Patent · US Expired

Lightweight, composite container

US5711061A · kind A · utility

11Cited by

8References

2Claims

0Family size

Assignee

The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

Alan Blake · Austin, US
Andre Jacobs · Zemst, BE
Annick Antoine Sonia Van Put · Brasschaat, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 1996
Grant date	Jan 27, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/4998
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A composite package comprising an inner plastic container (10) and an outer sleeve (20), wherein the outer sleeve has an aperture (21) cut into it in the region of one of its edges. The inner plastic container has an integral plastic handle (11) formed along part of one of its edges. When the package is assembled, the aperture in the outer sleeve corresponds with the plastic handle of the inner container, thereby allowing the composite package to be picked up and handled by means of the plastic handle.

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