Packaged set of articles and method of loading packages onto a support member

US11377255B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Colgate-Palmolive Company · US

Inventors

• Daniel Wainless · New Brunswick, US
• Eduardo Jimenez · Manalapan, US
• Quang Nguyen · Piscataway, US
• Yixin Keller · New York, US
• Aaron Quattlebaum · Fayetteville, US
• Jacalyn O'Keefe · Hoboken, US
• Lindsey Buckheit · New York, US
• Patrick Diberardino · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 8, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D83/0088
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A packaged set of articles that are easily mounted to a pegboard hook. The packaged set of articles includes a container having a base portion and a top portion that are separable from one another along a pre-weakened line. The top portion includes a portion of a front wall of the container and a portion of a rear wall of the container. The top portion may include at least 50%, or at least 75%, or the entirety of the rear wall of the container. A plurality of packages, each of which contains an article, is arranged in an internal cavity of the container in single file. The packages may include an aperture so that the packages can be hung from a pegboard hook in a retail display. The hanging apertures may be aligned so that an employee can use the container to slide the packages onto the pegboard hook.