Container apparatus

US11155379B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Colgate-Palmolive Company · US

Inventors

• Oscar Xoy · New Brunswick, US
• Scott W. Demarest · Racine, US
• Vijay Rajen · Cincinnati, US
• Trivikram Belagod · Cincinnati, US
• Zachary Nelson · Sharonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 26, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2501/0081
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container has a container body extending along a longitudinal axis from a bottom end to a top end. The container body may define an internal cavity for holding a substance. The container body may include one or more shoulders, such as a first and/or second shoulder (e.g., axial shoulder). The shoulders may be located at the top end of the container. The container may include a neck located (e.g., nesting) between the first and second axial shoulder. The neck may be configured to accept a closure device. The neck may have an inner surface that defines a passageway into the internal cavity. The container may include one or more impact absorbing regions, such as a first axial impact absorbing region. The first axial impact absorbing region may be configured to absorb an axial force applied to the first axial shoulder and/or the second axial shoulder.