Connected containers for razor cartridges

US10188189B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Gillette Company LLC · US

Inventors

• Patrick Francis McNally · Central Falls, US
• Jessy Lee Cusack · Attleboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D21/0205
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

First and second individual containers each containing a razor cartridge with a storage region and having a perimeter around an entrance to the storage region. Each container includes a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall, a first end wall, a second end wall opposite the first end wall, a bottom wall extending between the first side wall, the second side wall, the first end wall and the second end wall. A front flange extends outward from the first side wall at the perimeter. A joint secures the front flange of the second individual container to the second side wall of the first individual container at the perimeter. The front flange of the second individual container extends beyond the second side wall of the first individual container and above the storage region of first individual container.