Inverted dispensing container

US11731810B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Colgate-Palmolive Company · US

Inventors

• Francis Tatu · Town of DeWitt, US
• Brian Balamucki · Plainsboro, US
• Mark Bartlett · North East, US
• Daniel Peters · Lafayette, US
• Xi Chen · Shanghai, CN
• Shihui Liang · 流花街道, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 2021
• Grant date: Aug 22, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D47/123
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container for dispensing a composition comprises a container body extending along a longitudinal axis from a bottom end to a top end, the container body defining an internal cavity for holding the composition. The container body comprises a neck having a container opening open to the internal cavity, a front wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls extending between the front and rear wall, and a shoulder comprising a pair of first shoulder walls extending between the neck and a respective side wall of the container body, the first shoulder walls extending at a first non-perpendicular angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. The container also comprises a shoulder fitting attached to the neck, the shoulder fitting extending over the first and second shoulders of the container body and including a nozzle extending therethrough, the nozzle open to the opening.