Package having unitary body including a break-off cap

US9376248B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Colgate-Palmolive Company · US

Inventors

• Yu Shi · Readington, US
• Derek Samaroo · Edison, US
• Jun Wang · Fort Washington, US
• Christopher J. Miller · Champaign, US
• Devesh Badola · Mumbai, IN
• Kai Wang · Tangxia, CN
• Sandeep Thombre · Jamkhed, IN
• Alok Agashe · Jamkhed, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 11, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D75/5866
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A package (1000) for containing a fluidic product. In one embodiment of the invention, the package comprises a first laminate sheet (200) and a second laminate sheet (300) thermoformed together to form a unitary body (100). The unitary body (100) has a product containing portion (110) having a product cavity containing a fluidic product, a nozzle portion (120) for dispensing the fluidic product from the product cavity, and a break-off cap (130) sealing a dispensing orifice of the nozzle portion (120). Each of the first and second laminate sheets (200, 300) includes a layer of polyethylene (PE) and a layer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The layer of PE has a first thickness and the layer of PET has a second thickness, the second thickness being less than or equal to the first thickness.