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Granted Patent B2
US 12,280,923 · App. 18/410,099 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Dispensing package for a floor treatment composition

Inventors: John Charles Van Rens (Cincinnati, OH); William Michael Cannon (West Harrison, IN); Kerry Lloyd Weaver (Florence, KY); Richard Christopher Hagee (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
B65D47/123A47L13/22A47L13/42
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Patent No.
US 12,280,923
App. No.
18/410,099
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing package includes a coupling shell and a container. The coupling shell is engaged with the container by a neck fitment projecting from the coupling shell. The coupling shell is provided with a dispensing opening and at least two support zones. The container includes a membrane seal engaged with a sealing surface of the container. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.

Claims (28)

1. A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition, said dispensing package comprising:

(a) a coupling shell comprising a top wall, wherein said top wall has a top wall periphery, wherein said top wall has a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and intersecting said longitudinal axis at a z-axis, wherein said z-axis is orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and said transverse axis, wherein said top wall is more extensive along said longitudinal axis than along said transverse axis, wherein said top wall is open at said z-axis, wherein said coupling shell further comprises:

(i) at least two support zones, wherein each support zone comprises a portion of said top wall and an open area in said top wall at least partially bounded by a front edge substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, wherein said open area is continuous between said support zones; and

(ii) a neck fitment projecting from said top wall aligned about said z-axis; and

(b) a container comprising a base, a body wall extending from said base towards said coupling shell and extending around said z-axis, a shoulder extending from said body wall to a neck that extends around said z-axis, a finish that extends around said z-axis and extends from said neck to a sealing surface that extends around said z-axis, and a membrane seal engaged with said sealing surface, wherein said neck fitment is engaged with said neck, and wherein said top wall is spaced apart from said shoulder.

2. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said front edge is chamfered or beveled.

3. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein each said support zone is at least partially bounded by opposing front edges substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis.

4. The dispensing package according to claim 3 , wherein said opposing front edges are chamfered or beveled.

5. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said open area is continuous with neck fitment.

6. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said coupling shell comprises four said support zones.

7. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said support zones are on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis.

8. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said support zones are on opposite sides of said transverse axis.

9. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said front edges are equidistant from said longitudinal axis.

10. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said dispensing package further comprises a first guide aperture and a second guide aperture in said top wall positioned along said longitudinal axis and positioned on opposite sides of said transverse axis, wherein said first guide aperture and said second guide aperture extend further away from said z-axis than said support zones.

11. The dispensing package according to claim 10 , wherein said open areas extend further away from said longitudinal axis than said first guide aperture and said second guide aperture.

12. The dispensing package according to claim 11 , wherein said neck fitment comprises a land seal engaged with said membrane seal.

13. The dispensing package according to claim 12 , wherein said neck further comprises a thread or bead projecting from said neck away from said z-axis and extending around or partially around said z-axis and said neck fitment is engaged with said thread or bead.

14. The dispensing package according to claim 13 , wherein said membrane seal is recessed relative to said top wall.

15. The dispensing package according to claim 12 , wherein said neck further comprises a thread or bead projecting from said neck away from said z-axis and extending around or partially around said z-axis and said neck fitment is engaged with said thread or bead.

16. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said support zones are equidistant from said z-axis.

17. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said support zones are equidistant from said z-axis and equidistant from said transverse axis.

18. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said support zones are equidistant from said z-axis and equidistant from said longitudinal axis.

19. The dispensing package according to claim 1 , wherein said membrane seal is recessed relative to said top wall.

20. A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition, said dispensing package comprising:

(a) a coupling comprising a top wall, wherein said top wall has a top wall periphery, wherein said top wall has a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and intersecting said longitudinal axis at a z-axis, wherein said z-axis is orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and said transverse axis, wherein said top wall is more extensive along said longitudinal axis than along said transverse axis, wherein said top wall is open at said z-axis, wherein said coupling further comprises:

(i) at least two support zones, wherein each support zone comprises a portion of said top wall and an open area in said top wall at least partially bounded by a front edge substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, wherein said open area is continuous between said support zones; and

(ii) a neck fitment projecting from said top wall aligned about said z-axis; and

(b) a container comprising a base, a body wall extending from said base towards said coupling and extending around said z-axis, a shoulder extending from said body wall to a neck that extends around said z-axis, a finish that extends around said z-axis and extends from said neck to a sealing surface that extends around said z-axis, and a membrane seal engaged with said sealing surface, wherein said neck fitment is engaged with said neck, and wherein said top wall is spaced apart from said shoulder.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 17972266 · Oct 24, 2022
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