically inverted profile of the at least a part of the article such that at least one surface of the recessed portion corresponds to the top end.

3. The packing system according to claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion comprises first and second adjoining surfaces, one of the first and second adjoining surfaces comprising a concave profile while the other one of the first and second adjoining surfaces comprising a planar profile, wherein the concave profile corresponds to a corresponding convex surface of the at least a part of the article.

4. The packing system according to claim 1 , wherein the rear wall comprises a plurality of recessed portions arranged for receiving a periphery of the at least a part of the article.

5. The packing system according to claim 1 , wherein a base of the article is at a height (H) with respect to a bottom end of the front wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2018
From: BECK, WOLFRAM; GOVINDAN RADHAKRISHNAN, KUMARESH; LANE, RICHARD LEE
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 046162/0768 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62491265 · Apr 28, 2017
Related Publication 20180312315A1 · Nov 1, 2018
Cited By (1)
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