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Granted Patent B2
US 12,234,073 · App. 17/384,277 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

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Inventors: Kyra Cecelia Post (Cambridge, MA); Marc Philip Ortins (Reading, MA)
Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
B65D75/367B65D77/0406
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Patent No.
US 12,234,073
App. No.
17/384,277
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A package with a first container defining a storage region defined by side walls extending upward from a lower region to a top surface. A first cartridge is positioned within the storage region of the first container. A card is mounted to the top surface of the first container. A leading edge of the card and a front face of the first container define an opening dimensioned to receive a handle.

Claims (27)

1. A package comprising:

a first container defining a storage region defined by side walls extending upward from a lower region to a top surface;

a first cartridge positioned within the storage region of the first container;

a card mounted to the top surface of the first container; wherein a leading edge of the card and a front face of the first container define an opening dimensioned to receive a handle.

2. The package of claim 1 wherein the card comprises a pair of perforated segments extending inward from the leading edge of the card.

3. The package of claim 2 wherein the perforated segments extend to a fold line that extends parallel to the leading edge of the card.

4. The package of claim 1 wherein the card comprises a plant based material.

5. The package of claim 4 wherein the first container comprises a plant based material.

6. The package of claim 1 wherein the top surface of the first container comprises a flange that is sealed to the card.

7. The package of claim 1 wherein a length of the opening is less than a length of the cartridge.

8. The package of claim 2 wherein a distance between the pair of perforated segments is greater than or equal to a length of the cartridge.

9. The package of claim 8 wherein a length of the opening is less than a length of the cartridge.

10. The package of claim 1 wherein the leading edge has a curved region associated with the first container.

11. The package of claim 1 wherein the card comprises a slit line extending around the first container.

12. The package of claim 1 further comprising a second cartridge and a second container defining a storage region defined by side walls extending upward from a lower region to a top surface, wherein the second cartridge is positioned within the second container and the card is mounted to the top surface of the second container.

13. The package of claim 12 further wherein the card comprises a slit line extending around the second container.

14. A package comprising:

a first container having a front face that defines an opening extending into a storage region defined by side walls extending upward from a lower region to a top surface;

a first cartridge positioned within the storage region of the first container;

a card mounted to the top surface of the first container, wherein a leading edge of the card and a front face of the first container define a cartridge opening dimensioned to receive a handle and having a length that is less than a length of the first cartridge,

wherein the card has at least one perforated segment extending inwardly from the opening.

15. The package of claim 14 further comprising a plurality of perforated segments extending inwardly from the opening to a crease line.

16. The package of claim 15 wherein the opening is dimensioned to receive a portion of a handle.

17. The package of claim 14 further comprising a slit line extending around the first container.

18. The package of claim 17 wherein the slit line extending around the first container extends from a first outer edge of the card to a second outer edge of the card that is transverse to the first edge.

19. The package of claim 14 wherein the card has a leading edge with a curved region associated with the first container.

20. The package of claim 19 wherein the at least one perforated line segments comprises a pair of perforated line segments that extend from the curved region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2021
From: POST, KYRA CECELIA; ORTINS, MARC PHILIP
To: THE GILLETTE COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 058332/0072 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230028508A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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